Dr. Laurent Labonté studied in the University of Limoges (FRANCE) where he received a Master's degree in "optical and high frequency telecommunication" (University of Limoges, France). He obtained the PhD degree in Physics in 2005 on both experimental and numerical study of microstructured fiber for non-linear optics and astronomy. From 2005 to 2006, he was an assistant professor. In 2006, he joined the the Institute of Physics in Nice (France), as an associate professor of the University of Côte d'Azur.

Dr. Laurent Labonté research interests are based on both fundamental quantum optics and in pushing forward quantum information enabling technologies.