Hichem Guerboukha, PhD
I'm Hichem Guerboukha, a FRQNT Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Brown University, School of Engineering. I completed Ph.D and M.A.Sc. Degrees in Engineering Physics (Polytechnique Montreal, Canada) with Prof. Maksim Skorobogatiy, for which I obtained both the Best Master's and Ph.D. Thesis Awards. I now work as a Postdoctoral researcher at Brown University (USA) with Prof. Daniel Mittleman.
My primary research interest is in the science and technology of the terahertz spectrum for real-life practical applications. During my time at Polytechnique Montreal, I worked on THz imaging, THz sensing, THz spectroscopy and related enabling instrumentation. I now work on terahertz communications which is envisioned as the next frontier for high-bandwidth wireless communications.

Education
Ph. D. – Engineering Physics · 2019
Polytechnique Montreal, Canada
Thesis: Enabling Real-Time Terahertz Imaging with Advanced Optics and Computational Imaging
Advisor: Prof. Maksim Skorobogatiy
Award of the Best 2019 Ph.D. Thesis from Polytechnique Montreal
M. A. Sc. – Engineering Physics · 2015
Polytechnique Montreal, Canada
Thesis: Advanced Instrumentation for Practical Applications of Terahertz Spectroscopy and Imaging
Advisor: Prof. Maksim Skorobogatiy
Award of the Best 2015 Master’s Thesis from Polytechnique Montreal
B. Eng. – Engineering Physics · 2014
Polytechnique Montreal, Canada
Graduated with Honors (Dean’s List)
Scholarship & Awards
- Award of the Best 2019 Ph.D. Thesis
- POLYMTL · 2020
- FRQNT Postdoctoral Fellowship
- FRQNT · 2020
- Best Paper Award (Finalist)
- IEEE IWAT · 2019
- Alexander Graham Bell Ph.D. Scholarship
- NSERC · 2019
- NSERC Ph.D. Scholarship
- NSERC · 2016
- Award of the Best 2015 Master's Thesis
- POLYMTL · 2016
- FRQNT Ph.D. Scholarship
- FRQNT · 2015
- Ph.D. Entrance Scholarship
- POLYMTL · 2015
- Young Researcher Relève Étoile Louis-Berlinguet Award
- FRQNT · 2015
- Scientific Photo Competition
- POLYMTL · 2015
- FRQNT M.A.Sc. Scholarship
- FRQNT · 2014
- NSERC Undergraduate Research Award
- NSERC · 2013
- NSERC Undergraduate Research Award
- NSERC · 2012
- NSERC Undergraduate Research Award
- NSERC · 2011
- B. Eng. Entrance Scholarship
- POLYMTL · 2009