Matthieu Hamel received his PhD in Organic chemistry from the University of Caen, France in 2005, completed with a habilitation in chemistry in 2018 and a university diploma in patent management in 2025. He worked as senior scientist at the French Atomic Energy Commission for 15 years. In 2022, he joined the AgTech company Elicit Plant as a senior formulation chemist and head of IP. His research topics span from nuclear physics to plant response towards stress, wherein chemistry in general may help as a disruptive tool. He was one of the recipients of the 2022 RSC Horizon prize on the work on photoluminescent copper complexes. He is the editor of a book on plastic scintillators (Springer-Nature, 2021), inventor of 30+ priority patents and author or coauthor of a hundred publications and conference proceedings. M. Hamel is also associate Editor for 2 journals and committed reviewer for 30+ journals. H-index 25, citations 10,000+ (Sep. 2025).