Terahertz NDE and Nonlinear Dynamics Group
People behind the research
Our researchers and doctoral students work on terahertz imaging, nonlinear dynamics and analog computing, with support from the laboratory’s shared technical expertise.
Research and supervision
Academic staff

Alexandre Locquet
CNRS Research Scientist
Adjunct Professor, Georgia Tech
Coordinator of UNVEIL and AATLAS

Doctoral research
PhD researchers




Corentin Bounon
PhD researcher · AATLAS
Energy-based analog inverse solvers for nondestructive evaluation.

Sagar Kumar
PhD researcher · UNVEIL DC1
Signal processing and super-resolution for terahertz imaging of multilayer cultural heritage artworks.
Biography
Sagar Kumar holds an M.Tech (Research) in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India, an M.Tech in Communication and Signal Processing from NIT Silchar, India, and a B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering.
His research experience spans computational imaging, signal processing, wireless communication, optimization, inverse problems and machine learning, with applications in hyperspectral imaging, MRI, CT, and electrical impedance tomography.
His current research focuses on developing signal processing and super-resolution methods for terahertz imaging, aimed at reconstructing the internal structures of multilayer cultural heritage artworks.

Andrii Stukanenko
PhD researcher · UNVEIL DC4
Terahertz material characterization of industrial ceramics and ceramic artefacts.
Biography
Andrii Stukanenko holds master’s degrees in Energy Engineering and Materials Science.
His current research focuses on terahertz material characterization of industrial ceramics and ceramic artefacts. His previous work in terahertz research includes waveguide simulations and the investigation of phase-correction techniques in reflection spectroscopy.
Experimental research
Research engineers

Hugo Cherid
Research engineer
Terahertz imaging, signal and image processing, and machine learning for nondestructive evaluation.
Shared laboratory expertise
Technical collaboration
Olivier Konne
One of the CNRS laboratory technicians who collaborate with our group, contributing expertise in circuit design and fabrication.
Former members
Alumni of the group
Former researchers and project staff who have contributed to the group’s work.
Research networks
Working across institutions
Our collaborators and project partners bring complementary expertise in imaging, heritage science, photonics and analog–digital computing.