Robert Halir

Background

About Robert Halir

Robert Halir received the MSc in Telecommunications Engineering with first-class honors from Málaga University (Spain). In the same year, he was awarded a FPU scholarship to carry out his thesis in silicon photonics. His worked focused on the design and characterization of an integrated optical reflectometer, for which he received his PhD in 2010 from the University of Málaga. He has been a visiting scientist at several leading photonics group, such as the “Intec-Imec” group in Ghent (Belgium), the “Gaeta” group in Cornell (United States), and the “Opto-electronic devices group” at the NRC in Ottawa (Canada). Currently he is an assistant professor at Málaga University, as well as a researcher at the Andalusian Institute for Nano-medicine and Biotechnology (Bionand). Dr. Halir’s research currently focuses on high performance silicon photonic devices, including ultra-broadband couplers, highly efficient fiber-to-chip couplers and photonic biosensors.