Prof. Didier MARTY-DESSUS
Counsellor for Science & Technology – Embassy of
France to Japan
Didier MARTY-DESSUS was born in 1965. He obtained a PhD in 1993 after studies in the field of Physics and Microelectronics in Toulouse, France. He has more than 25 years’ experience in the field of science and technology, especially in electrical engineering and telecommunications, as a teacher and researcher, and for the state administration.
In 1993, he was appointed as an Assistant Professor in lectronics and Telecommunications at the University of Pau and Pays de l’Adour. He successively held positions of Director of Studies and Head of The Networks and Telecommunications Division. His teaching activities are then focused on physics, electronics and
telecommunications. He leads parallel research activities in the laboratory of Electronic Gases and Plasmas of the University of Pau.
Back at the University of Toulouse in 1998, his research activities were then more focused on electrical engineering and materials characterization techniques for non-destructive testing at the Plasmas and Energy Conversion Laboratory in Toulouse, where he was named as a full Professor in 2003.
During his academic career, Didier Marty-Dessus has published more than 100 scientific publications in peerreviewed journals of national and international audiences, and was also co-author of books dedicated to education and learning.
Between 2006 and 2010, Didier Marty-Dessus was seconded to the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs as Attaché for Science, Technology and Innovation at the Embassy of France in China. He initiated and launched various programs aiming at enhancing research and innovation with different structures in South China, and worked for the development of high-level academic cooperation.
In 2010, he held a new position of Scientific Attaché at the Consulate General of France in Vancouver, in charge of bilateral cooperation for West Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Yukon, Northern Territories).
In 2013, he joined back the University of Toulouse and was working at that time as a full professor at Laplace Lab in the field of the development of techniques for space charge and polarization characterization in polymer insulations.
He also held different positions of Deputy Director in charge of Private and Public Partnerships of the Laplace from 2016 to 2018, Vice-Rector for International Relations of the University of Toulouse from March, 2017 to Oct., 2018 and counsellor to the Director of Laplace in charge of International affairs (2019-2021).
In Feb. 2021, he is seconded one more time to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and appointed as Counsellor for Science and Technology at the Embassy of France in Japan (Tokyo).