Portraits of the UM

April also saw the success of Andréa Tommasi, Director of Research at the Geosciences laboratory of the University of Montpellier, winner of a European Research Council grant for her RhEoVOLUTION project. A good start to the year for this specialist in terrestrial deformation, who was also awarded the CNRS silver medal in 2020.

Louise O. Fresco, Professor and President of Wageningen University & Reseach, was awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa by Philippe Augé, President of the Université de Montpellier, on the occasion of her visit to the Université de Montpellier for a conference on "revisiting the linked destinies of agriculture and food" in March 2020. Fresco, Professor and President of Wageningen University & Reseach, was awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Montpellier by Philippe Augé, President of the University of Montpellier.

From January 5 to February 13, Nacim Guellati will be aboard the Arctic Sunrise as an environmental DNA specialist. His mission: to identify the marine species present in Antarctica. Portrait of the very first UM student invited to take part in a Greenpeace mission. And what a mission it was!

Sarah Colombani, 24, has just been awarded the Prix Jeanne Philippe Beziat by the Fondation pour la recherche médicale (FRM). A doctoral student at the University of Montpellier in the Physiology and Experimental Medicine of the Heart and Muscles laboratory, she is beginning her thesis in cardiology under the supervision of Albano Meli and Alain Lacampagne. Interview.

Loïc Lalague is the 2019 French kick-boxing champion, also qualified for the French team boxing championships, and a Master 2 hydrogeology student at UM.

Carol-Ann Borel, 20, is a swimmer on the Montpellier university team crowned French champion in 2019 and a Bachelor 3 student at Montpellier's UFR STAPS.