Frédéric Grillot obtained his Master of Science (M.S.) from the University of Dijon, France, in 1999, followed by a Doctorate (Ph.D.) from the University of Besançon, France, in 2003. He subsequently obtained his Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches from the University of Paris, France, in 2012. Before joining Télécom Paris as a faculty member in 2012, he held positions at the Centre des Nanosciences et Nanotechnologies (C2N) at Université Paris Saclay, France (2003), and at the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA), France (2004-2011). He has also been a visiting scholar at the University of New Mexico, USA (2008-2009), the University of California at Los Angeles, USA (2017), the University of California at Santa Barbara (2023 and 2024), the Politecnico di Milano, Italy (2023), and the Politecnico di Torino, Italy (2024). Throughout his career, Professor Grillot has published over 150 articles in scientific journals and 3 book chapters. Since January 2025, he has been a research associate at the University of California Santa Barbara.