News & Events
Hiring technical experts for the VUB Photonics Campus
B-PHOT is hiring two technical experts to strengthen our team at the VUB Photonics Campus in Gooik. We have an open position for a technical expert for polymer replication processing and one for CAD/CAM design.
B-PHOT celebrates International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
Vrije Universiteit Brussel and B-PHOT Brussels Photonics focus on gender balance. We are proud to announce that 50% of our team consists of strong women! Ladies, The World Needs You!
Carla Brussels event: Photonics in academia, industry and entrepreneurship
Join us for Carla Brussels, a career event for university students and early-stage researchers.
Hugo Thienpont wins prestigious SPIE Gold Medal
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has awarded the 2021 SPIE Gold Medal to B-PHOT Research Director Hugo Thienpont. The honour rewards outstanding engineering or scientific accomplishments in optics, photonics, electro-optics or imaging technologies and applications.
A year full of challenges and successes
2020 was a year full of challenges and successes. Take a look back with us in this review!
King Baudouin Foundation provides financial support for Science Show
The King Baudouin Foundation will support the VUB project ‘Engineering Science Show Engineering’ through the Ernest Solvay Fund. The jury decided to reward a sum of €7500 for the realisation of this yearly science spectacle.
Two B-PHOT alumni in top three of 'ie-net Engineering Awards'
B-PHOT R&D engineer Indy Magnus and alumnus David De Vocht have been awarded by the jury of ie-net's Engineering Awards.
PhD on 'Restoration strategies for stone imitating renders' wins Monument Study Award
Yves Govaerts has won the Monuments Study Award 2020 from WTA NL-VL with his PhD on 'Restoration strategies for stone imitating renders (1880-1940)'.
B-PHOT researcher Tatevik Chalyan Guest Editor for Biosensors Special Issue
B-PHOT postdoctoral researcher Tatevik Chalyan will be the Guest Editor for a Special Issue of Biosensors Journal on 'Optical Biosensors for Food Safety & Quality Inspection'.
B-PHOT coordinates Photonics Digital Innovation Hub that secured €19 million to boost SME growth
PhotonHub Europe - a new pan-European photonics digital innovation hub - has been awarded €19 million investment from the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme. The project will be coordinated by B-PHOT and its Director Hugo Thienpont.
High School students do thesis research at B-PHOT
Two science students from Don Bosco Halle called for help in investigating crystals for their thesis. B-PHOT Engineer Indy Magnus welcomed them at our labs at the Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus and helped them with their experiments.
PhotonHub Europe secures €19 million to boost SME growth and ensure Europe’s global competitiveness
PhotonHub Europe – a new pan-European photonics digital innovation hub – has been awarded €19 million investment from the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme.