Nature Inspired

Innovations in

Polymers and Biointerfaces

Gentle implementation

of materials and

protection against their

degradation

Who am I ?

I am a university professor trained in physics and physical chemistry, dedicated to creating bioinspired materials and advanced surface‑engineered systems. My research spans biopolymers, hybrid material architectures, bacterial adhesion, and biocorrosion protection. As a passionate scientist and teacher, I strive to communicate with efficiency and empathy. I am strongly committed to transforming fundamental discoveries into real‑world industrial solutions.

Ongoing research

Chitosan coatings prevent biocorrosion

This study investigates the effectiveness of chitosan grafted onto aluminium Al 2024 alloy substrates in preventing (bio)corrosion, specifically in the presence of the sulfate-reducing bacterium Nitratidesulfovibrio vulgaris.

  • Initial bacterial retention on polydimethylsiloxane of various stiffnesses: The relevance of modulus (mis)match
  • Sucrose and Glycerol Additives: A Way to Tune the Biological and Physicochemical Properties of Agarose Hydrogels?

Publications and collaborations

  • Curcumin-modified gelatin nanocomplexes as novel food foaming Agents: Impact on foamability and interfacial properties
  • Extraction and characterization of new biocompatible gelatin from camel slaughter by-products: biochemical, sensory, interfacial, and textural properties
  • A new cold-active transglutaminase: Discovery, computational insights, and recombinant expression

Research location

Institute of Analytical
and Physico-Chemistry
Sciences for the
Environment and
Materials

The IPREM brings together more than 300
people who are interested in developing
fundamental knowledge in physico-chemistry,
analytical chemistry, and microbiology, in
connection with applications concerning the
structure of living organisms, environmental
management, and the functional properties of
different classes of materials.

Teaching and training

GREEN Graduate Program
– Materials Inspired by
Nature and for Energy and
Sustainable Technologies
(MINEST)

The Materials Inspired by Nature and for Energy and Sustainable Technologies graduate program (GP) aims to offer an educational background that enables a
connection between the laboratory and the living world in line with the
current challenge of ecological and sustainable transitions. Mimicking
strategies deployed by Nature
represents infinite scientific and technological challenges that will be undertaken by choosing bioinspiration and biomimetism.

International Master’s
Degree in Bio-Inspired
Materials

The BioInspired Material (BIM) program offers an educational background connecting the laboratory environment with the
living world to tackle ecological and sustainable transitions.
However, mimicking strategies elaborated by Nature represents infinite scientific and technological
challenges. These will be addressed using bioinspiration and biomimicry
keeping in mind environmental
awareness and ethics.

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