Laura Begon-Lours 
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Laura Bégon-Lours
Laura Bégon-Lours, Engineer from the ESPCI ParisTech and Doctor in Physics from the UPMC in Paris, is a post-doctoral researcher in the Neuromorphic Systems and Devices group in IBM Research Zurich. During her PhD in the CNRS/Thales laboratory in Paris (France), she demonstrated ferroelectric field-effects of an epitaxial bismuth ferrite thin film on a high-Tc superconducting cuprate. Then in the MESA+ Institute (University of Twente, The Netherlands) she obtained the epitaxial growth of a polar phase of hafnium zirconate on the semiconductor gallium nitride, by pulsed laser deposition. She then joined the Neuromorphic Systems and Devices group in IBM Zurich, with a Marie-Curie fellowship (H2020 FREEMIND). She develops ferroelectric synapses for neuromorphic circuits, and is part of the EU project BeFerroSynaptic and the SNF project Almond.
Follow Laura on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-begon-lours/
Personal page: https://laurabegonlours.wordpress.com/
Scholar profile: https://scholar.google.ch/citations?user=UyPuWYgAAAAJ
Skills: Correlated Oxides, Thin-Films, Growth, Materials Characterisation, Clean Room,
Lithography, Cryogenics, Electrical Measurements
Research experience
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June 2019-.. |
Post-doctoral researcher at Neuromorphic Devices and System group at IBM Research (Zürich, Switzerland) supervised by B. J. OFFREIN: · Parametrized mask design and clean room fabrication of cross-bar arrays · Materials, DC and GHz characterization of analog synapses · Supervision of two MSc students, co-supervision of two PhD students
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May 2017 – May 2019 |
Post-doctoral researcher at Inorganic Materials Science group at Mesa+ (University of Twente, Netherlands) supervised by G. RIJNDERS and G. KOSTER: · Integration of oxides on III-V semiconductors by PLD · Atomic scale design of ultra-thin ferroelectric films · Supervision of a MSc student, co-supervision of a PhD student |
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Oct. 2012- Jan. 2017 |
PhD student at Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS/Thales at TRT (Palaiseau, France) supervised by Javier E. VILLEGAS and Manuel BIBES: · Growth of ultra-thin superconducting and ferroelectric films by PLD · Design and fabrication of nanoscale solid state devices · Low temperature magneto-transport measurements
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Jan. - June 2012 |
Engineering internship in the R&D office of Citroën Racing (Versailles, France): Finite-element method model and calculation · Establishment of a thermomechanical model of a piston and rod, and of a flow model in an exhaust manifold and optimization of their design |
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Apr. - June 2011 |
Research project in the group LPEM (Physics and Materials Studies) of R. LOBO at ESPCI ParisTech (Paris, France): · Finite-element method model and machine-learning
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July - Dec. 2010 |
R&D internship in SeQureNet, a start-up incubated in the group LIR (Informatics and Networks) at Télécom ParisTech, with E. DIAMANTI: · Reverse-engineering and characterisation of opto-electronic devices · Characterisation of quantum cryptography protocols
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July 2009 |
Research internship in the group LPM (Photons and Matter) of J. LESUEUR at ESPCI ParisTech (Paris, France): · Photon entanglement experiment design for Quantum Physics practicum
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Education
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Oct. 2012 -Jan. 2017 |
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PhD Degree in Physics at Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France (Ranked 63th best university by the CWUR). Doctoral School: Physics and Chemistry of the Materials. Ferroelectric field-effects in high-Tc superconducting devices
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2011-2012 |
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Master Degree in Engineering Innovative Technologies – Speciality: Advanced Technologies in Materials and Structures at Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France (Ranked 36th best university by the CWUR).
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2008-2011 |
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Student at ESPCI ParisTech, a French “Grande Ecole” graduate engineering school on physics and chemistry. Engineer diploma, speciality: Physics.
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2006-2008 |
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Student in Physics and Chemistry at Classes Préparatoires Stanislas: competitive training for enrolment in one of the “Grandes Ecoles” |