UM Profiles

A political scientist atUM, Laura Michel has been coordinating a research group focused entirely on the social sciences and humanities and dedicated to public transition policies since 2024. This role led to her appointment as director of the Mak’it program, Montpellier’s institute for advanced studies specializing in transition.

Irène Georgescu, a professor at Montpellier Management, is researching the resilience of healthcare professionals. This work earned her a €5.6 million grant from the European Research Innovation Action program in 2025.

Madhur Anand, an ecologist and professor at the University of Guelph in Canada, bridges the gap between science and the arts, even in her own work. A modeler and author, she will be taking advantage of her visit to Montpellier in the first semester of 2025 to combine interdisciplinary seminars with book signings at the Comédie du livre.

Tomasz Hueckel, professor emeritus at Duke University (Durham, North Carolina, United States), joins the growing community of honorary doctorate recipients at the University of Montpellier. An engineer, researcher, and educator, he has been collaborating with teams at the University of Montpellier for over 15 years, particularly those at the Laboratory of Mechanics and Civil Engineering (LMGC). The ceremony on May 16, 2025, provided an opportunity to trace his career step by step, from his native Poland to the United States, as well as his significant contributions to the field of civil and environmental engineering.

Noémie Coulon, a postdoctoral researcher at the Marbec laboratory, is one of nine young researchers selected by the Ocean Institute to cover the One Ocean Science Congress in Nice in early June. It’s a perfect fit for this specialist in the impact of climate change on rays and sharks in Europe.

Through the Amarok Observatory, Professor Olivier Torrès has dedicated his research to improving the health of small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) leaders. His career has been recognized twice: with the Julien Marchesnay Prize in 2024 and with his appointment as a Knight of the National Order of Merit in 2025.