Metallic materials expert – Framatome – I am a Materials Engineer graduated from the Ecole des Mines de Saint Etienne, France (double diploma “Ingénieur Civil des Mines” and Master of Science – 2008) and then from the University of British Columbia, Canada (PhD – 2012). I have developed a sheer interest in metallic materials from the early stages of my training as an engineer. This was triggered by a first internship at ArcelorMittal R&D center (Maizière-lès-Metz, France) where I was working on the design of new high strength steels for automotive application, and it continued on all the way up to the completion of my PhD work at UBC in 2012. I then took a position at Aperam Stainless Europe R&D center where I was responsible for the design and development of high strength stainless steels for automotive application (2012-2017). In 2017 I joined Framatome (then Areva NP) to work as a materials engineer on the ASTRID project (Gen IV reactor) at DTI and two years later (2019) I moved to the Fuel BU to take a position as a Component Owner for Nickel-based alloys. Since 2019, I work in the Design department of the Fuel BU (FDE-E) where I am responsible for the definition of technical specifications for the procurement of Ni-based alloys, and I’m also supporting the development of new components (for Fuel Assemblies and Control Rods) made by additive manufacturing (specification definition, industrialization ramp-up, qualification, R&D work).