Engineer in Material Science – Institut National des Sciences Appliquées – of Lyon, he became Doctor in Tribology in 1997.

He has been working with Cetim (French Technical Center for Mechanical Industry) since 1999 in the field of Sealing Technology.

Its main interests are Fugitive Emissions of Valves, characterization of packings and Rapid Gas Decompression of elastomer seals.

He is the convenor of the ISO TC153 WG 5 which works on the ISO 15848 standard.