Nicolas Chateau

Nicolas Chateau is the CEO and cofounder of Imagine Eyes, a position held since November 2003. Prior experience includes serving as the Director of the Ophthalmology Business Unit at Imagine Optic from April 2002 to October 2003, and as Manager of Optics and Clinical R&D at Ocular Sciences SAS from March 2001 to March 2002. Additionally, Nicolas worked at Essilor as Manager of Optics R&D in the Contact Lens Division from April 1993 to February 2001, and held the role of Research and Development Scientist at Coherent from March 1992 to March 1993. Earlier experience includes volunteering as an IT engineer and mathematics teacher at Lycée Charles Lepierre in Lisbon from September 1990 to January 1992, and working as a Junior Research Scientist at Photonetics from September 1988 to August 1990. Academic qualifications include a PhD in Physics from Paris-Sud University (Paris XI) and a Master's degree in Optical Science & Engineering from Institut d'Optique Graduate School.