Patrick N.B. ANONGBA is born the year 1960 in Abidjan (Ivory Coast). He holds a permanent Research/Professor position since 1995 at University F.H.B. (Cocody). He authored about fifty research articles in plasticity and fracture of cubic materials.

He developed an expertise in Transmission Electron Microscopy. EDUCATION: Engineer in physics (EPFL, 1984) and Dr. ès Sciences (EPFL, 1989) EXPERIENCE (Postdoctoral): UNIL in Lausanne (1990 - 1992); MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT in Stuttgart (1993 - 1994); JSPS fellow, University of Nagoya (1996-1997); FULBRIGHT fellow, UPENN in Philadelphia (2000-2001); Invited Professor, Polytechnic University of Cataluña in Barcelona (2002-2003) and University of Poitiers at Institut P' - Département PMM in FUTUROSCOPE CHASSENEUIL (2011).