He joined the faculty in 2007. He received his B.S. from the Ecole Polytechnique (France, 1993) and his Ph.D. from Northwestern University (2000). From 2000 to 2007, he was Research Assistant Professor at the Northwestern University and Technical Director at MP Technologies. He specializes in the growth and characterization of wide bandgap AlInGaN compound semiconductors, quantum heterostructures, nanostructures and optoelectronic devices. He has over 90 publications including nearly 50 journal articles.