While using devices for fundamental quantum physics in a cryostat (a very cold fridge) during his studies, Javerzac-Galy came up with the idea for the core technology of the company he co-founded in 2019, Miraex. He wanted to develop simple versions of those microdevices to help carry out measurements in extreme conditions where it is otherwise impossible.
Miraex develops photonic solutions for next-generation sensing, networking, and computing. Its hardware platform is based on semiconductor wafer-level processes, and the company develops its own designs and owns the full manufacturing process for its sensors, transducers and converters.
Javerzac-Galy holds two patents and has numerous publications exploring semiconductor materials and quantum applications. During his time at EPFL, he won the IBM Quantum Best Paper Award, the OSA Student Chapter Excellence Prize, and was a finalist for the Emil Wolf Student Paper Competition.
Outside of research and business, Javerzac-Galy has been a boy scout since age 5, which he says taught him values that impact who he is today.
Connect with Javerzac-Galy at: www.linkedin.com/in/clementjaverzacgaly/
Organisation: Miraex
Title: Co-founder
Based in: Lausanne, Switzerland
Education: PhD, EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne), Msc from Institut d’Optique in Paris