ADDRESS
CEMEF : Centre de Mise en Forme des Matériaux / Center for Materials Forming
MINES ParisTech - CNRS UMR 7635
Rue Claude Daunesse – CS 10207
06904 Sophia Antipolis cedex - France
tel: 33-(0)4 93 95 74 66 (direct)
fax: 33-(0)4 92 38 97 52
e-mail: patrick.navard@mines-paristech.fr
www.cemef.mines-paristech.fr
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
· Coordinator of the European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence since 2004
EPNOE www.epnoe.eu
· Series Editor. Springer “Biobased Polymers”. Collection started beg 2016, 22 books signed
· Deputy-director of the CNRS / Ecole des Mines CEMEF joint research center 2004-2011
· Director of the CNRS / Ecole des Mines CEMEF joint research center 2001-2004
1989 to present : Directeur de Recherche au CNRS
Research areas: polysaccharides, biobased composites (polymers and concrete), polymer rheology, polymer processing, rheo-physics, polymer physics (blends, liquid crystals, solutions, suspensions, gels, light scattering).
1983-1984 Post-doctoral Research Fellow. IBM Research Center, San Jose,
California
Research Supervisoror : Prof. P.J. FLORY.
1980-1981 Research Fellow. Dept. of Physics. City of London Polytechnic. London
Research Supervisoror : Dr. G.H. MEETEN
1981-1983 Post-graduate Student. Ecole des Mines de Paris, Sophia Antipolis
1978-1980 PhD Supervisor : Prof. J.M. HAUDIN
1983 Thèse de Doctorat-ès-Sciences. (INSA) de Lyon et Université de Lyon I.
"Physical properties of cellulose and cellulose derivative mesophases"
1982 Thèse de Docteur-Ingénieur (equivalent to a PhD).
"Study of cellulose / N-methyl morpholine N-oxide solutions".
1979 DEA (postgraduate degree) with a specialization in Mechanical Properties of Materials. Ecole des Mines de Paris.
1978 DEA with a specialization in Biology. Université de Lyon
1978 Diplôme d'Ingénieur in Physics and Materials Science. INSA de Lyon. Département de Génie Physique et Matériaux.
AWARDS
1995 Groupe Français de Rhéologie National Award
1989 Groupe Français des Polymères (GFP) National Award
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Professional Journal Activities:
• Reviewer : Journal of Polymer Science, Macromolecules, Liquid Crystals, Journal of
Rheology, Rheologica Acta, Molecular Crystal Liquid Crystals, Journal de
Physique, Langmuir, Biomacromolecules, Cellulose, Carbohydrate
Polymers, …
Organization of Conferences:
2017 ACS national meeting, San-Francisco. Co-organiser of an EPNOE-ACS session “Processing and properties of biobased composites and blends".
2017 EPNOE-ACS 2015 conference, Erfurt, Germany. President of the International Advisory Board.
2016 7th Workshop on Cellulose, Regenerated Cellulose and Cellulose Derivatives, Örnsköldsvik, Suède. Member of scientific committee.
2016 ACS national meeting, San Diego. Co-organiser of the EPNOE-ACS session “New Horizons in Sustainable Materials”.
2016 XII French-Romanian polymer meeting, Nice. Co-organizer.
Plus 40 other ones before 2016
ACADEMIC SUPERVISING
30 PhD Dissertations
Supervising of more than 26 post-doctoral scientists and 78 undergraduates.
SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT
Scientific management of research contracts
• Direct scientific responsibility of more than 45 research contracts with industry and EC or governmental agencies since 1984.
Co-ordination of collaborative research contracts
French-UK (1987-1988) with City of London Polytechnic, French-UK Alliance programme (1992-1994) with University of Reading, CNRS-NSF (1993-1995) with Stanford University, CNRS-Romanian Academy of Sciences (1993-1996) with University of Iasi, CNRS-Russian Academy of Sciences (1998-2003; 2008-2012) with Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, St Petersburg.
Co-ordinator of the BRITE-EURAM Project (1993-1996) on polymer blends, three partners and ten industrial sponsors.
Co-ordinator of the Human Capital and Mobility and PECO networks (1995-1997) on polymer solution rheology, seven partners.
Co-ordinator of Polysaccharides (Network of Excellence) 2005-2009 (16 partners).
Co-ordinator of EPNOE CSA, 2012-1015 (16 partners).
Co-coordinator of the large (30M€) French project “Biomass for the Future”. Responsible for the application program (2013-2020).
PUBLICATIONS
Article in International Refereed Journals : 159
Books : 3
Patent : 1
Conferences
Invited Conferences : 80 Communications in Conferences : 273