Laurent-Emmanuel Brizzi is professor at the École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Poitiers (Engineering School) at the University of Poitiers. He is a specialist in fluid mechanics and aeroacoustics and works specifically on issues related to the noise of transportation or energy production. Since 2016 he is Vice rector of the University of Poitiers in charge of “facilities and sustainable development” and since 2020 he is also in charge of “campus life”.