Responsibilities and duties
Professor
Head of the “Physical Mechanics and Interfaces” group
Laboratoire Georges Friedel CNRS UMR 5307
Biography
Since 2015 Professor, Mines Saint-Etienne, France
2004-2015 Lecturer (Maître de conférences), University of Nantes, France
2010-2011 Visiting Researcher, Department of Materials, University of Oxford, UK
2002-2004 Post-doc, CEA (Physical Metallurgy Group, Saclay)
2001-2002 Lecturer (1 year contract), University of Nantes, France
Research topics
Environmental degradation of metals, Hydrogen embrittlement, Stress corrosion cracking, Ductility dip cracking, Surface and interface segregation, Physical metallurgy
Teaching areas
Teaching in Materials science / Metallurgy, Surfaces and interfaces in metals
Education
2013 Habilitation (HDR), University of Nantes, France, Grain Boundary Segregation in Metals. New Quantification Methods applied to Sulphur Segregation in Nickel
2001 PhD in Metallurgy, University of Nantes, France, Grain Boundary Embrittlement of 17-4PH Martensitic Stainless Steel during Low Temperature Ageing
1997 MEng in Materials (diplôme d’ingénieur), INSA de Rennes (Institut National des Sciences Appliquées), France