16 April 2026
/ 15:00
- 16:00
CEST
Discover your career in photonics: opportunities in South Europe
Online Event
Sponsors
This online session is for students and young professionals who want to explore careers in photonics — especially in Southern Europe.
Companies and research centers from Italy, Spain and Portugal will introduce themselves and share their job and internship opportunities.
You will learn:
- what skills companies are looking for
- what it is like to work in these countries
- how to start your career in photonics
The goal is simple: help you understand your options and take your first step into the photonics industry.
Agenda
Speakers
HR Coordinator
at VLC Photonics
Research Scientist - Principal Investigator
at INL – International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory
She has been part of ICFO’s Talent Attraction team since 2018, dedicated to identifying and recruiting future PhD students and postdoctoral researchers. Her role is to connect talented individuals with opportunities to advance in photonics research.
HR Manager
at ICFO
With a PhD in Photonics and an Optics & Bio-Engineering degree, I’ve moved from applying light to biology in a lab, to applying light to computing in a start-up. I’m now a Photonic Engineer at Ephos, developing 3D glass-based chips.
Photonics engineer
at Ephos
Attendees
- Abdul Gafur, Faculty at IIUC
- Adithya Pai, Research Associate at Indian Institute of Science
- Adrian Garza, Intern at ILL
- Akeem SAFIRIYU, Researcher at University Gustave Eiffel
- Amel Derradji, PhD candidate at Universidad de Alicante
- Arjun P R, Research and Development Assistant at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
- Bruno Romeira, Staff Researcher at International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory
- Camila Castillo, Postdoc researcher at Universite de Bordeaux Talence
- Chaluvadi V Naga Bhaskar, Associate Professor at Sri Vasavi
- Dimitrios Kastritsis, Postdoctoral research fellow at University of Cyprus
- Dini Pratiwi, Phd candidate at Aston university
- Divin Tom Sabu, Student at TU Darmstadt
- Edgar Cucubica, MSc Student at NOVA School of Science and Technology
- eren kahraman, Student at Leipzig University
- George Skentzos, Graduated master student at University of Patras
- Hamidreza Jamshidnia, independent researcher at independent researcher
- Harshil Mistry, Student at Hochschule Schmalkalden
- Huseyin Can Camici, PhD Candidate at Université Laval
- Jakob Vorlaufer, Alumni at Institute of Science and Technology Austria
- Jannatul Priya, NA at NA
- Joshua Dakim Solomon, student at iPSRS
- Kartika Nimje, PhD at ICFO
- Kateryna Domina, - at DIPC
- Lubos Podlucky, Researcher at Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
- Maelle Benefice, Photonics Engineer at Ephos
- Marc Bernet Garcia, R&D Engineer at Ibsen Photonics
- Maria Paula Montes Bejarano, Masters degree at Aarhus University
- Martin Ziman, Researcher at Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava Bratislava
- Mauricio Tosi, Researcher at National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA)
- meera kanakamma mohan, Post Doc at Jasper Display
- Miguel Cuenca Piqueras, FPU student at UMH
- Mikel Gomez Ruiz, Postdoctoral Researcher at Paul Drude Institute for Solid State Electronics
- Minhaj Munshi, Research Assistant at Leibniz University Hannover
- Muhammad Ramzan, Graduate Research Assistant at Institute of Nano Optoelectronics Research and Technology
- Nabarun Saha, Researcher at Politecnico Di Bari
- Nadzeya Melnik, Student at Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen Pohlheim
- Naresh Choudhary, PhD at Indian Institute of Technology Madras
- Nikita Khripach, Master's Student at Linque
- Patricia Cembellin Torre, HR COORDINATOR at VLC Photonics
- Rahool Rai, Phd scholar at Umpsa
- Raj Rameshbhai Dobariya, Master Thesis Student at Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology
- Rajat Chauhan, Research Engineer at Augsense Lab
- Ramachandran Kasu, Researcher at Indian Institute of Information Technology
- Reine Sabrina Ciella Bigirimana, Student at Universite of Bresia
- Sebnem Dogru, Student at ASELSAN
- Shashank Kumar, PhD at IISER Bhopal
- Shreyansh Sinha, Freelancer at N.A.
- Shubham Kumar Mahanta, PhD Scholar at IIT PATNA
- Syed Zafar Hussain, Measurement Engineer at Nanocomp
- Vaishnavi Chandilkar, Student at Karlsruhe Institue of Technology
- Venkatesh Punna, Engineer at BEL
- Vicky Ridruejo Moreno, Human Resources and Education at ICFO
- Victoria Sucarrat, Interview & HR Expert at SalesPro4U Fribourg
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