Biography
Laurent Drissen is a specialist in massive stars and astronomical instrumentation. He led the construction of the SITELLE Fourier Transform Imaging Spectrometer, installed on the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, which is now used by dozens of research groups worldwide. With SITELLE and other instruments, he studies the impact of massive stars on their environment, in particular the terminal phases leading up to the Wolf-Rayet phase and their supernova explosion.
Academic background and professional experience
Post-doctoral fellow, Space Telescope Science Institute (NASA), 1990 - 1994
Ph.D., Astronomy, Université de Montréal, 1990
M.Sc. in Physics, Université de Montréal, 1986
Professor, Université Laval, 2001 - present
Canada Research Chair in Massive Stars and Hyperspectral Imaging, 2011 - 2011
Research Professional, Université Laval, 1995 - 2000
Research Areas
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Astronomie galactique
Astronomie stellaire et systèmes planétaires
Cosmologie et astronomie extragalactique
Instrumentation pour l'astronomie et l'espace (y compris l'observation de l'atmosphère)
Astronomical and space instrumentation (including atmospheric observation)
Cosmology and extragalactic astronomy
Galactic astronomy
Stellar astronomy and planetary systems
Contact
+ 1 418-656-2131