He received the PhD degree in microelectronics from the University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France in 2006. In 2008, he was recruited as associate professor and started working on the compact modeling of sensors (magnetic and optical). In 2011, he started a new research thematic on trying to extend CAD tools from microelectronics to ne new challenges met in biological engineering: synthetic biology, bio-sensors, lab-on-chips, etc..