Nicole Jaffrezic-Renault received her engineering degree from the Ecole
Nationale Supérieure de Chimie, Paris, in 1971 and her Doctorat d’Etat
és Sciences Physiques from the University of Paris in 1976. She is the
Emeritus Director of Research at the University of Franche-Comté. She
was past president of the Chemical Micro Sensor Club (CMC2), president
of the Analytical Division, and member of the administrative council of
the French Chemical Society. She was decorated as Knight of the Legion
of Honor and Officer of the National Order of Merit. Her research
activities include the conception and design of (bio)chemical sensors
and their integration in microsystems.