Dr. Mickaël Castro is currently a lecturer at the Université de Bretagne-Sud, Lorient, France. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Saint-Etienne in 2004, studying the morphology and rheological behavior of co-continuous immiscible polymer blends. During his post-doctorate at the University of Minnesota, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, he studied the rheology of concentrated surfactant systems. Since 2006, he has been a member of the Smart Plastics Group, which belongs to the Institut de Recherche Dupuy de Lôme (CNRS UMR 6027), Lorient, France. His research topics are polymer blends, conductive polymer composites, nanocomposites and smart materials, including self-sensing composites, sensors, and actuators.