


	Dr. Marie-Noelle Semeria CEO CEA-Leti

Education:
• Doctorate of science in solid-state physics from Joseph Fourier University

Biography:
Marie-Noëlle Semeria became CEO of CEA-Leti in October 2014, succeeding Laurent Malier. She was also named president of the Carnot Institutes Network, an association of more than 30 French research centers and laboratories. During her previous 18 years at CEA, she held various senior-management and strategy development positions, and helped secure numerous patents. She served as Leti’s deputy director from 2007-2011. Most recently, she was chief scientist at CEA Tech, the CEA research unit that includes Leti, Liten and List. In that position, she was in charge of developing and implementing the unit’s scientific and technological goals, coordinating with industrial partners and establishing strategic partnerships with academic labs. As Leti’s Chief Executive Officer, she directs the activities of one of Europe’s largest micro and nanotechnologies research institutes, which employs more than 1,700 people and has a portfolio of more than 2,200 patents. She joined Leti in 1996 as project manager, and also served as head of the institute’s Thermal Treatment Lab from 1996-1999. From 2003-2007, she was the microelectronics program manager. While serving as deputy director, she took on the additional responsibility of defining the institute’s strategy, working closely with the Carnot Institutes Network. She began her career at Sagem, the high-tech unit of the SAFRAN Group. At Sagem, she served as project engineer and was promoted to manufacturing chief engineer, focusing on magnetic memory technologies. Semeria left Sagem after seven years to join the French start-up PixTech as chief architect, working on emissive flat-screen technology. After three years at PixTech, she joined Leti in 1996. In 2011, she was awarded the Legion of Honor, France’s highest professional accolade. Marie-Noëlle Semeria is a member of the French and European Physics Societies. She has also served as a member of the National Committee of the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the Superior Council of Research and Technology. She is currently a member of the Executive Committees of ANR (the French National Research Agency) and CNRS, and the Coordinating Committee of the Allistene alliance, the science and digital technology alliance.