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In charge of a long-term study program on chickadees, Anne Charmantier is interested in how these passerines adapt to climate change and the urban environment. Director of research in evolutionary ecology at CEFE, she is a 2024 CNRS Silver Medalist.

An advocate for green and responsible chemistry, Professor Philippe Dubois is an internationally renowned researcher in chemistry and materials science, particularly for his cutting-edge research on bioplastics. His innovative processes have led to numerous patented applications in industry, highlighting the essential role of chemistry in the ecological transition. As President and Rector of the University of Mons (UMons), located in French-speaking Belgium, he attaches as much importance to the international reputation of his institution as to the well-being of its students, teachers, and researchers. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Montpellier on January 31, 2024.

She is a remarkable figure who received an honorary doctorate from the University of Montpellier at the end of December 2023. A leading Serbian teacher who is deeply committed to research in her field of expertise, Milena Dragićević Šešić has helped to develop cultural policy studies around the world, notably through the UNESCO Chair she has held since 2004.

In residence in Montpellier in the fall of 2023 thanks to the UM's MAK'IT (Montpellier Advanced Knowledge Institute on Transitions) program, ecologist Jean-Paul Metzger, professor at the University of São Paulo, has continued his research linking ecology and quality of life with his French counterparts.

With the NEMESIS project, mathematician Daniele Di Pietro has just secured €7.8 million in ERC Synergy funding. His goal is to overcome current technological barriers in numerical simulations of complex physical problems. This is a crowning achievement for the director of the Montpellier-based Alexandre Grothendieck Institute, who recounts his journey in this discipline, which he did not originally intend to pursue.

A researcher in paleomagnetism at the Montpellier Geosciences Laboratory, Paul Antonio has been awarded a European Research Council (ERC) grant for his proposal for a new experimental method to refine the dating of the Earth's inner core.

Oriol Amat is a professor of economics at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, where he also served as rector. He is considered an expert in financial accounting, management control, and corporate fraud. On September 20, the University of Montpellier had the pleasure of awarding him an honorary doctorate.

Erika Burioli works on cancer cells capable of spreading into the environment and infecting foreign organisms. The researcher at the Host-Pathogen-Environment Interactions (IHPE) laboratory was awarded a European Research Council (ERC) grant in September 2023 to continue her work on bivalves.

With her young team specializing in inflammatory immune mechanisms at the Institute of Molecular Genetics in Montpellier (IGMM), Nadine Laguette has enjoyed a string of successes. In ten years, she has made several key discoveries and won no fewer than three prestigious European ERC grants. At the end of 2022, she received the Simone and Cino Del Duca Foundation Cancer Research Prize from the Institut de France.  

A world-renowned researcher in the field of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), Michel Bouvier has contributed to numerous fundamental and therapeutic discoveries on these proteins, which are the target of more than 30% of drugs on the market. Many researchers in Montpellier trained under the professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Montreal. In 2023, he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Montpellier.