Mathieu Mirjolet

Originally from Trieux (Grand Est, France), Dr. Mathieu Mirjolet received both his bachelor’s (2013) and master’s (2015) degrees from the University of Lorraine (France), specialising in condensed matter and nanophysics. During his studies, he made two major research stays: one at the CMRR-UCSD (San Diego, USA) where he studied the growth of thin metallic films deposited by magnetron sputtering, and the other at the LPCNO-INSA (Toulouse, France) where he investigated the properties of nanoparticles for magnetic hyperthermia.

In 2021, he graduated with a Ph.D in Physics from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain), leading his research in the group of Prof. Fontcuberta at the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC). His research topic was centered on the growth and characterization of thin film heterostructures obtained by pulsed laser deposition (PLD), with applications in oxide electronics. Particular attention was given to transparent conducting oxides – a category of materials widely used in displays and solar cells – with exotic physical properties, such as the presence of polarons and bulk plasmons.

Mathieu is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the MSRL. Within the group, his research is focused on the development of novel materials for flexible electronics and small-scale robotic devices. He aims to explore the mechanical and magnetoelectric properties of flexible nanostructures based on free-standing PLD-deposited thin films.