Roland Schiestel got his Doctorate (Es Physical Sciences) from the University of Nancy (France) in 1974 and has also an engineer degree of the “E.N.S.E.M.” in Nancy in 1971. Research director at the “Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique” (C.N.R.S.) in France, he is currently active in research at the “Institut de Recherche sur les Phénomènes Hors Équilibre” (I.R.P.H.E.) in Marseille.