Dr. Laurent Rubaldo

Laurent Rubaldo was born in France in 1975. He received his engineering diploma from INSA Toulouse in 1997, his Ph.D. in Physics from the University Grenoble Alpes (formerly University Joseph Fourier of Grenoble) in 2001, and his Habilitation to supervise research from the same university in 2019. He joined STMicroelectronics in 2001, first as an R&D engineer for device characterisation, and moved to a position of technical leader for process development. In 2007, he joined LYNRED (formerly Sofradir Group) as R&D engineer to work on the electro-optical characterisation and performance optimisation of cooled IR photodetectors. Since 2017, he has held the position of Senior Expert in semiconductor and optoelectronic technologies. Involved in academic and research partner networks, he is coordinator of the DEFIR joint laboratory with CEA-Leti and vice-director of the DECID joint laboratory with CROMA-CNRS since 2021. Member of the Grenoble-INP UGA and Fondation Grenoble INP boards, he is chairman of the board of the Phelma engineering school since 2021.
He is the author of seven patents and more than one hundred scientific articles. He has supervised 8 doctoral theses.