ICFO | PAUL DUMAS
2015-04-10
Friday, April 10th, 12:00, ICFO's AuditoriumPAUL DUMASDirector of Research CNRS (Centre National Recherche Scientifique). Synchrotron facility SOLEIL, Gif Sur Yvette ( France) $$Paul Dumas is a Director of Research, at the CNRS (Centre National Recherche Scientifique) in France, presently working at the French synchrotron facility SOLEIL. Being a physicist, he has developed and expanded the exploitation of the synchrotron radiation light in the infrared region. He has led the design and construction of several synchrotron infrared beamlines around the world. He was the beamline manager of the SMIS beamline ( Spectroscopy and Microscopy in the Infrared using Synchrotron) until recently. He has been involved in a large variety of research programs, to exploit this infrared bright source: physic at surfaces, high pressure research, archaeology and cultural heritage , biology and biomedical being the main applications. He is member of several Scientific Advisory Committees and Program Review Committees of Synchrotron facilities around the world.
