Jean-Jacques Pierrat has received an engineering degree from the Ecole Supérieure des Ingénieurs Electriciens de Grenoble in 1985. Since earning his PhD in 1987, in controls and signal processing from the Institut National Polytechnique of Grenoble, France.
Dr. Jean-Jacques Pierrat has contributed consistently to the domain of science education, working both as a professor and as a project manager in the creation and development of academic programs, through his work for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, first in Ivory Coast and in Madagascar, and then in Paris, where he spent three years as Head of Science and Technology Advancement at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Dr. Pierrat has been the Scientific Attaché at the French Consulate in