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A short description of the Professors from POLYMAT at the University of the Basque Country and from LCPO at the University of Bordeaux that have developed the Double Master program in Polymer Science can be found below.
University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU
Prof. Jose Ramon Leiza
Dr. Jose Ramon Leiza is Professor of Chemical Engineering at the school of Chemistry of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and Director of the Institute of Polymer Materials, POLYMAT fr...
Dr. Jose Ramon Leiza is Professor of Chemical Engineering at the school of Chemistry of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and Director of the Institute of Polymer Materials, POLYMAT from 2011 to 2020. He graduated in Chemistry in 1987 and obtained the Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering in 1991 at the UPV/EHU. He spent sabbatical years at Lehigh University (USA) as Visiting Research Associate (1994-95) and Queen’s University (Canada) as a Visiting Professor (2004-05). His research focuses on the analysis of industrially relevant polymerization processes with especial interest on polymer reaction engineering aspects of polymerization in dispersed media. Thus, he has developed advanced control strategies for tailor making the microstructure and morphology of waterborne polymer dispersions. He is also involved in the research of the incorporation of inorganic nanoparticles into waterborne polymeric dispersions with advanced properties (UV absorption, photocatalysis, corrosion resistance, fluorescence emission) with applications on adhesives, coatings, paints, water treatment and sensors. More recently, his research also focused on reducing carbon foot-print of polymer latexes by incorporating novel biobased monomers, (bio)degradable moieties and using renewable feedstocks in emulsion polymerization formulations.
Dr. Marian Iriarte
Marian Iriarte (Professor of Physical Chemistry) graduated from the University of the Basque Country in 1985 and obtained the Ph.D. degree in 1991 from the same university working in the miscibilit...
Marian Iriarte (Professor of Physical Chemistry) graduated from the University of the Basque Country in 1985 and obtained the Ph.D. degree in 1991 from the same university working in the miscibility of polymers under the supervision of Prof. J. J. Iruin. In 1991 she obtained a position as assistant professor in the Department of Basque Filology of the University of the Basque Country. In 1992 she obtained a position as assistant professor in the Department of Polymer's Science and Technology in the same University. In 2001 she was promoted to associated Professor. In 2004 she was appointed Director of External Relations in the Campus of Gipuzkoa in the University of Basque Country. Since 2000, she is a member of the Institute of Polymer Materials, Polymat. She became the dean of the Chemistry Faculty in 2016, and she is also the responsible for the Master in Chemistry and Polymers since 2014.
Dr. Maria Paulis
Maria Paulis earned her BSc, MSc and PhD in Chemistry from the University of the Basque Country in Donostia-San Sebastián, and the BSc in Applied Chemistry from the University of Strathclyde (Glasg...
Maria Paulis earned her BSc, MSc and PhD in Chemistry from the University of the Basque Country in Donostia-San Sebastián, and the BSc in Applied Chemistry from the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow, UK). She is Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering of the University of the Basque Country and Director of the Institute of Polymer Materials, POLYMAT since 2020. Her research is focused on the production of waterborne polymer/polymer and polymer/inorganic nanocomposite dispersions. On the other hand, she has also interest in the film formation process of those waterborne polymeric dispersions.
Dr. Agustin Etxeberria
Agustin Etxeberria (Professor of Chemical Physics) graduated from the University of the Basque Country in 1987, and obtained the Ph.D. degree in 1993 from the same university focusing on the polyme...
Agustin Etxeberria (Professor of Chemical Physics) graduated from the University of the Basque Country in 1987, and obtained the Ph.D. degree in 1993 from the same university focusing on the polymer miscibility and the determination of a reliable polymer-polymer interaction parameter by inverse gas chromatography under the supervision of Prof. J. J. Iruin. In 1992 he obtained a position as assistant professor in the Department of Polymer Science and Technology of the University of the Basque Country. In 2002 he was promoted to associated Professor. Since 2000, he is a member of the Institute of Polymer Materials, Polymat. Since 2004 he is the scientific supervisor of the Polymer Characterization (Transmission Electronic Microscopy) Research Service of the University. In 2017 he became the director of the Department of Science and Technology of Polymers from the Faculty of Chemistry.
University of Bordeaux, UBx
Prof. Daniel Taton
Prof. Daniel TATON received his PhD in polymer chemistry in 1994 at the University Pierre & Marie Curie (Paris VI) under the supervision of Dr Nicolas Spassky. He joined LCPO in January 1995 as pos...
Prof. Daniel TATON received his PhD in polymer chemistry in 1994 at the University Pierre & Marie Curie (Paris VI) under the supervision of Dr Nicolas Spassky. He joined LCPO in January 1995 as post-doctorate and he was appointed as assistant Professor in 1995 and full Professor in 2008 at the University of Bordeaux. He is at the head of the research topic of LCPO entitled “Polymerization Catalyses and Engineering”. His main contributions are in the field of macromolecular engineering, through the synthesis of shape-persistent macromolecular architectures, including star-like polymers, dendrimer-like polymers, nanogels, or nanostructures generated by the self-assembly of polymeric ionic liquid (PIL)-based block copolymers. In recent years, he has been focusing on the use of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) as organocatalysts for various polymerization reactions. In view of better handling and recycling NHCs, he also develops masked NHCs and/or polymer-supported versions (= polyNHCs) derived from imidazolium-based PILs that can in-situ deliver the catalytic active NHCs
Dr. Etienne Grau
Dr Etienne Grau was trained in chemistry and physical chemistry at the ENS Cachan (France) and then undertook a PhD in polymer chemistry at CPE Lyon (France), where he studied the radical and catal...
Dr Etienne Grau was trained in chemistry and physical chemistry at the ENS Cachan (France) and then undertook a PhD in polymer chemistry at CPE Lyon (France), where he studied the radical and catalytic polymerization of ethylene and its copolymerization with polar monomers in the C2P2 laboratory under the supervision of Dr Vincent Monteil, Dr Christophe Boisson and Dr Roger Spitz (2007-2010). During a first post-doctoral stay, he studied Ziegler-Natta catalysis merging theoretical (with Prof. Phillipe Sautet at the ENS Lyon), surface (Prof. Christophe Copéret at ETH Zurich) and polymer chemistry (with Dr Vincent Monteil at C2P2). Then in 2012, he moved to the group of Prof. Stefan Mecking in Konstanz (Germany) to work on Pd catalysis of the synthesis of monomers from lipids and terpenes. He was recruited by LCPO in 2013 as Assistant Professor in the group of Prof. Henri Cramail for his expertise in polymer chemistry and catalysis.
Dr. Guillaume Fleury
Guillaume Fleury is an associated professor at Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques (LCPO, University of Bordeaux) and focuses his research on the macromolecular engineering and physical ...
Guillaume Fleury is an associated professor at Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques (LCPO, University of Bordeaux) and focuses his research on the macromolecular engineering and physical chemistry of complex polymer systems with an emphasis on nanostructured materials for emerging nanotechnologies. Guillaume received a Ph.D. in materials science from the University of Strasbourg in 2005 working on supramolecular polymeric materials. Following his Ph.D., he completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Minnesota working on block copolymer self-assembly. Guillaume is in charge of several research programs dealing with nano-manufacturing, electroactive polymers and functional surfaces obtained from self-assembly. He was awarded jointly by the French Polymer Group (GFP) and the French Physics Society (SFP) the young researcher prize in polymer physics in 2018.