Six new winners from the University of Montpellier at the IUF in 2024
Six Professors and Professors the University of Montpellier have been appointed members of the Institut universitaire de France (IUF) for a five-year term beginning October 1, 2024. On Friday, October 18, 2024, they were welcomed by Elyès Jouini, administrator of the Institut universitaire de France, in the grand amphitheater of the Sorbonne, in the presence of Philippe Augé, president of the University of Montpellier.
Since its creation in 1991, the Institut universitaire de France has been tasked with promoting high-level research in universities and strengthening interdisciplinarity. Each year, an international jury selects 200 female lecturers and Professors , as well as Professors and senior Professors , for the exceptional quality of their research. Each nomination entitles the recipient to €15,000 in research funding per year.
Junior members, under the fundamental chair
Guillaume GUINOT, senior lecturer at the Faculty of Science and paleontologist, is interested in the evolution of chondrichthyans at the Institute of Evolutionary Sciences in Montpellier (ISEM – AEB Center).
Yaovi HOLADE, senior lecturer at the École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier (ENSCM), conducts his research at the European Institute of Membranes (IEM – Chemistry Division), focuses on the study of electrocatalytic phenomena at the intersection of catalysis and physical electrochemistry for various applications in the fields of energy and the environment.
Junior member, as part of the scientific mediation chair
Julie MENDRET, senior lecturer at Polytech Montpellier, leads the European Institute for Membranes (IEM – Chemistry Division) on the development of advanced water treatment processes for the reuse of treated wastewater (REUT).
Senior member, fundamental chair
Mauro ANTEZZA, professor at the Faculty of Science, conducts his research at the Charles Coulomb Laboratory (L2C – MIPS Cluster) on theoretical physics, and more specifically on quantum light-matter interaction, condensed matter, statistical mechanics, quantum nanophotonics, and their connections.
Senior member, as chair of innovation
Sofia KOSSIDA, professor at the Faculty of Science, is a specialist in immunoinformatics. She conducts her research at the Institute of Human Genetics (IGH – Biology-Health Cluster).
Senior member, as chair of scientific mediation
Grégory NINOT, professor atthe UFR STAPS, is a specialist in public health, particularly in the field of non-pharmacological interventions. He conducts his research at the Desbrest Institute of Epidemiology and Public Health (IDESP – Biology-Health Division), where he is deputy director.