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Since 2019 Director of the joint laboratory ChemistLab (Michelin/CNRS) 

ChemistLab is a joint laboratory between academic institutions (CNRS, UCBL, CPE, INSA) and the Manufacture Française des Pneumatiques Michelin. 

The laboratory of Catalysis, Polymerization, Processes and Materials (UMR 5128), the Institute for Molecular and Supramolecular Chemistry and Biochemistry (UMR 5246) and Michelin have federated via the creation of a joint laboratory, around a research program oriented towards the design of advanced elastomers by polymerization catalysis and meeting the criteria of the Michelin Group's circular economy strategy (Renew, Reduce, Recycle, Reuse). 

This interdisciplinary laboratory masters a global chain of competences combining chemistry and reaction engineering to design, synthesize and evaluate the physicochemical and mechanical properties of new elastomers.

• 2016-2019 Director of the Laboratory of Innovation, Scale-up, and Intensification of Polymerization processes (LabCom CP2M/Activation) 

• 2013-2017 Group leader of the team Chemistry and Polymerization Processes at the CP2M (14 researchers and engineers) 

• 2008 Research Director (DR), CNRS 

• 1996 Researcher (CRCN), CNRS 

• Laboratory for Chemistry and Polymerization Processes (LCPP – now CP2M)

• Member of Comité National de la Recherche Scientifique (CoNRS 2014-2021) 

• Reviewer: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, ACS Catalysis, Macromolecules, Polymer Chemistry, Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 

• Expertise: ANRT, ANR, FNRS, ACS Petroleum Research Fund, Qatar National Research Fund, Carnot MICA 

• External member of juries: 22 juries of PhDs and 1 jury of HDR 

Scientific Production:

Source Web of Science (02/2024): 3308 citations, h-index = 33 (ResearcherID: H-3970-2014). Source Google Scholar: 4407 citations, h = 37. 

ORCID: 0000-0002-7909-901X 

• 117 articles in peer review journals including 3 reviews. 

• Macromolecules (15), Polym. Chem. (15), Macromol. Chem. Phys. (12), Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (10), Chem. Commun (5), Progress in Polymer Science (1), J. Am. Chem. Soc (1) 

• 3 book chapters, 3 papers in « l’Actualité Chimique », 13 press articles 

• 53 patents 

• 23 invited international conferences, 11 seminars in academia and 10 in industry. 

Awards:

• 2022: Prize Aymé-Poirson awarded by the French Academy of Sciences (Académie des sciences). 

• 2024: Appointed CNRS Innovation Ambassador.