Université Paris Diderot, UFR STEP Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Equipe Dynamique des Fluides Géologiques, Paris, France.

Xavier Chavanne is a physicist and research engineer. He works on topics in academics and applied areas both experimentally and theoretically: turbulent natural convection, convection in glass furnaces (at St. Gobain company), conception and development of sensors (soil humidity and salinity). Since 2004 he studied the efficiency of industrial systems from telecommunication and worked with Orange group since 2008, for basic industries and for transport.