Francois Ganachaud

Dr Francois Ganachaud
Institut Charles Gerhardt
Equipe "Ingénierie et Architectures Macromoléculaires"
Ecole nationale supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier
8 rue de l'école normale
Montpelllier France 34296
Email: francois.ganachaud@enscm.fr

Biographical Sketch:
François Ganachaud, 42 this year, studied chemistry at CPE Lyon, where he graduated as an engineering chemist. During his Ph.D, granted in 1997 from the University Claude-Bernard Lyon I, he proposed new polymer latex/oligonucleotide complexes, under the supervision of Christian Pichot. After a one year postdoctoral position in Sydney at the KCPC headed by Prof. Robert G. Gilbert, he returned in France to take a CNRS research position in Paris with Prof. Hémery from 1999 to 2003. He then moved to Montpellier in the laboratory of Prof. Bernard Boutevin, where he completed his habilitation in 2004. He will catch back Lyon by joining the Laboratory devoted to the Engineering of Polymer Materials, at INSA-Lyon, next September. His current research interests are i) polymer synthesis in aqueous dispersed media via ionic polymerization, ii) synthesis of functional silicones and related materials, iii) emulsification of various solutes by Ouzo effect.