John Lopez was awarded from the French graduate school of Physics and Chemistry of Bordeaux in
1993. He got his PhD on laser ablation of polymers at the University of Bordeaux in 1997. He has a
permanent position as a senior research engineer in the French CNRS since 2001 and he is currently
working in a public institute in the UNIVERSITY OF BORDEAUX (CELIA laboratory). He is known
worldwide as an expert in laser ablation and laser micro machining. His current research topics are
metals and transparent material processing, GHz-burst material processing, beam shaping and laser-
assisted eye surgery. John Lopez is the author of nearly 30 peer-reviewed scientific papers and 90
proceedings. Furthermore, John Lopez is the President of the French association of industrial laser users
called Club Lasers et Procédés since 2010 (CLP); as such he is the general chair of Laser Processing for
industry conference (PLI). He is as well involved as an expert ALPhANOV technology center and on the
board of PHOTONICS FRANCE. He was highly involved in the creation of ALPhANOV in 2007 and he used
to be the Laser Material Processing Business Unit manager in ALPhANOV from 2007 to 2011. He is also a
founding member of the French national committee for laser safety. Finally, John Lopez was a member
of the LIA Board of Directors from 2017 to 2019.