Laurent COGNET is a Research Director in Physics at CNRS and Principal Investigator in nanoscience and biophotonics.
He is also the director of Laboratoire Photonique Numérique & Nanoscience (LP2N) the joint research Unit of Institut d’Optique Graduate School, CNRS and Univ. Bordeaux. He holds a Ph.D in physics from Université Paris-Sud (now known as Paris-Saclay University), a MSc. and a Dipl. Ing. in Optics from Institut d’Optique Graduate School in Palaiseau (SupOptique). He is also a France-Fulbright Alumni (Rice University – Houston, USA). Phone: +33 5.5701.7207 Email: laurent.cognet at u-bordeaux.fr |
Research Positions
1995 - 96 Research Assistant (Scientific military service) at Observatoire de Paris (Cs atomic clocks) in A. Clairon's lab.
1999 - 00 Postdoctoral Fellow (Marie Skłodowska-Curie individual grant), Leiden University, (NL) in Prof. Th. Schmidt’s Lab.
2000 - 09 CNRS Research Associate, CPMOH, Dpt of Physics, Univ. Bordeaux, Promoted 1st class in 2004.
2006 - 07 Fulbright Visiting Research Associate in R.B. Weisman's lab, Dpt of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston USA.
2009 - 10 Research Director at CNRS ("Directeur de recherches"), CPMOH, Dpt of Physics, Univ. Bordeaux,
2011 - Research Director at CNRS, LP2N - Institut d’Optique, Univ. Bordeaux. Promoted 1st class in 2014
1999 - 00 Postdoctoral Fellow (Marie Skłodowska-Curie individual grant), Leiden University, (NL) in Prof. Th. Schmidt’s Lab.
2000 - 09 CNRS Research Associate, CPMOH, Dpt of Physics, Univ. Bordeaux, Promoted 1st class in 2004.
2006 - 07 Fulbright Visiting Research Associate in R.B. Weisman's lab, Dpt of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston USA.
2009 - 10 Research Director at CNRS ("Directeur de recherches"), CPMOH, Dpt of Physics, Univ. Bordeaux,
2011 - Research Director at CNRS, LP2N - Institut d’Optique, Univ. Bordeaux. Promoted 1st class in 2014
Institutional Positions
2011 - 15 Steering committee, Graduate School in Biological & Health Sciences, Univ. Bordeaux.
2011 - 17 Steering committee, Institute for Fundamental Physics, University of Bordeaux.
2015 - 20 Deputy Director of LP2N, the joint research Unit of Institut d’Optique Graduate School, CNRS and Univ. Bordeaux.
2018 - Member of the Research Council of the University of Bordeaux.
2018 - Member of the Academic Council of the University of Bordeaux.
2018 - Member of the “Doctor Honoris Causa Committee” of the University of Bordeaux
2018 - Co-founder of “Treefrog Therapeutics”, a start-up company dedicated to the production of stem cell organoids
2022 - Director of LP2N, the joint research Unit of Institut d’Optique Graduate School, CNRS and Univ. Bordeaux.
2011 - 17 Steering committee, Institute for Fundamental Physics, University of Bordeaux.
2015 - 20 Deputy Director of LP2N, the joint research Unit of Institut d’Optique Graduate School, CNRS and Univ. Bordeaux.
2018 - Member of the Research Council of the University of Bordeaux.
2018 - Member of the Academic Council of the University of Bordeaux.
2018 - Member of the “Doctor Honoris Causa Committee” of the University of Bordeaux
2018 - Co-founder of “Treefrog Therapeutics”, a start-up company dedicated to the production of stem cell organoids
2022 - Director of LP2N, the joint research Unit of Institut d’Optique Graduate School, CNRS and Univ. Bordeaux.
Education
1995 Engineering degree at Institut d’Optique Orsay ("SupOptique")
1995 MS in Optics (Paris-Saclay University).
1999 Ph.D. in Physics from Paris-Saclay University (Supervisor: Prof. Alain Aspect).
2008 Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) from University of Bordeaux.
1995 MS in Optics (Paris-Saclay University).
1999 Ph.D. in Physics from Paris-Saclay University (Supervisor: Prof. Alain Aspect).
2008 Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) from University of Bordeaux.
Prizes/Awards/fellowships
1996 DGA Ph.D Fellowship (France)
2000 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Research Fellowship (European Commission)
2005 Young Investigator CNRS Award (CNRS bronze medal, France)
2006 Fulbright Senior Scholar Fellowship (USA)
2010 CNRS scientific excellence reward
2010 Jean Jerphagnon Prize for scientific innovation (France)
2011 Discoveries in Sciences Prize (National Academy of Sciences, Literature & Arts of Bordeaux, France)
2011 Pierre Faurre Prize (Grand Prix of the French Academy of Sciences, Paris, France)
2019 CNRS scientific excellence reward
2020 ERC Synergy awardee
2000 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Research Fellowship (European Commission)
2005 Young Investigator CNRS Award (CNRS bronze medal, France)
2006 Fulbright Senior Scholar Fellowship (USA)
2010 CNRS scientific excellence reward
2010 Jean Jerphagnon Prize for scientific innovation (France)
2011 Discoveries in Sciences Prize (National Academy of Sciences, Literature & Arts of Bordeaux, France)
2011 Pierre Faurre Prize (Grand Prix of the French Academy of Sciences, Paris, France)
2019 CNRS scientific excellence reward
2020 ERC Synergy awardee
Short biography: After a PhD in atom optics at Institut d’Optique supervised by A. Aspect (Paris Saclay University, formerly known as Paris Sud University) L. Cognet performed among the first experiments about the detection and tracking of single fluorescent molecules in living cells as a postdoc in Th. Schmidt's group at Leiden University (NL).
In 2000, he was tenured by CNRS as junior researcher at University of Bordeaux and he was promoted Research Director in 2009.
In 2011, he participated in the creation of the "Laboratoire Photonique Numérique et Nanosciences" (LP2N-Institut d'Optique-CNRS at University of Bordeaux) which is now the director.
In 2000, he was tenured by CNRS as junior researcher at University of Bordeaux and he was promoted Research Director in 2009.
In 2011, he participated in the creation of the "Laboratoire Photonique Numérique et Nanosciences" (LP2N-Institut d'Optique-CNRS at University of Bordeaux) which is now the director.

See Also Author File by V. Marx in Nature Methods 2018
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-018-0013-3