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Biography

Luc Henrard has been a full professor in the Physics Department at the University of Namur since 2019, after being appointed professor in 2010. He defended his doctoral thesis in 1996 at the same university. He then did postdoctoral work at the University of Montpellier and at the Office d'étude et de recherche en aéronautique (ONERA) (1997-1999). He obtained a permanent position at the FNRS (Belgium) in 2001. He is responsible for a number of courses at the University of Namur: Quantum Physics, Digital Physics, Solid State Physics, Nanomaterials and Applications of Solid State Physics, Plasmonics and Applications and, for chemistry students, complements to classical and quantum physics.

Luc Henrard is also affiliated to the NAXyS and NISM Institutes (HPC-MM research cluster) and leads a research team within the Solid State Physics Laboratory (LPS).

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Domains of expertise

  • Physics of materials and nanosystems
  • Numerical simulations in physics
  • Nanomaterials and two-dimensional materials
  • Electronic and optical properties. Spectroscopic signatures
  • Plasmonics and electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS)

External responsibilities

  • Head of the Physics Department (2017-2020)
  • Director of the High-Performance Computing Technology Platform at U. Namur (2013-2017)
  • Member of the national crystallography committee (Royal Academy)(2012 - )
  • President of the Belgian Physical Society (2008-2009), Vice-President (2008-2010)
  • Visiting professor/scientist: University of Valladolid (1998), University of Paris-Sud (2001), Donastia International Physics Center (2001), University of Poitiers (2002), University of Montpellier (227,2008), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (2008), University of Belo Horizonte(2009)

Prizes

  • Fellow of the Institute of Physics (IOP)
  • Member of the Belgian Physical Society (BPS)
  • Member of the American Physical Society (APS)

2024-2025

2023-2024

2022-2023

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