I would like to warmly thank my PhD advisors, Prof Xavier Assfeld and Drs Antonio Monari, Eric Perpète and Catherine Michaux for their precious advices at the beginning of my career.
Colleagues from University of Lorraine and University of Namur are of course also gratefully acknowledged for their very kind support during my master and PhD years.
I also wish to thank Dr Filippo De Angelis, and former colleagues from ISTM-CNR in Perugia for great moments.
I would like to thank Elise Lognon, Kaltrina Shehu, Sylvain Pitié, Maxime Maréchal, Gabriel Breuil and Enzo Monino for our collaboration. I am also indebted to Antoine Marion, Nicolas Saby and Pierre-François Loos, as well as Prof Emmanuel Fromager for very fruitful discussions and their scientific support.
I also feel extremely grateful to my colleagues from CTMM in Montpellier for sharing their talent and for the work we did everyday together during the years I have spent there. I am indeed particularly grateful to Drs Frédéric Lemoigno and Benjamin Lasorne for their scientific and personal support.
Thibaud Etienne 