PAWULA Florent
Associate Professor
Functions
- Since September 2026: Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Nantes. Team: Physics of Materials and Nanostructures.
- Sept. 2023–Sept. 2026: Lecturer and Researcher (LRU) at the University of Nantes in the Department of Physics and the Institut des Matériaux de Nantes. Responsible for measuring physical properties, PLASSMAT platform. Team: Physics of Materials and Nanostructures (PMN).
- Apr. 2022 – Aug. 2023: Postdoctoral researcher at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) in Tsukuba, Japan, in collaboration with the Laboratory for INnovative Key materials and structures (LINK-CNRS/Saint-Gobain, IRL 3629), hosted by NIMS. Research group: Energy Materials Design Group.
Research topic: Development of new chalcogenide thermoelectric materials using active machine learning and Bayesian optimization. - Jan. 2019–Jan. 2021 and June–Nov. 2021: Postdoctoral researcher at the Laboratory of Organic Polymer Chemistry (LCPO) in Bordeaux, France. Research topics: Thin polymer films and hybrid single crystals for thermoelectric applications.
Qualifications :
- 2015–2018: Ph.D. in physics at the University of Caen Normandy, France. Research laboratory: Laboratory of Crystallography and Materials Science (CRISMAT, UMR 6508). Research topic: Properties of ruthenium oxides investigated using the Seebeck effect.
Research Topics
- Ultrafast dynamics of the Mott transition under light and electrical stimulation.
- Unconventional superconductivity and topological phases in dichalcogenide misfits.
Activities in the Research Community
- Head of the IMN’s Physical Property Measurement System
- Member of the IMN Equality and Parity Committee responsible for promoting gender equality, diversity, and inclusion in research, as well as for preventing gender-based and sexual violence.
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