Dr. Eric Faulques is a CNRS Research Director who completed his studies in Versailles, Orléans, and Paris, culminating in the achievement of his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Nantes in 1986 (France). He began his research career as a contract researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in 1982 at the University of Paris-Orsay. Later, he transitioned to the University of Nantes, where he assumed a permanent research position in 1986. During his academic journey, he also worked as a postdoctoral researcher in Vienna at the Institut für Festkörperforschung (Austria) in 1987-1988, and at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley (USA) in 1990-1991. In addition, he served as a visiting scientist at the University of Warwick and the University of Nottingham  during 2010-2011. Before joining the EPIPHY group at IEMN in 2023, he worked at the Institut des Matériaux de Nantes Jean Rouxel (IMN) in Nantes.

Teaching Activities

Throughout his academic career, he took on teaching roles as a teaching assistant at the University of Paris XIII and as an adjunct lecturer at the University of Nantes and the University of Poitiers (1988, 1999-2008). He also served as a full member of the selection committees for CNU sections 28/30 at both the University of Poitiers and the University of Nantes from 1999 to 2008.

Research Activities

His main specialty encompasses smart materials with multifunctional properties, solid-state physics, optical spectroscopy at varying temperatures, electron-phonon interactions, and low-dimensional systems. His current activities involve mastering complexity at the nanoscale in innovative materials for optics, with applications in photovoltaics, luminescence, nanoelectronics, and sensors. He conducts physics simulations of nanostructures and works with carbon-based materials, composites, carbon nanotubes, graphene, and atomic nanowires. He also has expertise in Raman, infrared, optical, and ultrafast photoluminescence spectroscopies. Furthermore, he serves as a member of the thematic advisory committee for the Nanomaterials journal and leads the NATO SPS.MYP 985481 Quantum Sensor project. His expertise extends to evaluating scientific projects at both national and European levels, and he also serves as a reviewer for numerous scientific journals.