Six new IUF laureates from the University of Montpellier in 2024
Six teacher-researchers from the University of Montpellier have been appointed members of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), effective October 1ᵉʳ, 2024, for a five-year term. On Friday, October 18, 2024, they were welcomed by Elyès Jouini, administrator of the Institut universitaire de France, in the Sorbonne's grand amphitheatre, in the presence of Philippe Augé, president of the University of Montpellier.
Since its creation in 1991, the mission of the Institut Universitaire de France has been to encourage the development of high-level research in universities and to strengthen interdisciplinarity. Each year, an international jury honors 200 junior and senior research professors for the outstanding quality of their research. A nomination entitles the recipient to an annual research grant of 15,000 euros.
Junior members of the Fundamental Chair
Guillaume GUINOT, Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Science and paleontologist, works on the evolution of chondrichthyans at the Montpellier Institute of Evolutionary Sciences(ISEM - Pôle AEB).
Yaovi HOLADE, Senior Lecturer at the École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier(ENSCM), focuses his research at the European Membrane Institute (IEM - Pôle Chimie), focuses on the study of electrocatalytic phenomena at the crossroads of catalysis and physical electrochemistry for various energy and environmental applications.
Junior member, scientific mediation chair
Julie MENDRET, Senior Lecturer at Polytech Montpellier, works at the European Membrane Institute (IEM - Pôle Chimie) on the development of advanced water treatment processes for the reuse of treated wastewater (REUT).
Senior member of the Fundamental Chair
Mauro ANTEZZA, University Professor at the Faculty of Science, conducts his research at the Charles Coulomb Laboratory(L2C - Pôle MIPS) on theoretical physics, and more specifically on quantum light-matter interaction, condensed matter, statistical mechanics, quantum nanophotonics and their connections.
Senior member, Innovation Chair
Sofia KOSSIDA, University Professor in the Faculty of Science, is a specialist in immunoinformatics. She conducts her research at the Institute of Human Genetics(IGH - Pôle Biologie-Santé).
Senior member, scientific mediation chair
Grégory NINOT, University Professor at theUFR STAPS, is a specialist in public health, with a particular focus on non-drug intervention. He conducts his research at the Institut Desbrest d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique(IDESP - Pôle Biologie-Santé), of which he is deputy director.