Philippe DUBOIS, Ph.D. in sciences, is the rector-president of the University of Mons (Mons, Belgium). He is a full professor at the Faculty of Sciences where he leads the Laboratory of Polymeric and Composite Materials, Center of Innovation and Research in Materials & Polymers (CIRMAP). His expertise covers organic chemistry, macromolecular chemistry; catalysis in polymer materials, and (reactive) processing of (nano)composites and nanohybrid materials, including biosourced polymers. He has published more than 800 peer-reviewed scientific articles/ book chapters, 11 books, and scientific special journal issues (H-index: 111; overall citations: 60,000) and is the inventor of 73 patents.