Full Professor at the University of Lorraine, France, in Computer Science.

Founder and the Head of LCOMS Laboratory of the University of Lorraine since 2013

2009 ROBERT FAURE Award attributed by the French Society of Operational Research and Decision Aid (ROADEF)

2015 Steffen Schwarz Award

Great Award of Research 2010 from the Lorraine Universities

the Scientific Excellence Premium from the French Ministry since 2006

Computers & Industrial Engineering-ELSEVIER, editorial board member

European Journal of Industrial Engineering, editorial board member