09/2010- now: Professor at the University of Burgundy. (1st class professor in 09/2015 ; exceptional class professor in 09/2022 ; CNU section 30)
10/2006-09/2010 : Assistant Professor (« maître de conférences ») at the University of Burgundy.
10/2005-10/2006 : Postdoctoral researcher at the Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton (UK), under the supervision of Pr. Dave Richardson, European Marie-Curie Fellowship
10/2002-10/2005: Teaching Fellowship in Electronics/Signal analysis, ESIREM, engineering school of the University of Burgundy.
11/2009 : French Habilitation diploma « NonLinear Schrödinger equation in optical fibers : similaritons, regeneration, optical sources and extreme events », defended before the commission : G. Millot, JM Dudley, P. Balcou, M. Douay, H. Rigneault, A. Dereux, Y. Jaouen.
10/2005 : PhD in Physics from the University of Burgundy : « Optical similaritons in Raman fiber amplifiers », under the supervision of Pr. Guy Millot. Funded by the Region Bourgogne and the CNRS, defended before the commission : G. Millot, JM Dudley, M. Haelterman, P. Georges, A. Barthelemy, S. Wabnitz.
10/2002 : Engineering degree in Optics delivered by the Ecole Supérieure d’Optique. Speciality in Optical Telecommunications, final rank 1st. In parallel, Master in Optics and Photonics at the University Paris-Sud (now Paris-Saclay University). Internships made at the CEA (Bruyère le Châtel) and at Alcatel R&I (Marcoussis).
06/2000 : Maitrise in Physics from the University of Burgundy. Internships made at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (US) and at the University of Belfast.
2017 - Institut Universitaire de France - Junior Member
2006 – EDF Award of the best scientific thesis of Universities Bourgogne/Franche-Comté, mai 2006.
2005 – Award of the best young researcher, general congress of the SFP and Belgian Physical Society (BPS), Lille.
2005 – Postdoctoral Marie-Curie fellowship ( Intra-European Fellowship ).
2005 – Postdoctoral Lavoisier grant.
2004 – Postdoctoral grant from the Carnot fundation.
2004 – SFP Award (section of Burgundy/Franche-Comté) of the best oral presentation.
2003 – SFP Award (section of Burgundy/Franche-Comté) of the best poster presentation.
1998 – Rotary grant for a scientific training at the Queen's University of Belfast.
Award (Prime) for Scientific Excellence (PES), French Ministry of Education (2009) - Competitive Bonus Award for Research Supervision (PEDR), French Ministry of Education (2013 and 2017).
Since 2019 : listed among the 2% most influencial academic researchers in the field of optics by a ranking based on the analysis of standard bibliometric international databases (doi: 10.17632/btchxktzyw.5)