Team

Prof. Adina Luican-Mayer is an associate professor at the University of Ottawa. Her STM work opened the field of twisting 2D materials as well as imaged directly atomic structure of graphene at uOttawa where she established 2D Materials fabrication laboratory and scanning probe spectroscopy laboratory with track record in moiré systems and defect imaging.

Prof. Adam Wei Tsen is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Quantum Computing and Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo. He has received several awards for his work on 2D materials, in particular 2D magnetic materials.

Dr. Louis Gaudreau is a research officer at the National Research Council of Canada and adjunct Professor at uOttawa specializing in quantum transport in reduced dimensionality nanostructures such as quantum dot circuits and quantum point contacts. The materials that he investigates include including GaAs heterostructures and 2D Van der Waals heterostructures. Dr. Gaudreau is an expert in quantum transport, electrostatically defined quantum dots and spin qubits.

Dr. James Gupta joined the uOttawa Department of Physics as a Visiting Professor in July 2021 to establish material growth and spectroscopy laboratories for 2-dimensional quantum materials. He studied the MOCVD growth of quasi-2D monolayers of InAs in GaAs. He then worked in Santa Clara, California for n&k Technology, Inc. where he developed instruments for optical characterization of thin films in the semiconductor and hard disk industries. Over the next 21 years at the National Research Council he developed and delivered high-performance semiconductor devices for industrial clients, research applications and NASA flight missions. Dr. Gupta originated and led mid-IR laser development projects and was the scientific prime for NRC’s molecular beam epitaxy and characterization facility.

Prof. Pawel Hawrylak is a Professor of Physics and University Research Chair in Quantum Theory of Materials, Nanostructures and Devices at the University of Ottawa. His expertise is in theoretical and computational design of low-dimensional and nanostructured materials, theory of light matter interaction at the nanoscale, spin properties of correlated electrons in semiconductor and graphene nanostructures and their applications in quantum information and technology.

Prof. Peter Grutter is the Distinguished James McGill Chair at McGill University. He is an internationally recognized leader in scanning probe microscopy for pioneering contributions to for ultra-sensitive force detection and performing time resolved measurements. Several of the instrumentation patents have been licensed to major equipment manufactures of sample properties.

Prof. Mathieu Massicotte is an Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department of Université de Sherbrooke since May 2022. He specializes on optoelectronic devices based on 2D materials and their wafer-scale integration into photonic and electronic integrated circuits. 

Alexandra Molino, the web designer at PQS2D, leverages her background in Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behaviour from McMaster University to inform her approach to communication and website design for PQS2D.

Didier Guignard brings 29 years of experience in Project Management, Stakeholder & Team Management, Business Development & Marketing Strategy, and Software Analysis, Design & Architecture. He will apply his expertise to coordinate the PQS2D program, manage its finances, and engage with stakeholders.