Alrik Durand
Ingénieur Optique at Sensing Atmospheric Intelligence
Greater Toulouse Metropolitan Area France
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Top SchoolAlrik Durand is an optical engineer and experimental quantum optics PhD with a decade of hands-on experience designing, optimizing and automating precision optical systems for both research and commercial medical devices. He has built bespoke microscopy and sensing setups in constrained environments (cryogenics, high pressure, vacuum), developed Python instrument-control frameworks, and applied Zemax and COMSOL simulations to link optical aberrations to system calibration and production quality. At EssilorLuxottica he delivered end-to-end focometry bench modernization and data-driven calibration monitoring; at CNRS he translated lab prototypes into robust, documented experimental platforms and trained successors. Now serving as Payload Architect & Optical Expert at Absolut Sensing in Greater Toulouse, he blends deep academic rigor with practical engineering trade-offs and a knack for uncovering subtle production drift through instrumentation data. An often-overlooked strength is his systematic approach to lab logistics and tooling, which reduces downtime and accelerates reproducible experimentation.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Thèse de doctorat Physique, Thèse de doctorat Physique at University of MontpellierMaster Physique, Master Physique at Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III
Github Skills (13)
experiment10
spin10
modular10
imaging10
microscopy10
figure4
inkscape3
matplotlib2
python2
javascript1
svg1
react1
data-science1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
alrik-durand/qudi
Apr 2018 - Mar 2024
A modular laboratory experiment management suite.
Contributions:1 PR, 384 pushes, 208 branches in 6 years
laboratorysuiteexperiment-managementmodular
Montpellier-S2QT/qudi
Jan 2022 - Mar 2024
A modular laboratory experiment management suite.
Contributions:4 reviews, 6 PRs, 24 pushes in 2 years 2 months
laboratorysuiteexperiment-managementmodular
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