Jean-Luc obtained his undergraduate degree in physics at the University of Ottawa. His undergraduate research project focused on producing a set of experimentally established ²⁰²Hg₂ potential curves with clearly outlined depth, intermolecular separation, and proper long-distance tails. This was accomplished using Rydberg-Klein-Rees (RKR) calculations for vobronic and ro-vibronic transitions.

In the Spring of 2018, Jean-Luc joined Professor Bhardwaj’s Extreme Ultrafast Photonics research group as a Master’s student to research the dynamics of strong field chiral interactions. In January 2019, he fast-tracked his M.Sc. degree to a Ph.D. degree in order to further investigate and clarify the fundamentals of strong field chiral interactions using elliptically polarized light and structured light. His fields of interest include, but are not limited to, ultrafast light matter interaction, nonlinear optics, and atomic/molecular physics.