Biography: Tarik Bourouina is Professor of Physics at ESIEE Paris, Université Gustave Eiffel. He is affiliated to the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) within the ESYCOM laboratory UMR9007. He was a Senior Research Fellow at The University of Tokyo, Institute of Industrial Sciences, Japan, an associate professor at Université Paris-Saclay, France and Director of a dual-degree Master program in MEMS Engineering with Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. His current interests include nano-structured materials, micro-opto-fluidics and their applications to sustainable development. In 2017, he was the recipient of the Chinese Academy of Sciences President’s Fellowship.