Aurélien Canizarès is an engineer specializing in the development of optical spectroscopy instruments at CNRS in Orléans, France, since December 2003. His work includes the development of a portable Raman spectrometer for in situ diagnostics tailored for studying materials for nuclear applications, as well as the development and maintenance of a range of Raman, Infrared, and Brillouin spectrometers. He conducted research on the in situ study of structural relaxations in silica using vibrational spectroscopy. Aurélien Canizares obtained his PhD in Physics from the University of Orléans in 2011 and holds a degree in Physical Optics Engineering that he earned from Polytech' Orléans in 2002.