Biography
Dr Julien Bras (H-index: 80; more than 200 scientific papers & 20 patents) is a professor at Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP Pagora).
After earning an engineering diploma in Chemistry and a PhD on Renewable Materials for biopackaging in 2004, he worked in industry for a few years and then left industry to become an associate professor in 2006.
Since that time, he has directly supervised 48 PhD students, 29 Post-doc and more than 100 master's students
He is a member of the Institut Universitaire de France (top delegation for French professors). Among the world's Top 2% most-cited scientists, he received the French “Academy of Science” Major Prize of Innovation (IMT Espoir) in 2017, the French “Academy of Science” Major Prize on Renewable materials chemistry in 2023, and the international mid-career award from Tappi Nano in 2019.
During two years (2019-2021), he worked at Nestlé during a sabbatical as Senior Expert and Department Head at the Institute of Packaging Science in the global Nestlé Research Center in Switzerland.
He is head of the “Multiscale Biobased Material” group (ab. 40 pers., 10 years). Since 2021, he has led International Affairs at Grenoble INP Pagora, and he launched the Cellulose Valley Chair in 2022 with 8 companies for 5 years.
Through his different experiences, he has developed several competences. His expertise deals particularly with nanocellulose and their functionalization, paper science, biobased and smart materials, mainly for sustainable packaging applications.