Professor Dr. Nicolas Roussel graduated from Ecole Normale Supérieure in 1998 and is now in charge of the research activities dealing with mix design and casting processes of construction materials at IFSTTAR (ex LCPC), Paris, FRANCE.

He is deputy editor in chief of the international journal Materials and Structures and chair of the Technical Advisory Committee of RILEM. He has received in 2007 the Robert L'Hermite award for his work on rheology of fresh concrete. With a Thompson Reuters H-index of 24, he is the author or co-author of more than 70 papers in scientific journals such as Cement and Concrete Research, Physical Review letters or Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics.

His research focus shifted in the last decade from concrete rheology to the understanding and analysis of existing construction processes or the development of innovative processing technologies. His materials of interest include both market-dominant products and alternative materials with low environmental impacts allowing for waste recycling along with lowered energy consumption and global warming contribution. The processing technologies under the scope cover various technology readiness levels and include mixing and dispersion, centrifugation and granulation, vibration and compaction, spraying and coating and automation in construction.