Curriculum vitæ

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(Last updated July 2016)

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Positions

(Born: 1971)

• 2016-ongoing
  Permanent position as research scientists at SPINTEC Laboratory, Grenoble, France.
• 1999-2015
  Permanent position as research scientists at Institut Néel (CNRS), Grenoble, France.
• 1998-1999
  Post-doctoral position at the Max Planck Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik (Halle, Germany), in the group of Pr. J.Kirschner.
• 1994-1998
  PhD in Laboratoire Louis Néel (CNRS), Grenoble, France: "Fabrication, study and modelling of a model magnetic system: arrays of ultrathin sub-micrometer-sized dots of Fe(110) with in-plane magnetization". The PhD advisers were D.Givord and J.-P.Nozières.
• 1991-1994
  University studies in École Normale Supérieure (ENS) in Paris. I studied physics for three years (Licence, Maîtrise, DEA), ending with a degree in Solid State Physics. I made several stays in research labs during these three years (see below).
• 1989-1991
  The French-so-called 'preparatory courses' in France, ie two years preparing Engineering High School entrance examinations. Courses were mainly physics (40%) and Mathematics (60%).

Milestones

• 2016
  Deputy director at SPINTEC Laboratory, Grenoble, France.
• 2011
  Senior scientist at CNRS (Directeur de Recherches). Deputy director for the department for Nanosciences at Institut NEEL.
• 2003
  Habilitation diploma from Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble. Downloads.
• 1999
  Permanent position as a researcher in Laboratoire Louis Néel (CNRS), Grenoble, France.
• 1998
  PhD delivered by Université Joseph Fourier, for a work performed in Laboratoire Louis Néel (CNRS), Grenoble, France.
• 1991
  Admission in École Normale Supérieure (ENS) in Paris, having passed the entrance examination in Mathematics.
• 1989
  Baccalauréat, scientific section.

Research

• 2016-ongoing
  I am working at SPINTEC laboratory. My main research topic is to tackle fundamental bottlenecks towards the technological concept of a material for a 3D magnetic memory, namely the race-track memory based on domain walls in dense arrays of vertical nanowires. In this concept, series of domain walls in cylindrical nanostructures would be used to codes bits of information, to be moved with spin-polarized currents thanks to spin-transfer phenomena. This research involves cross-disciplinary work performed with colleagues in chemistry department, and the use and development of advanced magnetic microscopy techniques, in particular magnetic force microscopy and Photo-Emission Electron Microscopy. This research line had been initiated while working at Institut NEEL. Research is going on since my move to SPINTEC, involving colleagues from both laboratories.
• 1999-2015
  I have been working at Institut Néel (CNRS) in Grenoble, as a junior and later senior scientist (permanent position). One of my research topics was to fabricate novel nanometer-sized magnetic objects by tailoring UHV epitaxial self-organization processes at surfaces. Due to their high structural and chemical quality, these systems can serve as model systems for magnetic studies such as magnetism at interfaces, micromagnetism (magnetic domains, magnetization reversal, etc.) etc. Another research topic is magnetic-domain wall motion in one-dimensional objects (stripes and wires) induced by magnetic field or spin-polarized current.
• 1998-1999
  Post-doctoral position in the Max-Planck Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik (Halle, Germany), in the group of Pr.J.Kirschner. I worked on nanoscale-self-organized thin-film magnetic systems and developed a process of vertical self-organization based on sequential deposition of two materials.
• 1994-1998
  Stay in Laboratoire Louis Néel, mainly including my thesis : Fabrication, study and modelling of a model magnetic system: arrays of ultrathin sub-micrometer-sized dots of Fe(110) with in-plane magnetization.
  This work included experimental activity (sample fabrication; measurements) as well as a bit of micromagnetic theory (a model of magnetization reversal). My PhD advisers were D.Givord and J.-P.Nozières.
  I did also some technical work (maintenance of a UHV setup, development of softwares).
• 1994-1992
  Short stays in research labs, including: 1^1/2 month: Fabrication of a torque magnetometer for studying He-3 magnetization at very low temperatures, with E.Wolf, in Centre de Recherche sur les Très Basses Températures (CRTBT-CNRS, Grenoble, France). 6 months: Dendritic growth of He-3, with Pr.Ch.Elbaum, in Brown University (Providence, RI, USA). 1 month: Magnetic properties of ultrathin epitaxial GdFe bilayers, with D.Givord, in Laboratory Louis Néel (LLN-CNRS, Grenoble, France).

Teaching

• (2006-2011) PhD lectures at Grenoble Universities: Nanomagnetism and spintronics.
• (2002-2006) Lectures and practicals about Magnetic thin films and nanostructures in Master Technics and applications of Physics - Engineering of Magnetic Materials
• (1994-1996; 1999-2001) 'Colles' (group of three students working simulaneously on a 1-hour problem) of Physics and Chemistry for students in mathematics preparatory courses for engineering high-schools (Math.Spé). (two hours per week).
• (1996-1998) Monitorat in Université Joseph Fourier (UJF, Grenoble, France), with students preparing the first University degree (DEUG). This included lectures and problems in classical mechanics (SMA, 44h), problems in classical mechanics and electromagnetism (MIAS, 32h), and experiments in hydrodynamics, electromagnetism and optics (SV/ST, 80h).
• (1994) Lectures and problems for medicine students (Cours Galien) (40 hours).

Others

A curriculum vitæ generally includes a picture. This picture dates back to March 2011, in northern Norway near Bode. This was to illustrate that I am not interested only in research and teaching. I am fond of hiking and skiing in the mountains.