Yves Bréchet is Professor of Materials Science at Grenoble-INP and Associate Professor at McMaster (Canada) and Jiaotong (China). Previously an industry consultant and member of the French National Commission for Nuclear Waste, he was appointed High Commissioner for Atomic Energy in 2012. He is also a member of the French Academy of Sciences. A graduate of the École Polytechnique engineering school and holder of a doctorate in materials physics, his work focuses on microstructural transformations in metals and alloys, microstructure/properties relationships and materials selection methods. More recently, his analysis of architectures in natural materials has served as a guide to the development of "tailor-made materials", combining multimaterials and geometries to extend the field of conventional materials.
Education
- École polytechnique (1981-1984)
- Doctorate from Grenoble University (1987)
- Habilitation to direct research (1992)
Honorary distinctions
- Member of the Académie des Sciences, Academia Europea and European Academy of Sciences