Full professor
Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Optics
Faculty of Science and Engineering

Luc Beaulieu earned his Ph.D. from Université Laval in 1996. Following a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California at Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in nuclear sciences, he worked as a researcher at Indiana University in Bloomington. In 2000, he took the lead of the medical physics research group at CHU de Québec-Université Laval and, in addition to developing cutting-edge research activities, he established a graduate training program (Master’s and Ph.D.) in medical physics. This program achieved North American accreditation (CAMPEP) in 2011 and was the first French-language CAMPEP-accredited program in the world. He directed the program until 2025.
Internationally recognized for his unique contributions to the development of dosimeters, as well as novel technologies and algorithms used in the context of radiotherapy treatments, the long-term goal of his research program is to improve dose measurement accuracy, dose optimization, dose calculations, and delivery systems for precision medicine based on radiation. His current research focuses specifically on the development and clinical implementation of new technologies and algorithms for cancer treatments. For more than 25 years, Prof. Beaulieu has also worked with various industrial partners in the design, development, and validation of biomedical technologies, including holding an NSERC-Elekta Industrial Research Chair for the development of brachytherapy biomedical technologies (2015–2021).
Working in laboratories located within the Integrated Cancer Center just steps away from clinical services, his research theme offers a dynamic, multidisciplinary environment where physicists, physicians, engineers, technical staff, and other healthcare professionals work side by side, all gathered around one of the largest clusters of high-end biomedical technology in Eastern Canada.