Send by email

Chemistry division

It constitutes the creation of a privileged place for scientific transformation responding to socio-economic and environmental challenges for chemistry at the service of humankind and its environment.

It serves as a hub for synergizing research and scientific consultation structures in order to develop joint initiatives among I-SITE members.

Governance of the cluster

Director of the Chemistry Division: Joulia LARIONOVA

Administration and management support officer: Eva BALENTOVA

Head of the Human Resources Committee (HRC): Michael SMIETANA

HR Administrative Manager and Chemistry Division Support: Virginie GARCIA-ROBERT

Office of the Cluster

The role of the office is to prepare the cluster's meetings and monitor the progress of actions. It is also a place for exchanging and sharing strategic information concerning the functioning of the research cluster.

The operational team is responsible for setting up and carrying out the research center's missions, as well as promoting scientific activity within the community on specific areas and themes.

Composition

5 Directors of research organizations:
- Pascal DUMY (IBMM)
- Eric CLOT (ICGM)
- Stéphane PELLET-ROSTAING (ICSM)
- David CORNU (IEM)
- Bénédicte PRELOT (UAR 2041 PAC Chemistry Balard)
6 elected representatives of the Cluster Council:
- Sonia CANTEL (Liaison Officer for Training andResearch)
- Jérôme MAYNADIE (LienResearch Project Manager)
- Jean-Marc CAMPAGNE (International Relations Officer)
- Catherine PERIN (International Relations Officer)
- Mikhael BEAUDHUIN (Partnership and Innovation Project Manager)
- Nathalie TANCHOUX (Communications Officer)

2024 Activity Report

Research Center White Paper

Statutes of the Research Cluster

Internal Regulations of the Research Cluster

Strategic Steering Committee (SSC)

The Strategic Steering Committee acts as a link between the Research Cluster Research institutional partners. It helps define the Research Cluster's major scientific strategic orientations Research gives its opinion on the action plan proposed by the Director of the Research Cluster.

Pole Council

The Cluster Council provides advisory opinions on the direction and implementation of the Cluster's actions and strategy.

The Pôle council consists of 22 members with voting rights and guest members with advisory rights.

List of ex officio members

the Director of the Chemistry Division, Joulia LARIONOVA;
the Head of the Human Resources Committee, Michael SMIETANA;
Director of Doctoral School 459 Chemical Sciences Balard, Marc CRETIN;
the Directors of the Research Units primarily attached to the Research Cluster Research Eric CLOT for ICGM, Pascal DUMY for IBMM, David CORNU forIEM, Stéphane PELLET-ROSTAING for ICSM;
a representative of Technology Platforms or Service Centers, Christine ENJALBAL;
four individuals appointed by the members of the Council: Nùria CASAMITJANA (University of Barcelona), Muriel HISSLER (University of Rennes), Philippe TAILHADES (University of Toulouse), Karine CHORRO (socio-economic representative);

List of appointed members

Eric CLOT, in his capacity as Director of the ICMG;
David CORNU, in his capacity as Director ofIEM
Pascal DUMY, in his capacity as Director of IBMM;
Stéphane PELLET-ROSTAING; in his capacity as ICSM;
Bénédicte PRELOT, in her capacity as Director of UAR 2140 PAC Chimie Balard;
Marc CRETIN, in his capacity as Director of ED 459 Chemical Sciences Balard;
Christine ENJALBAL, in her capacity as representative of the platforms.

List of elected members

members elected to College A of the Human Resources Committee,
- Incumbent: Michael SMIETANA – Alternate: Jean-Marc CAMPAGNE
- Incumbent: Catherine PERRIN – Alternate: Nathalie TANCHOUX
- Incumbent: Umit DEMIRCI – Alternate: Nicolas DACHEUX
- Incumbent: Jean-Sébastien FILHOL – Alternate: Jean-Yves WINUM
members elected to College B of the Human Resources Committee,
- Incumbent: Mickaël BEAUDHUIN – Alternate: Geoffroy LESAGE
- Incumbent: Sonia CANTEL – Alternate: Gaëlle MARTIN-GASSIN
- Incumbent: Céline CRAUSTE – Alternate: Florence ROUESSAC
- Incumbent: Sébastien RICHETER – Alternate: Jérôme MAYNADIE
members elected to the BIATS College of the Human Resources Committee,
- Incumbent: Valérie BULTEL – Alternate: Corine TOURNE-PETEILH
- Incumbent: Nicolas DONZEL – Alternate: Pascal VERDIE
- Incumbent: Sylvie CORNEILLE – Alternate: Catherine ANDREUX-CHOUARD

Human Resources Committee (HRC)

The Human Resources Committee deals with issues specific to the staff of the University of Montpellier. Each Human Resources Committee issues an advisory opinion, in accordance with the statutory provisions specific to Professors researchers.

Composition

The elected members and alternates of the HR Committee:

4 elected members (+4 alternates) in College A
4 elected members (+4 alternates) in College B
3 elected members (+3 alternates) to the BIATS College

Elected members:

College A: 4 representatives of university professors and equivalent staff, including the head of the Human Resources Committee;
College B: 4 representatives of other Professors, researchers, and similar staff;
BIATS College: 3 representatives of library staff, engineers, administrative staff, technicians, and healthcare workers

Scope of the division

The chemistry cluster brings together all chemical science researchers based at the Montpellier and Marcoule sites, drawing on:

4 Joint research units primarily affiliated with
3 research structures affiliated with the Cluster on a secondary basis
1 support and research unit (SRU)
- UAR 2041 PAC Chemistry Balard
3 technology platforms
- ChemLab
- Glass workshop
- Chemical reserve

The Chemistry Division works in collaboration with the CIRIMAT Balard Chemistry Carnot Institute, which brings together partnership and commercialization activities, and the Balard ED459 Doctoral School of Chemical Sciences, which welcomes an average of 265 doctoral students per year.

SynBio3, a platform affiliated with the IBMM

Supervisory authorities

Pricing

Responsibilities of the division

The Chemistry Research Center is responsible for:

Set up scientific activities within the community on specific themes or topics and develop scientific prospects;
Initiate and coordinate responses to calls for cross-disciplinary regional, national, or international projects ;
Participate in the deployment of the University of Montpellier's international strategy and visibility ;
Propose concerted actions to promote links between training and Research
Participate in forward-looking analysis of jobs and skills;
Ensure the functioning of the Human Resources Committee in order to produce opinions on specific issues relating to human resources in research at the University of Montpellier.

Research areas

The Center's cross-disciplinary research topics are organized around five priority areas of the four institutes (IBMM, ICGM, ICSM, IEM) and UAR 2041:

ENERGY :
- Synthesis, separation, storage, and detection of gases (hydrogen, CO₂, etc.)
- Lithium and sodium batteries, supercapacitors
- Biofuels, synthetic fuels, catalyst
- Decarbonized energy, sustainable nuclear power
GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY
- Substitution of hazardous compounds and metals
- Alternative solvents, bio-based composite materials
- Biomass recovery
HEALTH
- Biomolecules, formulation of active ingredients
- Functional excipients, controlled-release systems
- Tissue engineering, medical devices
EXTRACTION- SEPARATION
- Water and liquid effluent treatment
- Gas separation
- Extraction of valuable materials, recycling
HIGH-PERFORMANCE MATERIALS
- Thin films and functional coatings
- Nanocomposites, nanotubes, and 2D materials
- Innovative ceramics and polymers, additive manufacturing

Training and Research Units Research UFR)

The Training and Research Units Research UFR), schools, and institutes of the University of Montpellier linked to the Research Cluster

Key figures

6 ANR joint laboratories

4Mixed Research Units(IBMM, ICGM, ICSM, IEM)

328 teachers – researchers & researchers

172 ITA

500permanent employees

850 permanent and non-permanent employees

1 Research Support Unit Research UAR 2041 PAC Chemistry Balard)

3 Platforms (ChemLab, Glassworks Workshop, Chemical Storage Room (CSR))

50 pieces of equipment /+

1Carnot Institute Chemistry Balard Cirimat, ISO 9001:2015 "100 industrial partners under direct contract/year"

1Doctoral school (Chemical Sciences Balard) "265 doctoral students/year"

€32 million Consolidated research budget/year

Innovation & Valorization

14 startups since 2009

22 Active licenses

>212 patents filed since 2014

2 Commercialized drugs (^MacrilenTM, Sebivo) The first compound is a pseudo-peptide used to diagnose growth hormone deficiency in adults, the result of work carried out under the direction of Jean Martinez. It has been marketed in North America by Æterna Zentaris since 2018 and in Europe since 2019. The second compound is a non-natural antiviral nucleoside used to treat hepatitis B, developed by Dr. Gilles Gosselin and Professor Jean-Louis Imbach, and marketed by Merck.

LONG-TERM THEMATIC PROGRAMS (LTP)

The I-SITE program of excellence, led by the University of Montpellier, has decided to provide strong support for research by creating Long-Term Thematic Projects (PTLs).

After consulting with our community, two PTLs in Chemistry emerged.

The first in the field of sustainable chemistry for health (CARLA) and the second in the field of sustainable chemistry for energy (CHIMENE).

The PTLs of the Chemistry Research Cluster are part of the Chemistry Research Cluster's overall approach, which aims to implement an ambitious recruitment strategy to leverage other funding with high national and international visibility, in order to attract and train a new generation of high-level teaching and research staff (EC) and researchers (C).The PTLs are part of a comprehensive approach by the Chemistry Research Cluster to implement an ambitious recruitment strategy, leveraging other high-visibility national and international funding to attract and train a new generation of high-level teaching and research staff (EC) and researchers (C).

PTL CARLA – Sustainable Chemistry for Health