Jean-Pierre Wolf

Jean-Pierre Wolf is a French and Swiss physicist and biophotonics expert and a Professor at the Applied Physics Department (GAP) of the University of Geneva.[1]

His research activities are related with applications of ultrafast spectroscopy for biological, medical, and environmental research.[2] He is working with Jérôme Kasparian on laser beams to control the weather.[3][4][5] The technique is similar to cloud seeding, and could potentially influence the triggering and guiding of lightning.[6]

In 2018, he is one of the two winners of the ZEISS Research Award for his research on high intensity lasers and their applications to atmospheric sciences.[7]

Since 2017 his group is taking part into the Consortium of the European project Laser Lighting Rod. The objective of the project is to guide natural lightning using laser filamentation.[8]

References
  1. "Conference to Explore Laser-based Weather Control". photonics.com. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  2. "Research :: GAP Biophotonics". www.unige.ch. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
  3. "The man who wants to control the weather with lasers". Jacopo Prisco. CNN. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  4. "Conference to Explore Laser-based Weather Control". photonics.com. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  5. "Weather could be controlled using lasers". The Telegraph. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  6. "The man who wants to control the weather with lasers". Jacopo Prisco. CNN. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  7. Ltd, SPIE Europe. "Swiss pair share 2018 Zeiss Research Award". optics.org. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  8. "Can a "Super Laser" Tame Lightning?". OPTICS AND PHOTONICS NEWS.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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