Dr. Karim Aissou is a CNRS researcher specializing in the self-assembly of block copolymer (BCP) films for applications in batteries, ultrafiltration (UF), and related fields. He received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Grenoble (Joseph Fourier) in 2008 under the supervision of Dr. T. Baron at the Laboratoire des Technologies de la Microélectronique (LTM). After a postdoctoral fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with Professor C. A. Ross, he joined the Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques (LCPO) in 2013 to work with Professor G. Hadziioannou on the directed self-assembly of BCP thin films. He is currently based at the Institut Européen des Membranes (IEM). His research interests include BCP self-assembly for the development of nanostructured membranes in UF and energy fields, as well as the structural characterization of polymeric materials.