He obtained his B.S. (2004), M.S (2006), Ph.D (2009), and Habilitation (2015) from the University of Orléans in France. He has been an adjunct professor at the University of Orléans in 2009-2010, and a postdoctoral scholar then research scientist at the California Institute of Technology from 2010 to 2017. Professor Mével’s research focuses on chemical kinetics, laser diagnostics, and spectroscopy with application to industrial safety through the determination of fundamental combustion parameters and the study of detonation waves’ structure and dynamics. He has co-authored more than 30 journal articles and has been awarded the Gérard de Soete Prize in 2010 and the J.H.S. Lee Young Investigator award in 2013 as a recognition of the quality of his work. In 2017, he was selected as a 1000 Young Talents of China.