Jérôme Faist

Jérôme Faist
Jérôme Faist (2019)
Born (1962-01-23) 23 January 1962
Known forQuantum cascade laser
Awards
  • IEE Premium (1995)
  • IEEE/LEOS William Streifer award (1998)
  • Michael Lunn award (1999)
  • ISCS Young scientist award (1999)
  • Swiss National Latsis Prize (2002)
  • Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics (2019)
  • Member of National Academy of Engineering (2022)
Academic background
Alma materÉcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Thesis (1989)
Academic work
DisciplineOptoelectronics
InstitutionsSwiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Websiteqoe.ethz.ch/people/person-detail.MTQ1MjQ4.TGlzdC8zOTY4LDE0ODU4NDc1MTY=.html

Jérôme Faist (* January 23, 1962 in Geneva) is a Swiss physicist and since 2007 professor at the institute of quantum electronics at ETH Zürich.