Pascal Picart has been Professor at the University of Maine-Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs du Mans (ENSIM, Le Mans, France) since 2005. His research interests included speckle metrology, optoacoustic spectroscopy, and optical biosensors. The current emphasis of his research program is on the development of new approaches in digital holography, holographic image processing, phase imaging and applications in the field of acoustics, structural mechanics, vibroacoustics and fluid mechanics.