Located in the heart of Montréal—one of the North America’s most cosmopolitan and innovative large cities—Polytechnique Montréal offers a stimulating work environment where intellectual freedom, scientific rigour and responsible innovation are fully embraced. With a rich history spanning more than 150 years, Polytechnique is today the leading engineering teaching and research university in Québec and one of the most influential in Canada. Its dynamic ecosystem comprises eight sector- and theme-based spheres of excellence along with some 60 research chairs (including several Canada Excellence). The university is fortified by state-of-the-art infrastructures valued at more than $500 million.
Building on this foundation, Polytechnique has established a strategic cluster of research chairs including a new Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC — part of the most prestigious such program in the country). This initiative aims at strengthening Canada's technology sovereignty and has three main thrusts: living on, watching over and developing lands. It encompasses fields ranging from health in remote and isolated areas to infrastructure resilience, artificial intelligence, sustainable mining and transportation technology for extreme environments.
Polytechnique Montréal excels in transforming fundamental research into concrete outcomes. Nearly half of research work is conducted in partnership with industry, in strategic areas such as aerospace, renewable energies, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.
The university’s partnerships and technology transfer offices as well as its Propolys incubator actively support researchers in bringing their knowledge and discoveries to market, where they can generate lasting social and economic impacts. International agreements with, among others, the Institut Polytechnique de Paris, and active participation in networks such as Science|Business amplify the potential for collaborations around the world. Driven by a diverse student and faculty community, valuing equity and openness, Polytechnique offers a stable, supportive setting in which researchers from across the planet are given the means to realize their full potential and maximize their contributions to society.
Lucien Weiss, educated at Harvard and Stanford, is Associate Professor of Engineering Physics at Polytechnique Montréal, where he is developing novel approaches in microscopy that, among other things, enable tracking of single proteins as they move through cells. His team is also working on integration of microfluidics instruments to reduce the number of reagents needed in assays. Contributions like these are paving the way for development of new clinical tools. Professor Weiss is also collaborating on research to detect markers of dementia and development of portable health devices.
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