MME CHIRAT Christine

Professeur / Professor
461 rue de la Papeterie - CS 10065 - 38402 Saint Martin d'Hères Cedex - FRANCE
B118
04 76 82 69 07
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Grenoble INP - Pagora, UGA

Enseignements

Niveau Master
Chimie du bois et procédés de mise en pâte (kraft, bisulfite, pâte mécanique)
Procédés de blanchiment des pâtes cellulosiques
Procédés de bioraffinage et bioproduits
Biocarburants

Lessons

Master level
Wood chemistry and Pulping processes (kraft, bisulfite, mechanical pulping)
Bleaching processes of cellulosic pulps
Biorefinery processes and bioproducts
Biofuels

LGP2 - Équipe de recherche / Research group

Responsable d'équipe / Group leader


 
Thèmes de recherche

Chimie du bois
Procédés chimiques pour la production de fibres cellulosiques à partir de bois ou de plantes annuelles
Chimie de l'oxydation et procédés d'oxydation des fibres lignocellulosiques, en particulier avec des produits chimiques respectueux de l'environnement (oxygène, ozone, peroxyde d'hydrogène, ...)
Procédés de bioraffinage intégrés aux usines de pâtes et papiers pour la production de biocarburants, de bioproduits et de biomatériaux
Extraction, caractérisation et valorisation des hémicelluloses du bois

Research themes

Wood chemistry
Chemical processes for the production of cellulosic fibers from wood or annual plants
Oxidation chemistry and oxidation processes of lignocellulosic fibers, particularly with environmentally friendly chemicals (oxygen, ozone, hydrogen peroxide, ...)
Biorefinery processes integrated into pulp and paper mills for the production of biofuels, bioproducts and biomaterials
Extraction, characterisation and valorisation of wood hemicelluloses

Scientific production

84 publications in peer-reviewed journals,
103 oral conferences in international conferences
26 invited conferences in international conferences and workshops
26 posters in international conferences
6 patents

Publications (HAL)

Activités / CV

• 1991: Christine Chirat graduated from Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP - UGA).
• 1994: she received her PhD degree on ozone bleaching of lignocellulosic fibres.
She then spent about one year as a post doctoral fellow in the research center of the Westvaco company in Charleston, SC, USA.

• 1995-2001: she worked as a research scientist at Centre Technique du Papier (CTP) in Grenoble on the development of environmentally friendly bleaching of pulps.

→ From 1998 to 2001, she was the head of the Chemical pulps - Bleaching group at CTP.

• 2001: she joined Grenoble INP - Pagora, UGA.
• 2003: she received the habilitation to supervise research.
• 2008: she was appointed Associate Professor.
• 2013: she has been elected fellow of the International Academy of Wood Science (IAWS).
• 2013-2020: she was heading the BioChip - Biorefinery: chemistry and eco-processes group of the LGP2.
• 2015-2018: she was an elected member the scientific council of the PEM research pole (Physics, Engineering, Materials) of the Université Grenoble Alpes, and also elected member of the Scientific Council of Grenoble INP - UGA.
• 2018: she became University Professor at Grenoble INP - Pagora, UGA.

• 2018-2024: she was executive director of Education of the Project of Excellence IDEX at the Université Grenoble Alpes.
→ From March 2020 to February 2024, she was Vice-President of the Education Council and University Life of Grenoble INP - UGA (8500 students).

• Since June 1, 2025, she has been acting head of the BioChip - Biorefinery: chemistry and eco-processes group.