Vincent Bouchiat


Vincent Bouchiat is a French condensed matter physicist and entrepreneur. He was a CNRS research director from 1997 to 2019. In 2019 he co-founded the company Grapheal SAS, of which he is currently CEO.

Early life and education

Bouchiat was born to Claude Bouchiat and Marie-Anne Bouchiat, both of whom were physicists.
Vincent Bouchiat followed his studies in Paris partially at the Lycée Henri-IV. In 1993, he received an engineer degree from the School of Industrial Physics and Chemistry of Paris ESPCI in 1993 and a master's degree in solid state physics from the Pierre and [Marie Curie University|University of Paris, Pierre & Marie Curie]. After completing his Ph.D. at Quantronics group in Saclay [Nuclear Research Centre|CEA-Saclay] in 1997 under the supervision of Michel Devoret and.

Career

''Directeur de recherche''

Bouchiat became a Academic [ranks in France|director of research] at the French National Centre for Scientific Research in 1997. He was affiliated with the Institut Néel in Grenoble from 2012. Bouchiat also became invited professor in 2007 at the Physics department of University of California, Berkeley.

Grapheal SAS

In 2019, Bouchiat co-founded the company Grapheal SAS, where he is currently CEO. It is a startup focusing on the healthcare applications of graphene.

Research

Bouchiat's PhD thesis is recognized as a pioneering study in the field of quantum computing hardware, showing the quantum superposition of charge states in a single Cooper pair box. This experiment paved the way for the realisation of a charge qubit.
Bouchiat's research interests cover a wide range of solid state physics and multidisciplinary investigations which include quantum information, superconductivity, carbon nanostructures, bioelectronics and translational research research in medical sciences.

Awards

Bouchiat has won the following awards:

Personal life

Vincent has a sister, Hélène Bouchiat, who is also a physicist.