Christophe Bourlier was born in La Flèche, France on July 6, 1971. He received the M. S. degree and the Ph.D. degree in Electronics from the University of Rennes (France) and in 1999 from the SEI (Système Electronique et Informatique) Laboratory, respectively.

From 1999 to 2002, he was a Research Engineer at the IRCCyN (Institut de Recherche en Communications et Cybernétique de Nantes, France) Laboratory in the Radar team at Polytech'Nantes (Nantes Université, France).

In 2002, he becomes an Assistant Researcher (Chargé de Recherche) of National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS, French academic institution) and a full Researcher (Directeur de Recherche) of CNRS in 2012. He defended its HDR (Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches) on August 2008.

He works at IETR (Institute of Electronics and of Telecommunications of NumeRical, France) Laboratory, Site of Nantes, with the eWAWES team. Its interests are the electromagnetic wave scattering from random complex media: A stack of rough interfaces, propagation in inhomogeneous media for GPR apllications, calculation of the Radar Cross Section especially in high frequency, ... The main applications include the Radar microwave and infrared remote sensing and the electromagnetic signatures. More pricisely, its researches interest the following topics.