Camille Sophie Brès

Camille-Sophie Brès (born 1980) is a French physicist who is a professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. Her research considers optical communications and nonlinear processes in optical fibre platforms.

Early life and education
Brès was born in France. She became interested in physics and maths at a young age, and enjoyed playing with LEGO. She decided to specialise in engineering, and studied electrical engineering at McGill University. She moved to Princeton University for graduate studies, where she developed optical code-division multiple access for networks. In 2006, she moved to the University of California, San Diego, where she worked as a postdoctoral researcher.

Research and career
In 2011, Brès joined École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne as head of the Photonics Systems Laboratory. She was selected as one of 100 important women in Switzerland in 2019. Her research develops fibre and waveguide optics for communications, with a focus on nonlinear optical materials.

Awards and honours

 * 2012 European Research Council Starting Grant
 * 2016 Early Career Women in Photonics Award
 * 2017 European Research Council Consolidator Award
 * 2019 European Research Council Proof of Concept Grants