Gilles Mélin

Gilles Mélin received the Dipl.Eng. degree from the École Nationale Supérieure de Céramique Industrielle, Limoges, France, in 1993, and the Ph.D. degree in ceramic engineering from the University of Limoges, Limoges, France, in 1997, in collaboration with CEA-LETI and Thomson for a work on polycrystalline semiconductors suited for ionizing radiation detectors. In 1999, he joined the Energy Unit, Alcatel Research Center, Marcoussis, France, to work on superconducting HTC wires. Since 2001, he has been engaged in specialty optical fiber development and industrialization for Alcatel, Draka, Prysmian, iXblue, and Exail.