Yoann Zaouter received an engineering degree in optronics from IFIPS - Université Paris Sud, Orsay - France in 2004, a Master of Science degree in optics and photonics from Université Paris Sud, Orsay – France, in 2005 and a Ph.D. degree in Laser, Matter and Nanoscience from Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux – France in 2008. His Ph.D work was carried out in collaboration with the company Amplitude Systemes, Pessac – France, and was focused on the development of novel ultrafast fiber laser architectures for industrial and scientific applications. In 2008, he joined the research and development unit of Amplitude Systemes and developed the first generation of industrial ultrafast fiber lasers. These lasers are widely used in the semiconductor, consumer electronics, display and medical industries. Since 2009, he has headed a joint research and development laboratory shared with the laser development team at Laboratoire Charly Fabry, Institut d'Optique, Palaiseau, France, where he develops laser concepts for average power and energy scaling of ultrafast laser technologies. His current research interests include ultrafast and nonlinear optics, fiber lasers and amplifiers, active and passive coherent combining of ultrafast amplifiers.