If you are very inquisite, you can have a look to my extended CV

Academic studies

• 1988-1992 : Student in physics at the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon.

• 1990 : DEA "Material science : surface and interface" at the Université Claude Bernard-Lyon I.

• 1993 : PhD Thesis "Free growth of the columnar hexagonal phase of a discotic liquid crystal"
  (PDF, in french). Université Claude Bernard - Lyon I. Directeur de Thèse: Patrick Oswald.

• 2003 : HDR "Quelques propriétés mécaniques des matériaux granulaires immergés"
  (PDF, in french). Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble I.

Research abroad (long stays)

• 1997 : Santiago - Chile
  "Experimental study of the deformation of elastic thin plates" with F. Melo and S. Chaieb in the Nonlinear Physics Laboratory at USACH.

• 1998 : Haverford (PA) - USA
  "Experimental study of the frictional properties of granular matter" with J. P. Gollub and W. Losert in the Nonlinear Physics Laboratory at the Haverford College.

• 2003-2004 : Santiago - Chile
  "Wrinkle formation in a stretched elastic membrane" with R. Bernal and F. Melo.
  "Experimental study of bubbles rising and bursting in a complex fluid" with T. Divoux and F. Melo. One year in the Nonlinear Physics Laboratory at USACH.