Conferences

Upcoming  events:

  1. StatPhys28
    Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 7-11, 2023.
  2. Metamaterials’ 2023
    Crete, Greece, Sept. 11-16 2023.
  3. Invited talk at Excitonics and Polaritonics International Conference
    Singapore Nov. 27 – Dec. 1, 2023.
  4. Invited talk at Complex Nanophotonics Science Camp
    July 27 – Aug. 4, 2024.

Invited talks:

  1. Superfluid light in steady state and at room temperature
     Lorentz Center International Workshop — Condensates of Light
    Leiden, the Netherlands, 04/04/2022.
  2. Noise, nonlinearity, and loss: Limitations or resources for optical sensing?
     Tutorial at the Optica Advanced Photonics Congress
    Maastricht, the Netherlands, 28/07/2022.
  3. Noise, nonlinearity, and loss: Limitations or resources for optical sensing?
    International School of Modern Applications of Optics and Photonics
    Yerevan, Armenia 29/08/2022.
  4. Polarization switching and broken detailed balance in a multistable perovskite cavity, 16th International Congress on Artificial Materials for Novel Wave Phenomena
    Siena, Italy, 12/09/2022.
  5. Emergent statistical structures in noisy light fields
    Hybrid Photonics & Materials International Conference
    Hydra, Greece, 03/10/2022.
  6. Emergent phenomena of light: Stochastic resonance and superfluidity
    Webinar for the Institute for Theoretical Physics
    Utrecht University, 09/02/2022.
  7. Polarization multistability and broken detailed balance in a perovskite cavity,
    Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials,
    University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands 14/04/2022.
  8. EURAXESS (LAC). Applying for an ERC Grant.  Perspectives from Grantees and Evaluators.
    Webinar (Nov. 19, 2020). See it on youtube  (in Spanish)
  9. Non-Markovian Stochastic Resonance of Light in a Microcavity
    Polariton Chemistry
    Webinar (Aug. 5, 2020). See it on youtube
  10. Non-Markovian Stochastic Resonance of Light in a Microcavity
    Advanced Computational and Experimental Techniques in Nonlinear Dynamics 2020
    Webinar (Oct. 26, 2020)
  11. Critical phenomena with interacting photons in driven-dissipative systems
    Workshop on Optical Microsources
    CRHEA, Valbonne, France
  12. Critical phenomena with interacting photons in driven-dissipative systems
    CAMP Seminar at Penn State University
    State College, USA (Dec. 2, 2019)
  13. Critical phenomena with interacting photons in driven-dissipative systems
    Applied Dynamics Seminar at University of Maryland
    College Park, USA (Dec. 5, 2019)
  14. Seminar & 1-week visit to Advanced Science Research Center, CUNY
    New York, USA (Dec. 9-13, 2019)
  15. Noise-assisted optical sensing
    Dutch Photonics Event
    Delft, Netherlands (Sept. 10, 2019).
  16. Phase transitions in driven-dissipative photonic systems
    HPM 2019 — Hybrid Photonics & Materials International Conference
    Naxos, Greece (Sept. 30- Oct. 4, 2019).
  17. Probing a dissipative phase transition via dynamical optical hysteresis
    Dynamics Days, Latin America and the Caribbean
    Punta del Este, Uruguay  (Nov. 26-30, 2018).
  18. Critical phenomena with interacting photons in driven-dissipative systems
    XXV International Summer School ‘Nicolas Cabrera’ – Manipulating Light and Matter at the Nanoscale
    Madrid, Spain  (Sept. 10-14, 2018).
  19. Quantum simulation with nonlinear optical cavity arrays
    Invited talk at QuSoft / CWI
    University of Amsterdam,  D1.112  (June 15, 2018)
  20. Critical phenomena with interacting photons in driven-dissipative systems
    Applied Nanophotonics Retreat of the University of Twente
    Bad Bentheim, Germany (June 11-12, 2018).
  21. Nonlinear optical phenomena with polariton systems
    Seminar @ Eindhoven University of Technology
    Eindhoven, The Netherlands (Apr. 30, 2018).
  22. Critical phenomena with interacting photons in driven-dissipative systems
    Seminar @ Donostia International Physics Center
    San Sebastian, Spain, (Oct. 16, 2017).
  23. Invited lectures (90 min) at Doctoral School in Photonics
    Oostduinkerke, Belgium  (May  15-16,2017).
  24. Critical dynamics of optical hysteresis induced by quantum fluctuations,
    Seminar @ The Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO),
    Barcelona, Spain (Nov. 27, 2016).
  25. Condensed matter physics with light: Critical dynamics of optical hysteresis,
    Seminar @ Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology,
    Okinawa, Japan (Nov. 2, 2016).
  26. Interacting polaritons: dynamic optical hysteresis and perspectives for organic molecules
    Workshop on Strong Coupling with Organic Molecules,
    Donostia International Physics Center,
    San Sebastian, Spain (October 19-21, 2016).
  27. Dynamic optical hysteresis in the quantum regime
    Seminar @ Oxford University
    Oxford, U. K. (September 23, 2016).
  28. Dynamic optical hysteresis in the quantum regime
    Seminar @ Utrecht University
    Utrecht, The Netherlands (September 19-20, 2016).
  29. Dynamic optical hysteresis in the quantum regime
    Seminar @ Stanford University
    Stanford, CA, USA (August 24, 2016).
  30. Controlling interference by nonlinearity in driven-dissipative coupled photonic microcavities
    XXV International Materials Research Congress
    Can Cun, Mexico (August 13-19, 2016).
  31. Nonlinear physics of polaritons in microcavities,
    Ultrafast Dynamics at the Nanoscale, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology,
    Okinawa, Japan (July13-16,2016).
  32. Interaction-induced hopping phase in driven-dissipative coupled photonic microcavities,
    Symposium on Frontiers in Polaritonics,  The Rank Prize Funds,
    Cumbria, U.K. (March 14-17, 2016).
    – Co-awarded the Rank prize for the best presentation from a young researcher
  33. Strong-light matter coupling in metallic nanoparticle arrays,
    Prize-winner section of Physics@FOM,
    Veldhoven, The Netherlands (January 20, 2016).
  34. Dark-state polaritons and intensity-dependent hopping in coupled semiconductor microcavities,
    The 46th Winter Colloquium of the Physics of Quantum Electronics,
    Snowbird, USA (January 4, 2016).
  35. Strong light-matter coupling: from plasmonic lattices, waveguides, and emitters, to semiconductor microcavities,
    FOM Insitute AMOLF,
    Amsterdam, The Netherlands (December 10, 2015).
  36. Light-emitting nanoantenna arrays,
    Instituto Potosino de Investigacion Cientifica y Tecnologica,
    San Luis, Mexico (September 2015).
  37. Nonlinear optics with coupled polariton modes,
    Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS),
    Prague, Czech Republic (July 2015).
  38. Forward-backward Light Emission Symmetry Breaking with Localized and Collective Magnetoelectric Resonances in Arrays of Pyramid-shaped Aluminum Nanoantennas,
    Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS),
    Prague, Czech Republic (July 2015).
  39. Signatures of Quantum Condensation in a Plasmonic Nanoparticle Array
    Seminar at Departamento de Fisica Teorica de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid,
    Madrid, Spain, (July 2013).
  40. Plasmonic light-emitting devices,
    Photonics@BE kick-off event,
    Brussels, Belgium,  (October 2012).

Contributed talks at:

  1. Noise-assisted sensing with a nonlinear optical resonator
    Metamaterials’2020
    online (October 1, 2020).
  2. Annual Meeting NNV AMO
    Probing a dissipative phase transition via dynamical optical hysteresis
    Lunteren, Netherlands (October 10, 2017).
  3. Quantum Fluids of Light and Matter
    Probing a dissipative phase transition via dynamical optical hysteresis
    Cargese, France (May 8-12, 2017).
  4. NANOMETA 2017
    Nonlinear and quantum optics with polaritons in semiconductor microcavities (Programme Committee Top Picks)
    Seefeld, Austria,  7/01/2017
  5. XXV International Materials Research Congress
    Enhancing light emission with periodic arrays of metallic nanostructures
    Can Cun, Mexico, 15/08/2016
  6. 17th International Conference on  Physics of Light-Matter Coupling in Nanostructures (PLMCN 17),
    Nara, Japan, 29/03/2016
  7. SPIE Photonics Europe, Photonic Crystal Materials and Devices,
    Brussels, Belgium, 17/04/2014
    – Selected as the best talk from a PhD student by the organizing committee.
  8. Advanced Workshop on Non-equilibrium Bosons: From Driven Condensates to Non-Linear Optics,
    Trieste, Italy, 21/08/2013
  9. SPP 6: The 6th International Conference on Surface Plasmon Photonics,
    Ottawa, Canada, 28/05/2013
    – Selected as one of the best talks by the conference organizers, and invited to write a paper for a focus issue on the conference from Optics Express
  10. 2 talks at the Materials Research Society – Spring Meeting,
    San Francisco, USA, 04/04/2013.
  11. Materials Research Society – Spring Meeting,
    San Francisco, USA, 12/04/2012
  12. Physics@ FOM Conference,
    Veldhoven, the Netherlands, 22/01/2013.
  13. Metamaterials 2012 Congress,
    St. Petersburg, Russia, September 22/09/2012.
    – Selected as the best student paper/presentation
  14. Materials Research Society – Spring Meeting,
    San Francisco, USA, 12/04/ 2012.
  15. Summer School on Plasmonics 2,
    Porquerolles, France, October 06/10/2011.
  16. International school of atomic and molecular spectroscopy, 28th course,
    Erice, Italy, 10/07/ 2011.
  17. 14th IEEE Photonics Society Benelux Annual Workshop, Ghent University,
    Ghent, Belgium, 14/04/2010.