Michel DEVEL (born in 1967) obtained a PhD in Physics from the University of Paris-XI (Orsay) in 1992. In 1993, he was appointed Assistant Professor at the University of Franche-Comté in Besançon’s molecular physics lab, which merged in the UTINAM institute in 2007. Since November 1st 2008, he is Professor at the engineering graduate school ENSMM – “Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et des Microtechniques” in Besançon. His research evolved from quantum chromodynamics during his PHD, to theoretical studies concerning various local probe microscopies and physics of carbon nanostructures (fullerenes, carbon onions, nanotubes, dust nanograins), using Green’s functions techniques and molecular dynamics. He is now interested in multi-scale, multi-physics simulations of new materials and surface structures for their characterization and possibly inclusion in NanoElectroMechanical Systems. Michel Devel authored or co-authored more than 50 papers in international peer-reviewed journals. He also succeeded at the “aggrégation de physique” in 1989, during his four year stay at the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan and got his habilitation degree from the University of Franche-Comté in 2002.