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LIFeLiDAR SAS designs and manufactures laser-induced fluorescence LiDAR instruments for aquatic measurement. Its sensors can be installed on vessels, uncrewed platforms, and fixed stations to record fluorescence from phytoplankton pigments, dissolved organic matter, hydrocarbons, plastics, and suspended matter. The company is based in Valbonne, Sophia Antipolis, and is supported by France 2030, French Deeptech, and Région Sud.
LIFeLiDAR SAS is a French scientific-instrument company founded in 2022 and based in Valbonne, Sophia Antipolis. It develops laser-induced fluorescence LiDAR instruments for aquatic measurement. The instruments illuminate water with ultraviolet and visible laser pulses, then analyse the returning fluorescence to distinguish signals associated with phytoplankton pigments, coloured dissolved organic matter, hydrocarbons, plastics, and suspended matter. The LIFL-11 records up to 48 spectral bands across four detection channels. Compact instruments extend the same measurement approach to fixed stations and mobile platforms, while a passive hyperspectral radiometer supplies complementary optical context. The 9-person team draws on more than twenty years of research and field surveys at over fifty water sites. LIFeLiDAR works with research laboratories, public authorities, port and industrial operators, and organisations conducting satellite calibration and validation.
Company facts
- Legal name
- LIFeLiDAR SAS
- Founded
- 2022
- Headquarters
- Valbonne, Sophia Antipolis
- Team size
- 9
- Field record
- More than 20 years across more than 50 water sites
- Spectral bands
- Up to 48 across four channels (LIFL-11)
- Excitation
- 266 or 355 nm, with 532 nm
- Funding
- France 2030, French Deeptech, Région Sud
- Fields
- Aquatic sensing, environmental monitoring, and satellite calibration and validation
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Leadership bios
Biographies of the company leadership
- Vadim Pelevin CEO
Vadim holds a PhD in physics and mathematics, specialising in oceanology. His doctoral work examined small-scale variability in bio-optical fields using fluorescence lidar data.
- Aleksandr Molkov Chief Scientific Officer
Aleksandr holds a PhD in physics and mathematics, specialising in atmospheric and ocean physics. His research uses optical observations of the sea surface to study water properties and sea state.
- Vladislav Moshkov Chief Technology Officer
Vladislav holds a PhD in laser engineering and an MBA. His doctoral research addressed spatial and temporal inhomogeneity in the active media of high-power gas lasers.
Press contact
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Press, LIFeLiDAR SASinfo@lifelidar.com
+33 7 80 72 60 72
1 Place Sophie Laffitte, 06560 Valbonne, France
Last updated, 13 September 2026