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Laurent HOUSSIAU

Laurent Houssiau

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Biography

09/2010: Full Professor at the Faculties of Universities N.-D. de la Paix

01/2010-08/2010: Scientific Mission at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA

08/2008-: Director of the Department of Physics

09/2005-08/2005: Professor at the Faculties of Universities N.-D. de la Paix

09/2000-08/2005: Lecturer at the Faculties of Universities N.-D. of Peace

10/1999-08/2000: Scientific Collaborator FNRS

05/1999-09/1999: Research Assistant UCL

04/1997-04/1999: Post-doctoral research at the University of Houston, Texas, USA

01/1995-01/1997: Researcher for the European project "Quantification of surface analysis by LEIS"

10/1991 - 04/1996: Doctoral research at UCL (supervisor: Prof. P. Bertrand)

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Research institutes

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Domains of expertise

1. Ion spectrometry
ToF-SIMS (Time-of-flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry): ionization mechanisms, organic matter profiling, very high resolution depth profiling...
LEIS (Low Energy Ion Scattering): skills acquired during the thesis and post-doc
2. Production and modification of interfacial materials by vacuum evaporation and RF plasma

Degrees

Civil engineer physicist, materials science orientation, U.C.L. (1991)
Doctor of Applied Sciences, U.C.L. (1996)

2025-2026

2024-2025

2023-2024

2022-2023

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