Elsa Merle is professor in France at the PHELMA engineering school of Grenoble Institute of Technology, director of the Master's Program in Reactor Physics and Nuclear Engineering. She is also working at the Laboratory for Subatomic Physics and Cosmology of Grenoble in the research staff, in the MSFR research team. Since 2000, she has been actively involved in the CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research) programs dedicated to the conceptual design of innovative Generation IV reactors. As such, she is contributing to various studies and validations in reactor physics, design and safety of the concept of Molten Salt Reactors