Christian Seassal

CNRS Research DirectorEEA/INL

Christian Seassal is Senior Researcher at the French CNRS, and he was Associate Director of the Lyon Institute of Nanotechnology (INL) from 2015 to 2020. He graduated from INSA de Lyon (1993) and received his PhD from École Centrale de Lyon in 1997. His research activities concern photonic nanostructures and their applications for integrated photonics and solar photovoltaics. He has authored and co-authored about 110 research papers in international journals, and of over 50 invited conferences. He is member of the Optical Society (OSA), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Materials Research Society (MRS). He is deputy editor of the OSA Optics Express Journal, and editor of its supplement Energy Express. He received the French CNRS bronze medal in 2002.