Fabien Sorin

• Sep 2002-Oct 2007Ph.D., Department of Materials Science and Engineering, MIT, USA. Supervisor: Prof. Yoel Fink; Thesis: “Multi-material, Multifunctional Fiber Devices.” After graduating with an engineering degree and a Master of Science in Physics from the Ecole Polytechnique in Palaiseau, France, Prof. Sorin joined the department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, USA for his graduate studies. He worked as a research assistant in the Photonic Bandgap Fibers and Devices Group of Professor Yoel Fink and graduated with a PhD in 2008. His PhD thesis led to the development of a new class of fiber material and devices and he was a pioneer of the field of multi-material fibers.• Mar 2008-Oct 2010Postdoctoral Associate and Research Scientist, Research Laboratory of Electronics, MIT. He then joined the Research Laboratory of Electronics at MIT as a Postdoctoral Associate, and continued as a Research Scientist associate, where he conducted independent research in the emerging field of multi-material fibers and was involved and led a variety of projects in fundamental research as well as in collaborations with local start-ups.• Apr 2011 – Feb 2013Research Engineer, Saint-Gobain Recherche, Aubervilliers, France.“Surface du Verre et interface” GroupIn 2011, prof. Sorin returned to Europe and joined the company Saint-Gobain in the Saint-Gobain Recherche center, its biggest research center located near Paris in France. As a research engineer, he developed a new research thrust investigating new photonic materials and nanostructures for the energy and building industries. In particular, he and colleagues developed innovative processing approaches to deploy photonic nanostructures for light management over large area substrates, for applications in energy harvesting and saving, and for building materials and windows. • Mar 2013 – PresentAssistant Professor tenure-track, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland.Head of the Photonic materials and fibre devices laboratory (FIMAP) Since March 2013, he is in the department of Materials Science (IMX) at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) as an assistant professor “tenure-track”. He is starting a research group on photonic materials and fiber devices (FIMAP), continuing on developing innovative materials processing approaches and photonic device architectures to develop new solutions in energy harvesting, saving and storage, in sensing and monitoring, health care and smart fabrics. Teaching & PhD PhD Students Yan Meng, Laurène Tribolet, Jinwon Song, Shangsong Li, Eliott Birner Past EPFL PhD Students Dang Tùng Nguyen, Wei Yan, Alexis Gérald Page, Shahrzad Shadman Yazdi, Inès Richard, Nicola Bartolomei, Louis Marie Philippe Martin-Monier, Chaoqun Dong, Andreas Leber, Jialuo Luo, William Esposito, Pierre-Luc Piveteau, Khushdeep Sharma, Hritwick Banerjee, Stella Andréa Françoise Laperrousaz Courses Mathematical methods for materials science MSE-487 The aim of the course is to review mathematical concepts learned during the bachelor cycle and apply them to concrete problems commonly found in Engineering, and Materials Science in particular. Optical Materials: Fundamental concepts and recent developments MSE-643 In this class we will review the fundamental origin of the optical properties exhibited by different classes of materials. We will then give examples of the most up-to-date research on optical materials in a few growing scientific and technological fields. Selected topics in advanced manufacturing MICRO-631 The course aims to provide a comprehensive overview of ongoing advanced manufacturing research topics and an opportunity for students to investigate current research trends. Seminar series on advances in materials (autumn) MSE-470(a) Seminar series on advances in materials (spring) MSE-470(b)