Sébastien Tanzilli

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Sébastien Tanzilli is a Research Director at CNRS, working with the Institut de Physique de Nice at Université Côte d’Azur, where he leads the team “Quantum Photonics & Information (QPI)”. ST has a 25-year experience in fundamental quantum optics and photonics-based quantum technologies, with major developments in both entanglement-based quantum network and quantum sensor applications. Those research lines include high-precision optical material qualification for laser system applications, as well as telecom-compliant quantum light sources, coherent frequency transducers, and optical quantum-relay-memory nodes for synchronising quantum networks. Thanks to such system developments, ST and his team have recently deployed a real-field, continuously operational, entanglement-based quantum network, linking 4 nodes and spanning 100+ km over the French Riviera. From the institutional side, ST is currently a Deputy Scientific Director at CNRS headquarter, in charge of Quantum Science & Technologies, and he coordinates the National Research program in this field.