Unlike many countries, the concept of a Principal Investigator (PI) leading a research group does not exist in France. Since the majority of researchers hold tenured positions, laboratories are organized into teams or groups comprising permanent researchers who collaborate with one another. On this page, “My group” refers only to the non-tenure researchers I hired to work on specific funded projects. However, it is important to note that the involvement of other permanent researchers in the supervision is also mentioned.
Current Doctoral Researchers
9. Since 2023: Thesis co-director of (to be hired) with Dr. Lydia BOUDJELOUD ASSALA from LORIA – ANR funding
Development of machine learning algorithms for polycrystalline plasticity
8. Since 2023: Thesis director of Fatin EL AJJOURI with Dr. Vincent TAUPIN – HORIZON funding
Automation of the characterization of crystalline defects using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM): application for the GaN industry
7. Since 2023: Thesis director of Antoine MONNET – collaboration with ISL – ISL funding
Study on the performance and properties of a lightweight ballistic protection with bi-layered 3D welded deposits
6. Since 2023: Thesis director of Étienne LAVALLÉE – collaboration with KAI GmbH – HORIZON funding
Probing crystalline defects for understanding their influence on electrical properties on GaN.
5. Since 2021: Thesis co-director (with Prof. Luc PICHON from Pprime Institute / Université de Poitiers) of Renaud GÉNIN – University Grants (LabEx DAMAS and LabEx INTERACTIFS)
Surface hardening and fatigue behavior of ß-titanium alloys induced by multi-interstitial followed by mechanical surface treatments: effect of property gradient.
4. Since 2021: Thesis co-director (with Prof. Emmanuel BOUZY) of Julien AUBOURG – CIFRE with JEOL EUROPE SAS
Development of a new STEM-in-SEM technique.
3. Since 2020: Thesis co-director (with Prof. Thierry GROSDIDIER) of Adrien HEINZELMEIER – CNRS MITI Grant
Absorption/desorption of hydrogen in MAX phases, MXenes and their Mg-based nanocomposites.
Former Doctoral Researchers
2. 2018–2022: Thesis co-director (with Dr. Nabila MALOUFI) of Frederic HABIYAREMYE – Ministerial Grant
Experimental and mesoscopic approach for understanding the fundamental deformation mechanisms of materials.
1. 2015–2018: Thesis co-director (with Dr. Nabila MALOUFI) of Hana KRIAA – Ministerial Grant
Electron channeling contrast imaging of dislocations. Theory and experiments.
Current Postdoctoral Researchers
6. Since 2023: Dr. Satjaveer DHINWAL, collaboration with Dr. Vincent TAUPIN.
Feature engineering of experimental datasets.
ANR funding
5. Since 2023: Dr. Arka MANDAL, collaboration with Dr. Vincent TAUPIN.
Extract relevant information from surface characterization techniques.
HORIZON funding
Former Postdoctoral Researchers
4. 2020–2022: Dr. Kaustubh VENKATRAMAN, collaboration with Dr. Vincent TAUPIN.
Influence of the microstructure on the internal stress field within grains.
LabEx DAMAS & Région Grand Est funding
3. 2018–2020: Dr. Hana KRIAA, collaboration with Dr. Nabila MALOUFI and Dr. Vincent TAUPIN
Stability of dislocation configurations.
LabEx DAMAS funding
2. 2018–2020: Dr. Meriem BEN HAJ SLAMA, collaboration with Dr. Nabila MALOUFI and Dr. Vincent TAUPIN.
Towards the evolution of dislocations observed by SEM.
LabEx DAMAS & Région Grand Est funding
1. 2018–2019: Dr. Chunyang ZHANG, collaboration with Prof. Cécile HEBERT (EPFL-LSME, Switzerland) and Prof. Emmanuel BOUZY
3D reconstruction of dislocations observed by SEM.
EPFL & Région Grand Est funding
Current Master Interns
4. 2023: Hamza AZIZI, collaboration with LORIA
Development of machine learning algorithms for polycrystalline plasticity.
ANR funding
Former Master Interns
3. 2023: Étienne LAVALLÉE, collaboration with KAI GmbH
Probing crystalline defects for understanding their influence on electrical properties on GaN.
HORIZON funding
2. 2020: Yuming MA, with Dr. Julien GUÉNOLÉ
Atomic-scale simulation of fundamental deformation mechanisms near grain boundary.
Internal funding
1. 2017: Mathilde LEVERD, with Prof. Emmanuel BOUZY and Jean-Claude MENARD (Ahead Microscopy, France)
Development of the STEM-in-SEM.
LabEx DAMAS funding