Pascal G. Yot obtained his Ph.D. in Material Chemistry from Université Montpellier 2 (Supervisor E. Philippot) in 1999. After finishing his postdoctoral period at IBM (which was a strong reconversion) studying porous glasses, he joined the Institute Charles Gerhardt Montpellier (ICGM), Université de Montpellier as Associate Professor. His research interests are the structure-property relations in metal-organic frameworks and boron-based solids for energy and environmental applications. He is also involved in structural determination using diffraction techniques under various conditions (extreme or not): high pressure, low and high temperature, and adsorption.