Rate My Professor Stéphane Coen

Professor Stéphane Coen is a Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Auckland. He grew up in Brussels, Belgium, and completed all his studies there, obtaining his PhD in Applied Sciences from the Université Libre de Bruxelles in 1999. In December 2003, he was appointed Lecturer in the Physics Department of the University of Auckland, where he has remained throughout his career, advancing to the position of Professor.

His research specializations include nonlinear optics, optical fibers, nonlinear resonators, and microresonators. Professor Coen is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand Te Apārangi. In 2017, he was awarded a James Cook Research Fellowship in Engineering Sciences and Technologies. He joined the Dodd-Walls Centre in 2015. In 2025, he delivered his inaugural lecture titled "Optical fibre rings, white light, and Middle Earth." Professor Coen has authored or co-authored hundreds of research publications with tens of thousands of citations.