Paulo Hisao Moriya (BSc, MSc, PhD in Physics at University of São Paulo, Brazil) is a Research Associate at the Institute of Photonics, University of Strathclyde developing high performance laser systems based on vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting-laser (VECSEL) technology for quantum technology applications. His research interests include lasers, laser physics, ultra-coherent laser emission, photonics, quantum technologies and sensors, optical clocks, atomic and molecular physics, cold atoms.