Professor Grillot brings over two decades of expertise in teaching and conducting academic research. He earned his M.S. degree from the University of Dijon, France in 1999, followed by a Ph.D. degree from the University of Besançon, France in 2003. Later, he obtained the Research Habilitation from the University of Paris, France in 2012. Before joining Télécom Paris as a faculty member in 2012, he held positions at the Center for Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies (C2N) at the University Paris Saclay, France (2003), and the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA), France (2004-2011). He also served as an invited researcher at the University of New Mexico, USA (2008-2009), the University of California Los Angeles, USA (2017), the University of California Santa Barbara (2023 & 2024), and the Politecnico di Milano, Italy (2023), and Politecnico de Turin, Italy (2024). Throughout his career, Prof. Grillot has published over 150 journal articles and 3 book chapters. He has been an associate researcher at the University of California, Santa Barbara since January 2025.