About me

Prof. Antoine GUITTON

Full Professor in materials physics — Université de Lorraine / LEM3 / ENIM & Adjunct Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology

Positions
Since 2024
Full Professor
Université de Lorraine, Metz
Since 2023
Adjunct Professor
Georgia Institute of Technology (Schools MSE & ME), Atlanta, GA
2015–2024
Tenured Associate Professor
Université de Lorraine, Metz
2014–2015
Postdoctoral Researcher
Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
"Multiaxial and multiscale plasticity in metals" — Supervisor: Prof. Helena Van Swygenhoven
2010–2013
Doctoral Researcher
Institut Pprime — Université de Poitiers — CNRS — ISAE-ENSMA, Poitiers
"Deformation mechanisms of MAX phases" — Directors: Prof. Anne Joulain, Prof. Ludovic Thilly, Prof. Christophe Tromas
Education
March 2022
Accreditation to Supervise Research (HDR)  ↓ HAL
Université de Lorraine
"Experimental, mesoscopic and statistical approaches of plasticity in polycrystals"
Reviewers: Dr. Samuel Forest (Centre des Matériaux), Prof. Sandra Korte-Kerzel (RWTH Aachen University), Prof. Terry C. Lowe (Colorado School of Mines)
Examiners: Prof. Nathalie Allain, Prof. Emmanuel Bouzy, Prof. Thierry Grosdidier, Prof. Nabila Maloufi (Université de Lorraine), Prof. Anthony D. Rollett (Carnegie Mellon University)
Invited: Prof. Ludovic Thilly (Université de Poitiers)
October 2013
PhD in Materials Physics  ↓ theses.fr
Université de Poitiers
"Deformation mechanisms of MAX phases"
Directors: Prof. Anne Joulain, Prof. Ludovic Thilly, Prof. Christophe Tromas
Reviewers: Prof. Michel W. Barsoum (Drexel University), Prof. Florence Pettinari-Sturmel (Université de Toulouse III)
Examiners: Prof. Patrick Cordier (Université de Lille), Dr. Véronique Gauthier-Brunet (Université de Poitiers), Prof. Helena Van Swygenhoven (EPFL/PSI)
June 2010
Master in Materials Physics
Université de Poitiers
Research Responsibilities
Since 2024
Co-head of the "Team of Micro- and nano-Mechanics, Auto-organization, Plasticity and Interfaces"
LEM3, Metz — with Dr. Julien Guénolé
Since 2015
Member of the board of GUMP
French-speaking group of users of electron microscopes Philips-FEI-ThermoFisher
2012–2013
Elected member of the laboratory council
Institut Pprime, Poitiers
Teaching Responsibilities
Since 2025
Elected member of the Council, Representative of Full Professors
ENIM
2022–2024
Responsible for the work/study program, GMP department (~60 students/year)
IUT de Metz
2022–2024
Member of the administration council
Institut de Soudure group
2022–2024
Co-responsible (with Prof. Pascal Laheurte) of the study path in Innovation for Industry, GMP department (~30 students/year)
IUT de Metz
2017–2023
Co-responsible (with Prof. Nathalie Allain) of the bachelor program in metallurgy (work/study), GMP department (~10 students/year)
IUT de Metz
2016–2024
Representative of the GMP department at the tax committee
IUT de Metz
PhD Jury Memberships
October 2025
President — Nicolas Jobit  ↓ theses.fr
INSA Rennes
"Study of stress-induced martensitic transformation and twinning in body-centered cubic titanium- and zirconium-based alloys"
July 2023
Reviewer — Gulnaz Ganeeva  ↓ EPFL
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
"3D reconstruction of curvilinear one-dimensional objects viewed in a transmission electron microscopy"
December 2022
Examiner — Jorge Camilo Sanchez Espinoza  ↓ theses.fr
Université Grenoble Alpes
"Advanced multilayer coatings based on MAX phases for high temperature applications"
Expertise & Consulting
Since 2024
Scientific council member
LEM3, Metz
Since 2023
Expert in electron microscopy
Kompetenzzentrum Automobil- und Industrieelektronik GmbH (KAI GmbH), Villach, Austria
Since 2022
Scientific council member
Institut de Recherche sur les Matériaux Avancés (IRMA), Normandy
Reviewing Activities
Since 2022
Expert, Pôle M4 (Matter, Materials, Metallurgy, Mechanics)
Université de Lorraine
2021
2020
Outstanding Reviewer
Acta Materialia, Inc.
2019
2019