Prof. Thierry Pauporte is a first-class director of research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in France and he works at Chimie-Paristech, PSL University. He graduated in Chemistry from the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon (ENS-Lyon), France. He received his Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Montpellier II University, France. He was recruited at the CNRS in 1996. His research interest fields include the chemistry and physics of semiconductors, and the functionalizing of material surfaces. He conducts researches on the integration of films and structures in efficient devices. The applications studied include perovskite solar cells, dye-sensitized solar cells, light emitting diodes, nanosensors, photodetectors, photocatalysis, wettability, and fouling. He has authored and co-authored 235 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 11 review papers, and 3 chapters in books. He is a co-inventor of 5 domestic/international patents. He has given more than 310 presentations in domestic and international scientific conferences. He has given 34 invited seminars and talks in foreign universities and institutes.