Directory

CNRS Research Fellow

University Professor

Fonctions actuelles / Current

• Head of the Materials Engineering and Metallurgy team (ID2M) at IMN
• Coordinator of the MAPEPAS welding chair (High-Performance Materials and Advanced Welding Processes) at the Jules Verne Institute for Technological Research (IRT).
• Head of the “Welding” option in the “Materials” department at Polytech Nantes
• Head of Continuing Education in Welding at Polytech Nantes (International Welding Engineer)
• Head of DU Welding Engineering at Polytech Nantes
• Elected member of the Comité National des Université (CNU) in section 33, subsection metallurgy
• Member of the Steering Committee for the “Metallic Materials” Roadmap of the Jules Verne Institute for Technological Research (IRT).
• Polytech Nantes representative to the French Welding Association (AFS)
• Member of the AFS Welding Engineers and Technologists Registration Committee (CEITS)
• Auditor and jury chairman for AFS-approved welding training centers
• Member of the French Society of Metallurgy and Materials (SF2M)
• Member of the Association for the Promotion of Metal Construction (APK)

Research Themes

• Metallurgy
• Welding metallurgy
• Additive Manufacturing (Laser-Powder and Wire-Arc)
• Relationship between shaping processes – microstructure – properties of use
• Welding and brazing processes (arc, laser, resistance, friction, FSW, etc.)
• Characterization of welding processes (thermal, electrical, rapid visualization, etc.)

Publications

• 25 publications in international peer-reviewed journals
• 6 book chapters
• Since (1996), 10 invited talks at national/international conferences, 68 oral conference presentations, 4 invited seminars, 6 (co)organisation of conferences

LRU Lecturer-Researcher

University Professor

Senior Lecturer

CNRS Research Director

Function:

• CNRS researcher (CR1 section 15)
• Researcher in the group “Innovative Materials for Optical, Photovoltaics and Storage” at the Institute of Materials Jean Rouxel of Nantes (IMN).

Before

• 2005-16 : CNRS researcher in the laboratory “Physique de la Matière Condensée (PMC)” at the Ecole Polytechnique – Palaiseau, in the group of T. Gacoin.
• 2005 : Postdoctoral position at the University of Barcelona (ICMAB) in the group of Prof. C. Rovira.
• 2003-05: Postdoctoral position at Cornell University (USA) in the group of Prof. F. DiSalvo.

Qualifications:

• 2015: ‘Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches’ from Versailles St-Quentin University, speciality Inorganic Chemistry.
• 2000-03: Ph.D. of Ecole Polytechnique at Nantes and Angers Universities, speciality Molecular Materials, in the group of P. Batail.
• 2000: Master degree “Advanced Solid State Chemistry” at Nantes University.

Research themes:

• Photoluminescent molecular materials
• Stimuli-responsive materials (mechanochromism, thermochromism, vapochromism…)
• Transition metal molecular clusters
• Copper(I) coordination chemistry

Publications:

As of 1/2017:

• 54 publications in international peer-reviewed journals.
• 1 Patent.
• 20 national/international conference presentations.