Dr. Douplik is a Professor, the Head of the Photonics Group in the Physics Department at Toronto Metropolitan (formerly Ryerson) University since 2011, a Scientist at St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, specializing in Biophotonics and Laser Medicine, and the author of more than 70 peer-reviewed papers, 55 conference papers, seven book chapters and 18 patents. He was a visiting researcher at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), Japan, in 2017, 2018 and 2023. From 2007 to 2011, he was a contract Research Professor at Erlangen University, Germany, where he defended his Biomedical Engineering Habilitation (Dr. of Science degree) in 2011. He was a Scientific Associate at Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto in 2006-2007, and Senior Researcher in Xillix Technologies, Vancouver, Canada in 2002-2006. He is a Senior Member of SPIE and OSA.