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Jean-Jacques Greffet received his PhD in solid state physics in 1988 from Université Paris-Saclay. He is an emeritus professor at Institut d’Optique, Université Paris-Saclay. He has worked on light scattering of electromagnetic waves and the theory of near-field microscopy. He discovered the role of surface waves to produce spatially coherent thermal sources and to enhance near-field radiative heat transfer. He made contributions to the field of nanoantennas including the proposal for using nanoantennas with single quantum emitters to control lifetime and directional emission. His team explored quantum optics with surface plasmons. His current research interest involves controlling light-matter interaction at the nanoscale to develop sensors and novel light sources using metasurfaces and label-free nanoparticle detection and characterization. He is an OSA fellow and the recipient of the Servant prize of the french Academy of Science.