Christine Alain
Technology Manager, INO

Christine Alain holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from École de Technologie Supérieure and a master’s degree in electronic device engineering from McGill University. She has been at INO since 1997, first as a researcher helping to design infrared detectors. She is currently responsible for the microsystems technology roadmap. She supervises and coordinates a team of 24 researchers and technologists, who work on developing microfabrication processes and optical chips in an ultra-clean environment called a clean room. Christine has authored or co-authored over 50 technical publications and 12 patents in the fields of thermal imaging and microfabrication.