Thomas Devic received his PhD in 2003 from U. Angers, France. After a postdoctoral stay at the Cornell University, USA, under the guidance of Prof. Stephen Lee, he was appointed as a CNRS researcher at the Institut Lavoisier de Versailles, France in 2004. In 2016, he moved to the Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel, Nantes, France, where he is currently CNRS senior researcher. His research interests are in the field of hybrid solids (porous or not), coordination chemistry, in situ studies, structure-properties relationships and applications in the field of energy storage.