Liliane Bokobza

Professor Liliane Bokobza
ESPCI ParisTech
Laboratoire PPMD
10 rue Vauquelin
Paris France 75231
Email: Liliane.Bokobza@espci.fr

Biographical Sketch:
I am currently professor of spectroscopy at Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI). I have been involved in many areas of research in polymer science including investigation of local dynamics of macromolecular chains in bulk elastomeric systems by the excimer fluorescence technique; analysis of molecular orientation in elastomeric networks by infrared dichroism; reinforcement of elastomers by mineral fillers; new developments in vibrational spectroscopy and now on the use of carbon nanotubes in elastomeric materials. My work has been in over 150 publications, several book chapters. I am frequently invited to give lectures in my areas of expertise. I was promoted Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1999, got the George Stafford Whitby Award from the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society in 2002 and the Jean Langlois Award for my research activities in Paris (november, 2002) and in November 2009.