Portraits of the UM

With his Ocean One robotic diver-archaeologist, Stanford Robotics Lab director and world-renowned researcher Oussama Khatib turns the spotlight on the mysteries of the deep and robotics. On February 20, on the recommendation of his French peers Philippe Poignet, Vincent Creuze and Philippe Fraisse, all three robotics researchers at Lirmm, the Franco-American received an honorary doctorate from the University of Montpellier. 

Researcher at the Charles Gerhardt Institute (ICGM) and lecturer in the galenic pharmacy and biomaterials department at the University of Montpellier, Marie Morille conducts strategic research into the formulation of biotherapies. This has earned her the IUF prize in 2022, after being awarded an ANR junior prize in 2020.

Professor at the University of Montpellier's UMR Iate, Christian Jay-Allemand puts teaching and public research to the test through interdisciplinarity and business creation. Last October, he and his colleague Luc Bidel won the Carnot Grand Prix for partnership research for their work on natural antifungals with the Antofenol company.

On the recommendation of Montpellier professor Eric Delaporte, director of the TransVIHMI international joint unit, the University of Montpellier awarded Jean-Jacques Muyembe an honorary doctorate on December 9.

On Friday December 2, the University of Montpellier honored Canada by awarding honorary doctorates to Quebec professors Yves Bergeron and Yves Mauffette. It was an opportunity for President Philippe Augé to recall the valuable partnerships that unite the UM not only with the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and the Université du Québec en Abitbi-Témiscamingue (UQAT), but also with the universities of Laval and Sherbrooke.

Jean-Philippe Pin, Director of Research at Montpellier's Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle (IGF), won this year's Lamonica award for his career in molecular pharmacology, which has opened up new therapeutic avenues for the treatment of neurological and psychiatric diseases.