Costantino Creton is both a CNRS research director within the Soft Matter Science and Engineering Laboratory and the VP research of the ESPCI Paris - PSL. Research is carried out in collaboration with Dominique Hourdet, Yvette Tran, Tetsuharu Narita, Etienne Barthel, Jean Comtet and Matteo Ciccotti and focuses on the mechanical properties, dynamics and structure/properties relationship of soft polymer based materials, such as soft adhesives, rubbers or hydrogels. We have developed several original experimental setups combining accurate mechanical measurements and optical observations.