Jacky Even is full Professor at INSA Rennes engineering school since 1999 and senior member of the Academic Institute of France since 2018. In 1999. He’s the founder of FOTON, a simulation team, to address fundamental questions on semiconductors at the atomistic level as well as to perform optoelectronic device simulations. He (co)-authored more than 250 publications in peer reviewed journals.
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