The Linnæus Center of Excellence in Advanced Optics and Photonics (ADOPT)
•Optics and Photonics — why and what?
•History
•The ADOPT center and its environment
•Steering and budget allocation
• ADOPT – what did we promise?
•Accomplishments and added value
AlbaNova housing KTH and Stockholm Univ. ADOPT
Electrum, Kista Housing KTH and ACREO
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Where is optics and photonics important?
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• Information, communication and electronics
• Manufacturing and quality control
• Life science and health care
Where is optics and photonics important?
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• Lighting, displays and solar energy
• Security, metrology and sensors • Food safety and
production
A bit of history ...
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Fysik 2
Time
Microwave Eng.
Quant. Field. Theory
Fysik 2 Inst. Opt. Research
Fysik 2 Inst. Opt. Research
Laser Physics
Microwave Eng.
Institute Microelectr.
Fiber optics
Institute Microelectr.
Sol. State Electron.
Photonics Sol. State Electron.
Optics
ACREO Laser Physics
Prof. Erik Ingelstam
Prof. Bertil Agdur
Photonics Sol. State Electron.
Optics Quantum Optics
Semicond.Materials
Semi-cond. Mat.
1960
2008
Formation of a ”tight” center
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Co-authorship in the period
Co-authorship in the period, but no co-authorship prior to 2010
ADOPT in numbers
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33 senior faculty and staff 7 postdocs 39 students Turnover (incl. teaching) about 80 MSEK/year Published 350 papers in 2008-2013, fractionalized number 115
ADOPT steering and leadership
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Rector KTH
Prof. Peter Gudmundsson
Board of directors
Prof. Gunnar Landgren
Dr. Emil Hällstig
Prof. Sune Svanberg
Prof. Carl-Mikael Zetterling
Assist. prof. Carlota Canalias
Prof. Fredrik Laurell
Prof. Saulius Marcincevičius
Assoc. Prof. Anand Srinivasan
Center director
Prof. Gunnar Björk
Deputy director
Prof. Saulius Marcinkevicius
Scientific Advisory Board
Prof. Thomas Ebbesen
Prof. Roberta Ramponi
Prof. Gerd Leuchs
Functional optical
materials
Prof. Fredrik Laurell
Quantum optics and
quantum information
Prof. Gunnar Björk
Near-field optics
Prof. Saulius Marcinkevičius
Nanophotonic
devices
Prof. Min Qiu
KTH ICT School (host)
Economic administration
Simon Demir
International Scientific Advisory Board
High international profile Visits every year Both genders represented Good advice Good PR
Prof. Thomas Ebbesen, ISIS, Strassburg Prof. Roberta Ramponi, Politecnico di Milano Prof. Gerd Leuchs, Max Planck Inst., Erlangen
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Research Environment
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KTH
KTH: Biotech KTH: Physics & Theo. Phys
SU: Physics & Astronomy
SU
Karolinska
Institute
Science for
Life Lab
KTH
Joint facilities Clean rooms, Laser labs, Machine Shop, Equipment, …
Albanova
Electrum, Kista
Nordic Institute of Theoretical Physics
ADOPT from a management perspective
The dedicated ADOPT budget is ≈ 13% of the involved researchers’ total budget
Unique feature: Long duration, flexibility → Catalyzer, seed money, risk, stability → Helps bringing in the rest of the funding (87%) and additional positions and resources
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ADOPT – what did we promise?
1. Provide a stable basis and a nursery for fundamental science and technologies. 2. Taking new research initiatives and provide career opportunities. 3. Proactively address the gender balance within the center. Offer “tenure track” position. Offer female Ph.D. students career counseling. 4. Simplify interdisciplinary projects and cooperative research projects. 5. Host a graduate School in Optics and Photonics. 6. Serve as an education and competence center for advanced optics and photonics.
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Budget allocation 2012
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Administration 3% Recruitment fund,
support to young faculty 20%
ADOPT board’s discretionary monies 10%
Support of basic research in the four fields. Mainly by supporting Ph.D. students and postdocs. 67% Allocation criteria: Excellence, gender, co-operation, renewal, stability
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Results? Faculty, staff, and students
5+1 new full professors, two have left, one has retired
6 new associate professors (two female), one has left, one has retired
3 new tenured assist. prof., (two have subsequently been promoted to assoc. prof.)
2 new assoc. prof./full prof. positions recently opened at Stockholm University
1 new researcher position (female)
Continuous support of ≈ 5 postdocs (presently two female)
Continuous support of ≈ 20 students (presently seven female)
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Recruitment of prominent, international researchers
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Initiative by ADOPT Supported economically by ADOPT and KTH with 23 MSEK. First VR recruitment grant ever. Strong leverage effect in invested money
National media reacts
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Second international recruitment to ADOPT started
ADOPT board’s discretionary monies
About 10% of ADOPT’s budget is not distributed but set aside by the board. ADOPT day Winter schools Outreach activities Optopubs with SOS, PS, and industry → Support for international co-operation Ph.D. student mini-projects Guest researchers Economic ”insurance” for conferences Sudden opportunities
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Winter schools 2010, 2012, and 2014
•Winter school ”Photonics for Energy”, March 2010 at Romme •8 external (international) lecturers + 2 ADOPT lecturers •60 participants
•Winter school ”Bio- and nanophotonics”, March 2012 at Romme •8 external (international) lecturers + 2 ADOPT lecturers •Student ”Pecha kucha” (20 slides 20 s/each) •60 participants
”Silicon photonics”, Jan. 23-26, 2014 at Romme 17
Outreach
Substantial collaboration with ”Vetenskapens Hus”
Laserfest, Nobel prize celebrations – open to the public
Researchers night (EU event all over Europe)
Hosting high-school students
Optopubs with industry
Popular science
News coverage
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Addressing the gender imbalance
Recruitment/support of female researchers Female network in ADOPT (Women of ADOPT) What do you want? Coaching program: Ready package that is also offered to senior prof. and researchers at KTH (Starck och Partner, 6-8 individual coaching sessions regarding career and life) Result and recommendations: Program was evaluated as good, but not good enough to offer it to everyone Network continues to work with ADOPT support Discusses self-selected topics, invites guests Offer open-for-all career seminars
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Recent career development seminars
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”Research ethics” by prof. Christina Moberg, June 11, 2013
”Surviving in Science” by prof. Gunnar Björk, Sept. 24, 2013
”Attracting research funding” by prof. Gunnar Landgren, Dec. 11, 2013
”Addressing gender” by prof. Annika Vänje, Feb. 12, 2014
”Understanding IPR and patents” by Dr. Christian Kothe-Termén, Zacco
A career in science requires multiple skills
Service to the community
Fredrik Laurell, past board and executive committee member Gunnar Björk, present board member Fredrik Laurell, past chairman Gunnar Björk, present board member Fredrik Laurell, co-founder Gunnar Björk, present board member Sergei Popov, WG7 chairman PS Lars Thylén WG7 board member P21 Walter Margulis, OSA Fellow Min Qiu, OSA Fellow, SPIE Fellow Fredrik Laurell, OSA Fellow Gunnar Björk, EPS Fellow Ari Friberg, OSA Fellow, SPIE Fellow
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Graduate school
ADOPT took the initiative to form a Graduate School in Physics bridging the School of Science and the School of Information Technology One of the few such ”bridging” schools at KTH Six specializations within the graduate school, one in Optics and Photonics Graduate school director: ADOPT member, Assoc. Prof. Michael Fokine
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Selected accomplishments
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•Canalias, Qiu ― SSF Future Research Leader
•Gallo —Marie Curie IEF Fellowship
•Gallo, Bourennane, Qiu — VR Senior Researcher
Fellowship
•Linnros — KAW grant: DNA nanochip analysis
•2012: > 70 papers, 50 invited talks
•Hosted six conferences with > 100 participants
•Collaboration (co-publication) with ≈ 100
international institutions
•Four start-up companies
•Active in European Optical Society, European
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