Mark Lalieu

Mark Lalieu is an experienced optics architect and team lead at Prodrive Technologies, specializing in the design of high-end custom tools for the semiconductor and life-science industries since June 2019. Prior to this role, Mark served as a PhD student in applied physics at Technische Universiteit Eindhoven from September 2013 to March 2019, conducting research on ultrafast magnetization dynamics and its applications in all-optical data storage within photonic integrated circuits. Mark holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Physics from Eindhoven University of Technology, along with a Master of Science and Bachelor of Science in the same field. A research internship at the University of Cambridge in 2012 further honed Mark’s expertise in thin film magnetism and spintronic phenomena.