Raphaël Turcotte is a senior scientific director based in New York with 11 years of experience translating advanced optical and biophotonics technologies into research and product-ready solutions. He progressed from graduate work developing integrated optical micromanipulation platforms to postdoctoral roles at Harvard, HHMI, UC Berkeley and Oxford, and now leads scientific teams at Kingdom. Raphaël blends deep experimental expertise in biomedical engineering with leadership in translational science, steering projects across academia and industry to accelerate discovery. His background in performance-level music and service as a reserve musician in the Canadian Armed Forces reveals disciplined creativity and teamwork beyond the lab. He is known for bridging rigorous academic research with pragmatic development, focusing on technologies that enable live-animal imaging and manipulation.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
MSc Biophotonics, MSc Biophotonics at Université Laval
Superior Studies Performance - Tuba, Superior Studies Performance - Tuba at Conservatoire de musique de Québec
PhD Biomedical Engineering, PhD Biomedical Engineering at Boston University
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Raphaël Turcotte - Senior Scientific Director at Kingdom