Prof. Dr. Jean-François Gérard

Prof. Dr. J.F. GERARD is full professor at INSA Lyon Department of Materials Engineering (Université de Lyon). After being Head of the IMP (Ingénierie des Matériaux Polymères) UMR CNRS 5223 in Lyon (2002-2011), France, Vice-President Research at INSA Lyon (2006-2011), and President of the European Polymer Federation (2015-2018), he is Deputy Director of the CNRS Institute of Chemistry (France). His works are dedicated to polymer synthesis, polymer nanomaterials, and polymer-based surfaces and interfaces. He is the author of more than 290 scientific papers and 17 patents (h-index: 19). He also gave 150 plenary lectures in international conferences and more than 600 communications. He also supervised 80 PhDs and more that 35 post-doc scientists.