Mehdi Moussavi
General Manager of Nanotechnology, CEA-LETI
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Panelist

Session 7: Technology Incubation and Clean Tech Investments Monday, October, 27, 2008

Mehdi Moussavi received his PhD in chemistry from University of Strasbourg in 1986. He joined a temporary position with the Centre National de Recherches Scientifique (CNRS) in 1987 with a special interest on the development of new organo-metallic radicals suitable for gas sensors within a joint development program with CEA (French Atomic Energy Commission) in Grenoble.

In 1989, he joined the CEA-LETI in a permanent position in charge of the development of free radicals for gas and magnetic sensors. During the period of 1990 and 1994, he managed 2 major collaborative research programs with Princeton University, University of Urbana Champaign (USA) and Notre Dame Hospital in Montreal (Canada). These collaborations results have been published in joint publications in the Journal of American Chemical Society and the National Academy of Science USA proceedings. articles on women’s entrepreneurship and angel investing.

In 1989, he joined the CEA-LETI in a permanent position in charge of the development of free radicals for gas and magnetic sensors. During the period of 1990 and 1994, he managed 2 major collaborative research programs with Princeton University, University of Urbana Champaign (USA) and Notre Dame Hospital in Montreal (Canada). These collaborations results have been published in joint publications in the Journal of American Chemical Society and the National Academy of Science USA proceedings.

Mehdi Moussavi joined Applied Materials in California USA as director of the back end of the line integration in February 2000. In December 2002 Mehdi Moussavi returned to France to become the Nanotec 300 Program Manager. His current position is General Manager of the Nanotechnology for renewable Energy Division with CEA. Mehdi Moussavi is the author of more than 20 reviewed papers as well as 12 international patents.