About Jean-Paul Guillet

Jean-Paul Guillet is an associate professor at the University of Bordeaux and a researcher at the IMS Laboratory. His work lies at the intersection of terahertz and sub-terahertz instrumentation, electromagnetic components, computational imaging and application-led measurement. Across these areas, the recurring objective is to connect physical understanding with complete experimental systems: from the way a field is generated or guided to the way measurements are reconstructed, interpreted and validated.

After doctoral work at the University of Montpellier and postdoctoral research in Bordeaux, he joined the University of Bordeaux in 2013. His research has since developed through national and international collaborations involving academic laboratories, public research organisations, technology companies, space and metrology organisations, and institutions working with cultural heritage. A visiting-research period at UCLA in 2021-2022 contributed to this international dimension. Historical collaborations and projects should be understood in the context of their stated dates; they do not automatically imply current institutional participation.

The scientific portfolio spans different levels of maturity. Fundamental studies have addressed near-field probes, antennas, sensors, guided propagation and polarisation. System research has developed THz-TDS, coherent FMCW radarFMCW radar transmits a continuously swept frequency and measures the beat signal produced by delayed reflections, enabling distance, thickness, and depth-resolved imaging with compact coherent hardware. More, full-field and near-field imaging, guided reflectometry and high-speed acquisition. Computational work has explored tomography, holography, phase retrieval, synthetic aperture, segmentation and three-dimensional rendering. These methods have been evaluated in non-destructive testing, aeronautics, cultural heritage, geosciences and exploratory biomedical research.

Teaching and educational technology form a second major part of this activity. It includes electronics, programming, industrial computing, optics, microwave and millimetre-wave engineering, project-based learning and international master's-level teaching. Research and teaching come together through EdTech projects that use smartphones, connected instruments, simulation and augmented reality to make experimental phenomena more tangible. HOBIT, SmartphoniaQ and ScopeTrainer illustrate this effort to combine physical manipulation, digital feedback and learner autonomy.

The career dossier also records doctoral supervision, project leadership, scientific reviewing, conference organisation and collective responsibilities within the IMS Laboratory, the IUT de Bordeaux and the national academic community. The public page should summarise these commitments while linking to a concise, dated CV or institutional profile for readers who require a complete record.

Career

The source dossier records a doctorate at IES, University of Montpellier, followed by research and teaching positions and appointment at the University of Bordeaux in 2013. It also records a one-year visiting-research period at UCLA in 2021-2022.

Research approach

The work spans technology-readiness levels from fundamental component and propagation studies to applied demonstrators. The common thread is the integration of components, systems, data processing, and application constraints.

This system perspective grew through work in microwave engineering, terahertz near-field microscopy, plasmonic and guided-wave structures, time-domain systems, computational imaging, radar, and application studies. Experimental platforms are combined with electromagnetic simulation and processing methods such as tomography, holography, phase retrieval, synthetic aperture reconstruction, and signal analysis.

Teaching and collective responsibilities

Activities include electronics and engineering education at IUT de Bordeaux, research-informed teaching, educational technology, doctoral supervision, scientific reviewing, and laboratory responsibilities.

The source dossier also records responsibility for teaching units, international teaching in English, educational-resource development, supervision of doctoral and master-level work, conference organisation, journal reviewing, and collective responsibilities within the university and laboratory environment. Readers can continue through the publication portfolio, the research and EdTech projects, or media and outreach activity. Dates and current responsibilities should be checked before this draft is published.