I am part of the CTO Department at Ansys supporting educational and research institutions in France and Belgium as Education and Research Development Manager. I hold a MSc and PhD in material science and engineering from the University of Grenoble (France) and my technical background is related to microelectronic and to metallurgy. I involved in several successful postdoctoral research projects in Germany and Belgium for 6 years, particularly in the field of multiscale modeling and characterization of mechanical properties of materials using nanoindentation technique.