Julie Tournet

Experience

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  University of Waterloo

  Feb 2013 - Sept 2013

  Systems design engineeringDesigning interaction techniques between private and shared surfaces in collocated groupware. Programming for tabletops, experimental studies and behavioural observations. Physics and AstronomySimulations of dark matter halos formation and evolution with Gadget2. Analysis of the halos and characterization.

  • Undergraduate Research Assistant

    Sept 2012 - Sept 2013

  • Undergraduate Research Assistant

    Feb 2013 - Jul 2013
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  Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology

  Sept 2013 - Aug 2015

  Graduate Research Assistant

  Quantum computingFabrication of thin films devices for application in quantum computing. In collaboration with the Institute for Quantum Computing, I investigated the growth of Al on various semiconductor substrates for the fabrication of superconducting resonators.I actively participated in the installation of the molecular beam epitaxy lab of the University of Waterloo (MBE reactor, RHEED, BandiT pyrometer, reflectance camera, XRD, microscope).

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  University of Waterloo

  May 2014 - Dec 2014

  Graduate Teaching Assistant

  Advanced Calculus classes for Nanotechnology students.Recipient of the Teaching Assistantship Award (Spring 2014).

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  IES - Institute for Electronics and Systems

  Sept 2015 - May 2019

  PhD candidate (MSCA Early stage researcher)

  PhotovoltaicsConception of novel III-V photovoltaic cells integrated on Silicon. My research project included the design (simulations, bibliographic survey), epitaxy (MBE), clean room processing (photolithography, PECVD, RIE) and material (XRD, AFM, QE) and device (J-V, QE) characterization. Recipient of a Marie-Skłodowska-Curie scholarship, I was a PhD candidate in the NANOMIR group. I interacted regularly with international industrial and academic partners.

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  The Australian National University

  May 2019 - now

  Solar hydrogenConception of III-V metamorphic structures for photoelectrochemical solar cells.I investigate the metamorphic epitaxy of solar cells with ideal bandgap for water splitting (design, growth, characterization, processing, testing). I also explore cost mitigation strategies for III-V-based photoelectrochemical cells, including lift-off techniques, encapsulation and earth-abundant catalysts. I am interested not only by the technical aspect of solar hydrogen production but by their economic trajectories. Show less

  • Senior Lecturer-Researcher | R&D Manager

    Jan 2025 - now

  • Research Fellow | R&D Project coordinator

    May 2022 - Jan 2025

  • Postdoctoral research fellow

    May 2019 - May 2022