Maître de conférences hors-Classe HDR (associate Professor)

Université de Lorraine, Institut Jean Lamour, since sept. 2009

– Research : Nanomagnetism and Spintronic (UHV growth, electronic/magnetic properties characterization)

– Teaching : Physics (mechanics, electromagn., quantum mecha., magnetism, etc. ) at Faculty of sciences and technologies, école des Mines de Nancy, PACES and Polytech Nancy

Current duties:

– Head of the competence center “Magnétisme et cryogénie” at Institut Jean Lamour (2011-…)
https://www.ijl.univ-lorraine.fr/la-recherche/centre-de-competences/magnetisme.html

– Coordinator of the French Magnetometry network (2015-…)
https://magnetometrie.cnrs.fr/

– Head of INFRA+ program of Lorraine Univerté d’Excellence (2022-…)
https://www.univ-lorraine.fr/lue/infra/

– Co-responsible of the Master Degree “Elaboration et caractérisation des matériaux” at Université de Lorraine (2024-…)
https://formations.univ-lorraine.fr/fr/master/2538-master-physique-et-chimie-des-materiaux.html

Past activities and highligths:

– Coordinator of FEDER project SONOMA “Sonder les nanomatériaux magnétiques” (2019-2022)
https://spin.ijl.cnrs.fr/projects/sonoma/

– Coordinator of the European Magnetometry network (2015-2021)
www.magnetometry.eu

– Member of the Scientific board (in the permanent board) at Université de Lorraine (2017-2021)

– Coordinator of ANR Labcom I-MAG with NIPSON Technology (2017-2021)
https://anr.fr/Projet-ANR-16-LCV2-0011

– Coordinator of European project Kic Raw Materials MagNet (2017-2020)

– research interregional prize 2018 for our “Greater Region Magnetism Network” (collaborative researches and R&D activities between Universities of Lorraine, Kaiserslautern, Saarbruck, Liège, Luxembourg)
https://factuel.univ-lorraine.fr/node/10268

– Member of CNU section 28 (2016-2019)

– Habilitation à diriger des recherches,”magnetic multilayer for magnetic memories”, nov. 2016

– Suzanne Zivi Prize 2015
http://www.academie-stanislas.org/academiestanislas/index.php/vie-de-l-academie/prix-et-bourses/prix-suzanne-zivi

– Visiting Researcher, Andrew Kent’s lab, New-York University (USA), oct.-dec. 2014

– Research staff member, Hitachi GST, San Jose Research Center, jul. 2008- Sept. 2009 (Bit pattern media technology)

– Postdoctoral Researcher, Hitachi GST, San Jose Research Center, jan. 2007- jul. 2008 (3D memories and STT)

– PhD in “Physics and Chemistry of Condensed Matter and Materials” Nancy University 1, LPM (UMR 7756), 2003-2006

– Visiting student, York University (UK), jul. 2013 (VSM installation)