Sophie Chagnon-Lessard
Adjunct Research Professor
Research Interests:
- Mechanopathology
- Multiscale and inter-organ mechanical coupling
- Photonics-enabled methods for reconstructing spatially resolved mechanical state fields
- Mesoscale mechanics of aerospace materials and structures
I completed a PhD in Physics at the University of Ottawa, where I specialized in biophysics, an MSc in Physics at the University of Guelph with a focus on nuclear physics, and a BSc in Physics at Université Laval. Following my doctoral studies, I worked in the medical and photonics industries as a scientist and research manager, leading multidisciplinary technology development in photonic-enabled methods for mechanical characterization. This work included the development of a commercial Bio-Brillouin microscope in collaboration with international partners.
My current research integrates photonics and mechanics to investigate how mechanical states emerge, evolve, and interact across biological systems and engineered materials. As a postdoctoral researcher at Uppsala University, I study the mechanical behavior of metallic glasses with high resolution spectroscopy. At ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ University, my research interests center on developing new approaches to reconstruct mechanical organization and understand how coupled physical landscapes evolve across scales to shape biological function, dysfunction, and mechanopathology.