Nicolas LAFITTE Ph.D. French-Chilean, 34 years old Project researcher Univ. of Tokyo & SANTEC Corp. Phone: +81 (0)90 2932 8588 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://lafitte33.free.fr

Researcher in Microtechnology

Résumé Upon completion of my Master’s Degree in Microelectronics at University of Bordeaux (France) in 2008, I wanted to conduct further research in an academic laboratory setting. I commenced a Ph.D. program developing design, modeling and control strategies of mechanical nano-tweezers in order to enhance detection of biological/chemical reactions on DNA molecules. Since 2012, I continued in the laboratory of the Pr. Toshiyoshi (U. of Tokyo) in collaboration with Stanley Electric Co. Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan), working on the design of MEMS fabricated in IC-compatible technology. A digitally programmable piezo-resonator has been achieved to address different RF bandwidths. From 2014, I joined a collaboration with Santec Corp. (Nagoya, Japan) for the development of MEMS mirror for new tunable laser and its medical OCT applications. During these 3 experiences, I think to have acquired strong knowledge about microsystem engineering from theory, design and simulations to fabrication and integration. However, due to a personal interest in smart robotics for assistance to the persons, I am learning and developing more my mathematics and programming skills on machine learning and AI.

Professional experience 2014-2017 Japan

Project researcher, @Univ. of Tokyo (Toshiyoshi lab) & SANTEC Corp. Development of optical MEMS mirrors for tunable laser sources and medical OCT

2012-2014 Japan

Post-doctoral fellow, @Univ. of Tokyo (Toshiyoshi lab) & Stanley Electric Co. Development of digitally programmable resonator by PZT-SOI process

2008-2012 Japan/France

Ph.D student, @U. of Tokyo (Fujita lab) & FEMTO-ST (Microsystems control) Control of silicon nano-tweezers for DNA molecules characterization

2008 France

Intern student 7 months, @STMicroelectronics (Grenoble/Crolles) Design of an RF antena switch in SOI technology

2006 France

Intern student 3 months, @Univ. of Kumamoto Design of a CMOS low-power low-frequency oscillator

Education 2008-2012 Japan/France

Ph.D, Doctor in Microsystems and Control theory @LIMMS Univ. of Tokyo (Fujita lab) & FEMTO-ST (Microsystems control group) Control of silicon nano-tweezers for DNA molecules characterization

2007-2008 France

Master with specialization in Microelectronics, with distinction @Bordeaux Graduate School of Engineering ENSEIRB/University of Bordeaux

2006-2007 Sabbatical year, Voluntary works in South America South America @NGO Intillapu (Solar cookers development in Chile), WWOOF Finca El Peregrino (Organic farming in Argentina) and NGO Los Gorriones (Orphanage in Peru) 2001-2006 France

Bachelor to Master in Electrical engineering, with distinctions @Univ. of Bordeaux & Bordeaux Graduate School of Engineering ENSEIRB

Publications & Achievements Journals

4 international journal papers (+1 in review) in IEEE/ASME Trans. Mech, RSC Lab On Chip, Nature Scientific Reports, Nature Microsystems & Nanoengineering, RSC Chem. Comm.

Conferences

30 international conferences especially in IEEE MEMS (3), MicroTAS (8), Transducers (5) and IROS (1) 8 in domestic conferences

Books

3 chapters of book - Encyclopedia of Nanotechnology (Springer)(2011 & 2015) - Micro and Nano Manipulation (Wiley-VCH)(2015)

Reviews

4 article reviews for IEEE/ASME Trans. Mech, IEEE JMEMS and Adv. Robotic 1 project review for National Heatlh Institutes (US) start-up founding program

Patent

1 patent: “Molecule detection system”, WO2016080543 (A1)

Skills & Interests Languages

English (fluent, TOEFL: 563/650 in 2006), French (native), Spanish (native), Japanese (N3-conversational level in 2015, in preparation of N2-business level)

Electronics

Analog and Digital IC design, simulation (with Mentor, Cadence, Ansoft, VHDLAMS, Spice) and instrumentation Experimental instrumentation with LabVIEW

Multiphysics

Simulation with COMSOL (mechanics, electrostatic and fluidics) Modeling with MATLAB and Python (dynamical systems and control theory)

Microfabrication

Standard cleanroom processes for MEMS and Microfluidics

Design & Layout

L-Edit, Cle-Win, MathCAD, Solidworks (3D), Blender (3D & animation)

Programming

C, C++, VHDL-AMS, Spice, SystemC, HLS, Matlab, Python Basic web development (HTML, CSS, PHP, Java) Learning Android app programming, machine learning and AI

Interests

Sports (especially soccer, tennis, windsurfing) Discovering lifes and cultures abroad (especially Latin cultures) Dance on Latin musics (esp. Salsa) and cooking (esp. French and Japanese)

Volunteering

NGO Intillapu (Solar cookers) (Chili 2006), WWOOF (Organic farming) (Chili 2006, Argentina 2007), NGO Los Gorriones (Orphanage) (Peru 2007), French Red Cross (Social & First aid) (France 2007-2009), Hands-On Tokyo (Social) (Japan 2017)

References • • • • • • • •

Dr. Keiji ISAMOTO (Santec Corp., Nagoya), [email protected] Pr. Hiroshi TOSHIYOSHI (IIS-University of Tokyo, Tokyo), [email protected] Pr. Dominique COLLARD (LIMMS/CNRS-IIS, Tokyo), [email protected] Pr. Hiroyuki FUJITA (IIS-University of Tokyo, Tokyo), [email protected] Pr. Yann LE GORREC (FEMTO-ST, Besançon), [email protected] Pr. Yassine HADDAB (FEMTO-ST, Besançon), [email protected] Dr. Andreia CATHELIN (STMicroelectronics, Crolles), [email protected] Pr. Yann DEVAL (IMS-ENSEIRB, Bordeaux), [email protected]