{{Short description|Canadian engineer}} {{title language|fr|italic=no}} {{About|the Canadian physicist|the French amateur astronomer|List of minor planet discoverers#M. Meunier}} {{Infobox scientist | name = {{langr|fr|Michel Meunier}} | image = | image_size = 150px | field = Engineering physics and Biomedical engineering | work_institutions = {{langrlink|fr|Polytechnique Montréal}} | alma_mater = {{langrlink|fr|Polytechnique Montréal}}, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | website = {{URL|https://lp2l.polymtl.ca}} }}
'''{{langr|fr|Michel Meunier}}''' is a professor of engineering physics and biomedical engineering at {{langrlink|fr|Polytechnique Montréal}}, a position has he held since 1986. He was recently the acting director of the Department of Engineering Physics from 2019 to 2020. He is the director of the Laser Processing and Plasmonics Laboratory (LP2L), which he founded in 1988, whose mission is to develop diagnostic and therapeutic technologies based on plasmonics and the optical properties of colloidal nanoparticles.
== University education == {{langr|fr|Meunier}} received his B.Eng. and M.A.Sc. in engineering physics from {{langr|fr|Polytechnique Montréal}} in 1978 and 1980, respectively, and his doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1984.<ref name="polymtl.ca">{{cite web|title=Directory of Experts: Meunier, Michel|url=https://www.polymtl.ca/expertises/en/meunier-michel|website=Polytechnique Montréal|date=10 October 2017 |language=en|access-date=2022-08-02}}</ref>
== Career == Michel Meunier has been a professor of Engineering Physics at {{langr|fr|Polytechnique Montréal}} since 1986 and was the interim director of the Department of Engineering Physics for the years 2019/2020.<ref name="polymtl.ca"/>
== Research == Holder of a Canada Research Chair from 2002 to 2016, {{langr|fr|Meunier}} is recognized for his research in the field of nanotechnology and laser-matter interaction for medical applications. He is notably one of the developers of optoporation, which consists of carrying out cell gene transfection using an ultra-fast pulsed laser (femtosecond laser) and of plasmonic nanoparticles, typically gold or gold-silver alloy.<ref>{{cite web|title=Michel Meunier plenary talk: A New Plasmonics Enhanced Ultrafast Laser|url=https://spie.org/news/pw14-plenarymeunier|website=spie.org|access-date=2020-08-17|publication-date=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=A major step toward non-viral ocular gene therapy using laser and nanotechnology|url=https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/pm-ams111918.php|website=EurekAlert!|language=en|access-date=2020-08-17|publication-date=}}</ref>
The activities of his laboratory, the LP2L, mainly focuses on four research axes:
* Femtosecond engineering * Biomedical nanophotonics * Plasmonic nanobiomarker imaging * Laser nanosurgery
== Entrepreneurship == * {{langr|fr|Meunier}} is one of the cofounders of the company LTRIM Technologies, Inc., founded in 1998.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=TECHNOLOGIES LTRIM INC.|url=http://www.quebecentreprises.com/technologies-ltrim-inc-yabb/|website=www.quebecentreprises.com|access-date=2020-08-17|publication-date=}}</ref> Notably, LTRIM Technologies has commercialized a new laser trimming technique for analog circuits. * {{langr|fr|Meunier}} is a joint holder of a patent granted in 2015 for the chemical synthesis of spherical gold-silver alloy nanoparticles used as biomarkers.<ref name=":0" /> * He is also one of the cofounders of the start-up VEGA BioImaging in 2021, which specializes in the detection and characterization of plasmonic nanoparticles in solution or in a cellular environment.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Us - VEGA BioImaging|url=https://vegabioimaging.com/web-agency-gb-about-us/|website=vegabioimaging.com|language=en|date=23 January 2020|access-date=2022-08-02}}</ref>
== Prizes and distinctions == * 1989: Prize for research and teaching awarded by the Director General of {{langr|fr|Polytechnique Montréal}} * 2002 - 2009: Canada Research Chair * 2007: Synergy Prize awarded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada for innovation and exceptional industry collaboration.<ref>{{cite web|title={{lang|fr|Michel Meunier - Prix Synergie pour l'innovation - Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada (CRSNG)|cat=no}}|url=https://www.polymtl.ca/prix/laureats/michel-meunier-prix-synergie-pour-linnovation-conseil-de-recherches-en-sciences-naturelles-et-en|website={{lang|fr|Prix et distinctions|cat=no}}|language=fr|date=2012-01-27|access-date=2020-08-17}}</ref> This award recognizes his participation in the founding of LTRIM technologies, a company that commercialized a new laser trimming technique for analog circuits. * 2009–present: Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, awarded in particular for his contributions in the field of laser technology.<ref>{{cite web|title=Directory of Fellows: {{langr|fr|Meunier, Michel|cat=no}}|url=https://www.cae-acg.ca/directory/#/action/Search/cid/1498/id/2201/listingType/P?value=meunier|website=The Canadian Academy of Engineering|language=en|access-date=2022-08-02|publication-date=}}</ref> * 2010: Fellow of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)<ref>{{cite web|title={{langr|fr|Michel Meunier|cat=no}}|url=https://spie.org/profile/Michel.Meunier-13740?SSO=1|website=spie.org|access-date=2020-08-17|publication-date=}}</ref> * 2012: Fellow of the Optical Society (OSA)<ref>{{cite web|title=2012 Fellows - OSA|url=https://www.osa.org/en-us/awards_and_grants/fellow_members/recent_fellows/2012_fellows/|website=osa.org|date=January 2012|access-date=17 August 2020}}</ref> * 2009 - 2016: Renewal of the Canada Research Chair * 2016: {{lang|fr|Prix Guy Rocher}} awarded by the Ministry of Education of Quebec for his exceptional qualifications in university teaching in Quebec<ref>{{cite web|title={{lang|fr|Remise prix Guy Rocher|cat=no}}|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss9GutpudUc|author={{langr|fr|Éducation et Enseignement supérieur Québec|cat=no}}|website=youtube.com|date=24 May 2016|access-date=19 August 2020}}</ref>
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