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31 October 2025 / 15:00 - 16:00 CET
Discover your career in photonics – Focus on Optical Sensing & Microwave Photonics
Online Event
Sponsors
Ligentec
VLC Photonics
Photon Jobs










This online session is aimed at students of engineering, telecommunications, and optics who are interested in exploring career opportunities in photonics, with a special focus on Optical Sensing & Microwave Photonics. A selection of companies and research centers will present their job and internship vacancies. The session will provide insights into the most challenging roles to fill and the key qualifications that candidates often lack. Its goal is to help late-stage students map out a career path in photonics, with a particular emphasis on opportunities in photonics technologies.

Agenda

Welcome words by EPIC

15:00 – 15:15 LIGENTEC – Guillaume Gagnier, Director HR (Switzerland)
15:15 – 15:30 Albis Optoelectronics – Maria Hämmerli, Technical Business Developer (Switzerland) 
15:30 – 15:45 PhotonJobs – Introducing Job Opportunities in Dutch Companies – Wouter Lintsen, Project Manager (The Netherlands)
15:45 – 15:50 LioniX International – Charoula Mitsolidou, Lead Systems Engineer (The Netherlands)

16:00 Closing words by EPIC

 

 

Speakers
Guillaume Gagnier
Director HR at LIGENTEC
Maria Hämmerli
Technical Business Developer at Albis Optoelectronics
Wouter Lintsen
Project Manager at PhotonJobs
Charoula Mitsolidou
Lead Systems Engineer at LioniX International


More speakers will be announced soon.
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Attendees
  • Aitor L?pez, Photonic Engineer at None
  • Aleksandr Razumov, Postdoc at Technical University of Denmark
  • Alex Martinez, Master Student at KTH
  • Asha Maria Joseph, Design Engineer at SFO Technologies
  • Bekir T?redi, Postdoc at ETH Zurich
  • Bilel Abdennadher, PhD in Optics at Adolphe Merkle Institute
  • Cem Gurses, BSc. Photonics Student at Izmir Institute of Technology
  • Charoula Mitsolidou, Lead Systems Engineer at LioniX International
  • Cristina Mondino, Postdoc at Perimeter Institute
  • Doha Abdelrahman, Scientific Collaborator at Haute Ecole Inginerie et de Gestion (HEIG-VD)
  • Domenico Nero, Physicist at -
  • Edgar Cucubica, Student at NOVA School of Science and Technology
  • Elizabeth Pereira, Doctoral Researcher at Aalto University
  • Estrella Torres, Postdoc at Chalmers University
  • Fabio Brandao, R&D Engineer at SMART Photonics
  • Fatemeh Hoveizavi, Business Development Manager at EDRMedeso
  • Fernanda Pina, Student at FAU
  • Gabriel Bastos de Morais, CAE Optical Engineer at ESSS
  • Gregorio Beltramo, PhD candidate at Universite Paris Saclay
  • Guillaume Gagnier, Finance & HR Director at LIGENTEC
  • Habib Ullah, Student at University of Malakand
  • Harshil Mistry, Research student assistant at Hochschule Schmalkalden
  • Jian Kim, PhD student at Leibniz IPHT
  • Joshin Varghese, Intern or workstudent at Eah jena
  • Joshua Dakim Solomon, Student at iPSRS
  • Karthik Krishna, Student at Ernst Abbe Hochschule
  • Kazushige Furudate, Engineer at JX Advanced Metals Corporation
  • Lorenzo Vinco, Optical Engineer at Politecnico di Milano
  • Lucie Marques, Master student at University Marie et Louis Pasteur
  • Mahima Sharma, Postdoc at Freelance
  • Maria Arranz, Search job at None
  • Maria Concilio, Researcher at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  • Maria Haemmerli, Team Lead APD at Albis Optoelectronics
  • Maria Stoikou, staff process integration engineer at ams-OSRAM
  • Mario Annier Gonzalez Perez, PhD candidate at ITEAM/UPV
  • Martin Ziman, Researcher at Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
  • Md Aftab Alam, Project Engineer at IIT Bombay
  • Melany Koral Soto Carrion, Master student at Jean Monnet University
  • Michael Geiselmann, President & CCO at LIGENTEC
  • Michal Hausner, Phd Student at Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
  • Muhammad Uzair, Graduate student at University of kassel
  • Mukesh Yadav, Postdoctoral at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
  • Muneeb Ali, Researcher at ICUBE
  • Nestor Sandoval, Systems engineer at Freelance
  • Nuria Saniger Pulpillo, Physics graduate. Student of the Master Program in Quantum Information and Photonics at Universitat Politecnica de Valencia
  • Olga Szewczyk, R&D Engineer at Corning
  • Piotr Griscenco, Student at Technical University Dresden
  • Pranav Elango, Student at Philipps University Marburg
  • Raj Badoni, Director at SMART
  • Ramon Raposo Filho, Phd candidate in physics at University of Aveiro
  • Reema Shrestha, NA at NA
  • Salah Guessoum, PhD Student at B-Phot - Brussels Photonics
  • ?ebnem do?ru, Engineer at ASELSAN
  • Seiya Takada, Master Student at TU Delft
  • Shyamalie Wijesiri, Student at UEF
  • Sophia Fox, Optical Engineer at EDRMedeseo
  • Sreejith Asokakumar, Interim Operations Supervisor at Amazon
  • Suzanne van Grootel, Project Manager at PhotonDelta
  • Thao Ngan Nguyen, Master Student at iPSRS student
  • Valeria Hernandez, Technical researcher at UPV
  • Wouter Lintsen, Project Manager Talent Quality & Education at PhotonDelta
  • Wridheeman Bhattacharya, PhD Student at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
  • Yang Liu, PhD student at Technical University of Denmark
  • Zilong Huang, Master Student at University of Jena
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