BRIOIS Pascal

Pascal Briois received the Master's degree in science and material engineering from Henri Poincaré University, Nancy, France, in 2002, and the Ph.D. degree in science and material engineering from the National Polytechnic Institute of Lorraine, Nancy, France, in 2005. He is currently an Associate Professor at University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard (UTBM). His main research areas include characterization and elaboration of SOFC/PCFC, sensors and catalysts by thin technology in particular reactive magnetron sputtering. He also have activities for the development of specific layers for industrial partners in the field of mechanics, optics, etc...

Since 2002, he is member of the French research group on fuel cell and in 2020 he is member of board of French National H2 network to represent FEMTO-ST. In 2018, he becomes member in the steering committee of C’nano EST and he is the head of the SURFACE platform from UTBM. The surface platform is specialized in dry surface treatment (PVD) and the characterization of thin films. Since 2020, he is deputy director of Micro-Nano Science and Surfaces (MN2S) department of FEMTO-ST institute.  He is the holder of the French research expertise bonus (PEDR) by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research, member of the ElectroChemical Society since 2011.