Michel Meunier MSc, PhD

Dr. Michel Meunier is a professor in the Department of Engineering Physics and the head of the Laser Processing and Plasmonics Laboratory, at Polytechnique Montréal.

Dr. Meunier’s team has developed a new approach to the synthesis of gold-silver alloy nanomaterials, with fine control of their composition and size, and is working on the development of novel medical imaging techniques. Dr. Meunier has perfected a technique for the detection of cell-surface biomarkers that is a cost-efficient improvement over the classic immunofluorescence method: 3D multiplexed immunoplasmonics microscopy, which uses Abs-functionalized plasmonic nanoparticles (fNPs) as “headhunters” to target biomarkers, with reflected light microscopy (RLM) used to detect the biomarkers visually.

Dr. Meunier is also developing tools for cancer treatment, drug delivery, and nanosurgery, such as the “light nanoscalpel” which is aimed at functionalized plasmonic nanoparticles that concentrate its light to perforate the membrane. Recently, Dr. Meunier designed a procedure for optimized, controlled design (material, shape, and size) of metallic nanoparticles to improve nanosurgery performance.