Expertise
- Physics
- Semiconductors
- Electrochemistry
- Materials science
- Thin-film solar cells
Since 2019, I have been living in the Netherlands where I specialise in patents and am training to become a European patent attorney. Originally from France, I decided early on that my interest in both science and learning foreign languages should take me abroad.
I studied physics (BSc and MSc) in a trinational course (FR, GE, LU) in French, English and German. Later, I worked as a doctoral researcher to investigate new and environmentally friendly semiconductor compounds for use as sunlight-absorbing layers in thin-film solar cells. After completing the project, I decided to gain patent knowledge and become a patent adviser to see the bigger picture of innovation.
I speak fluent English and native French. I understand Dutch and German well.
In my spare time, I enjoy cycling and more generally being active outdoors.
Education
- Bsc & Msc in Physics in the Saar-Lor-Lux program involving three universities (2013): University of Luxembourg, University of Saarland (Germany) and University of Lorraine (France)
- PhD in Physics at the University of Luxembourg (2018)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Intellectual Property Law at Bournemouth University (2019)
Publications
- Robert et al, Acta Materialia (2018), 151, Synthesis, theoretical and experimental characterisation of thin film Cu2Sn1-xGexS3 ternary alloys (x = 0 to 1): Homogeneous intermixing of Sn and Ge,
- Robert et al, Journal of alloys and compounds (2016), 695, Reaction chemistry of group IV containing copper chalcogenide semiconductors Cu2MX3 (M=Sn,Ge and X=S,Se)