Background
Deveaud-Plédran, Benoît was born on September 19, 1952 in Notre Dame de Gravenchon, France. Son of François Deveaud and Philippe De Lagarde.
Deveaud-Plédran, Benoît was born on September 19, 1952 in Notre Dame de Gravenchon, France. Son of François Deveaud and Philippe De Lagarde.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Grenoble, France, 1984.
Member technical staff Center National d'Etudes des Telecoms, Lannion, France, 1974—1986, group leader, 1987—1993. Post doctoral researcher Bell Labs, Holmdell, New Jersey, 1986—1987. Professor École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1993—1997.
Director Institute Quantum Electronics and Photonics, 1997—2007, Quantum Photonics NCCR, Lausanne, since 2005. Divisional editor Physical Review Letters, Ridge, New York, 2002—2007.
Married Marie Plédran. Children: Caroline Plédran, Julie Plédran, Marion Deveaud, Pierre Deveaud, Stéphane, François.