Educational 1999: Habilitation in Mechanics, Industrial Processing, University of Montpellier 1989: PhD, Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine (INPL), Nancy 1983: MSc of Wood Sciences, Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine (INPL), Nancy 1982: Engineer for Wood Industry, Ecole Supérieure du Bois (ESB), Paris Work background 2019- Researcher both in LaBoMaP_ENSAM and BioWooEB_CIRAD 2012-2018 Director or Reseach Unit BioWooEB_CIRAD, Montpellier 2009 -2012 Director of LaBoMaP (EA 3633), Material and Process Laboratory, Cluny, France 2001 -… Full Professor, Arts & Metiers Institute of Technology 1999 -2000: Visiting scientist in the Western Laboratory of Forintek Canada Corp., Vancouver, B.C (NATO fellowship) 1992 -2001: Associate Professor, Arts & Metiers Institute of Technology (ENSAM) 1990 -1992: Engineer in the Agence de l’Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l’Energie (ADEME) in charge of the technological support of the primary wood processing industry 1986 -1989: PhD student and lecturer in ENSTIMA (Ecole des Mines d’Alès) 1984 -1986: Engineer in French and South American NGO for international co-operation 1983 -1984: Engineer in the Forest Research Centre of Institut National de Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Nancy Keywords Wood machining – peeling and slicing processes – plywood - LVL – Engineering Wood Products – second quality woods – European, Mediterranean and tropical woods – Wood quality & Agroforestry / ToF