Tigran GALSTIAN (or GALSTYAN) started his studies at Yerevan State University, Armenia (former Soviet Union). He received his M.Sc. (Solid State Lasers) and Ph.D. degrees (Quantum Electronics) from the Special Department of Physics at Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Russia. He was PostDoc researcher in Armenia and France and then moved to Canada where he is currently professor, head of the laboratory of Photonic Materials and Components at Université Laval (Quebec, Canada) as well as holder of Canada’s research chair in Liquid Crystals and Behavioral Biophotonics. His main research interests are in optical materials and components, applied in imaging, biology and medicine. His group is investigating the molecular self-organization mechanisms and their impact on key material properties as well as their influence on the behavior of light (focusing, divergence, color), molecules (diffusion of chiral “medical” molecules) and living microorganisms (bacteria).
By 2024, he has co-authored over 800 scientific and vulgarization communications, including 265 peer reviewed scientific articles (203 + 62 conference proceedings), 51 awarded and more than 100 patents applied (in the process), 384 conference presentations, 2 books and 2 educational books, 72 seminars, 36 press releases and TV interviews.
He is also co-founder of 3 high technology companies (Photintech, LensVector and PATQER) and is involved in close collaborations with the industry.