| 1977-1981 | Graduate from Ecole Normale Superieure, in Physical Sciences, Ulm, Paris |
| 1981-1990 | Research Scientist of the CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research) |
| 1985 | PhD and Habilitation at University of Nice |
| 1985-1986 | Post-Doc at College de France in the Condensed Matter Laboratory of Prof. P.G. de Gennes |
| 1990-2006 | Research Director at CNRS, France |
| 1999-2006 | Professor at UCLA |
| 2004-2009 | Concurrent Professor of East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai |
| since 2006 | Professor, Department of Management, Technology and Economics, ETH - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich |
