Born in Vevey, I grew up in Rivaz (Vaud) in a vinegrower family. I went to elementary and middle school respectively in Chexbres and Vevey, and then I went to high School in Burier. I have a bachelor and a Master in Materials Science and Engineering with a Minor in Energy, all of them obtained at EPFL, where I'm currently doing my PhD. My research so far has been essentially focused on energy-related Materials, -nickel-zirconia cermet for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells applications (collaboration with Industrial energetics laboratory, EPFL) -heterojunction solar cells (collaboration with PV-LAB, University of Neuchâtel) -creep resistant quaternary aluminum alloy for uses in engines (Master Thesis at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL) I've done my best in my years at EPFL to get trained on a maximum amount of characterization techniques. These techniques are: -various mechanical tests -simulation -electron microscopy (all types) as well as XRD, AFM and conventional metallography -optical techniques (spectrometry, ellipsometry) -electrical techniques (resistivity, Hall effect ) -Atom Probe Tomography