Experience

ThrustMe

• France
• Aviation & Aerospace
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Principal Engineer

  • Nov 2020 - Present

  ThrustMe enables economic and environmental sustainability of the growing space industry by delivering groundbreaking, turnkey, and streamlined in-orbit propulsion solutions for a wide range of satellite platforms and mission needs. As a principal engineer at ThrustMe, I perform a number of activities including: • Strategic planning for future propulsion products and services • Research and development for new propulsion systems • Space mission analysis and low-thrust trajectory optimization • Interact with industrial and academic partners to manage and foster collaborations http://thrustme.fr/ Show less



PlasmaPotential

• Canberra, Australia

• Owner and Plasma Physics Consultant

  • Jan 2018 - Present

  Founded PlasmaPotential, a company providing scientific consulting and research services in the field of plasma physics, particularly for space propulsion and material processing applications. Founded PlasmaPotential, a company providing scientific consulting and research services in the field of plasma physics, particularly for space propulsion and material processing applications.



Centre National d'Études Spatiales

• France
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Scientist

  • Sep 2015 - Aug 2017

  Studied anomalous electron transport in Hall-effect thrusters, and was able to explain this phenomenon by demonstrating how kinetic plasma instabilities can lead to enhanced electron scattering. Studied anomalous electron transport in Hall-effect thrusters, and was able to explain this phenomenon by demonstrating how kinetic plasma instabilities can lead to enhanced electron scattering.



ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab

• France
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Scientist

  • Dec 2013 - Aug 2015

  Developed two new plasma sources (ECRA and PEGASES) for space propulsion and material processing applications. ECRA is a microwave plasma source that generates fast ions through plasma expansion through a magnetic nozzle, and PEGASES is a gridded plasma source that alternatively extracts and accelerates positive and negative ions. Developed two new plasma sources (ECRA and PEGASES) for space propulsion and material processing applications. ECRA is a microwave plasma source that generates fast ions through plasma expansion through a magnetic nozzle, and PEGASES is a gridded plasma source that alternatively extracts and accelerates positive and negative ions.



École Polytechnique

• France
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Scientist

  • Mar 2012 - Nov 2013

  Worked on the excitation of capacitively coupled plasmas using tailored voltage waveforms for material processing applications and made fundamental contributions to the physics of radio-frequency plasma discharges and sheaths. Worked on the excitation of capacitively coupled plasmas using tailored voltage waveforms for material processing applications and made fundamental contributions to the physics of radio-frequency plasma discharges and sheaths.