Full Professor at the Université catolique de Louvain (UCLouvain), I am member of the Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences (IMCN) where I conduct research in the field of nanosciences and nanotechnologies, mainly focussed on the development and the application of scanning probe microscopies to the study of (nano-)materials (structure, morphology, mechanical, electronic, magnetic, physico-chemical, electro-mechanical properties) (see Research tab). I teach at the École polytechnique de Louvain (EPL) (physics, chemistry, material science, surface analysis, macromolecular nanotechnology, ...) (see Teaching tab) and I am the academic responsible for the Advanced Master in Nanotechnology. I am author or co-author of more than 140 articles in peer-reviewed international journals, of 8 book chapters and of three patents (see Publications tab).
I chaired the Wallonia Network for Nanotechnologies (NanoWal) and the Royal Belgian Society for Microscopies (RBSM), whose I am presently the treasurer.