Dr. Julien BRAS
French nationality,
Associate Professor
, HDR
Born 13th of March 1978, Clamart (92), Married, 1 child
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Grenoble INP Pagora
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UGA
, 241
rue d
e la papeterie, 38400 St Martin d’
Hères
, France
Email :
Julien.bras@
grenoble
-
inp.fr
SCIENTIFIC ANIMATION
o
Chair Holder of Cellulose Valley Chair (2022
-
2026)
o
WP3 Leader of Glycoalps CDP Excellence Institute (IDEX
,
2016
-
2019
)
, Steering committee member ( 2021
-
...)
o
WP4 H2020 Unite!, Grenoble INP representative (2021
-
...)
o
COST action vice Chair ( ActinPak,
2015
-
2019)
o
Scientific Committee of Carnot institute PolyNat (2013
-
19)
and Steering group member (2017
-
19)
o
WP2 leader of lab of excellence Tec21 (2012
-
19)
o Marie Curie
European project
(
univ
.
contact
, research coord
2013
-
2017)
o
Polynat project
s
coordinator
& main contact (16)
o
French national agency (
ANR
)
project coordinator
(1)
and
main
univ.
contact (
3
)
.
o
Co
-
chair of Tappi Nano 2016 conference
(320 att.)
, chair of
subcommittee
pack & paper
(2015
-
2019
)
o
Winter school organizer (2010, 2013, 2016,
201
7
,
2023)
EXPERT
-
REVIEWING ACTIVITIES
o
Associate editor (2013
-
2022
)
of
Industrial Crops & Product
(IF=
3,8
)
, special issue editor
o
Science Advisory Board of BiMAC
Sweden
(2013
-
16
)
o
Recru
itment of Assistant
Professors and
Ex
pert for ANR,
ADEME
,
research project or international project
o
Expert for Finland Academy
–
Biomass conversion (2017)
o
Jury member for PhD Theses (1
5
)
, HDR (4
)
, International
PhD
Opponent (7)
, International reviewer (4)
o
Reviewer for
several journals:
Cellulose
, Journal of Colloid
& Interface Science
, Industrial Crops and products
,
Biomacromolecules,
ACS
Sustainable
Chemistry
&
Engineering
,
Composite Science Te
chnology, Carbohydrate
Polymers,
J
ournal of material chemist
ry, J
.
of Composites
PartA, Bioressources
, J of Appl food chemistry, et
c..
APPLIED SCIENCE PARTNERSHIP
o
Several industrial collaborations for Phds, Post
-
doc o
r
master
with a total of about
65
00k€ budget (company examples: Arjo
-
wiggins, PDL, Pierre Fabre,
Tetrapak, Bluestarsilicon, Cargill,
WiPack, Owens Corning
,
etc..)
o
Several company visit
organizations for student and tutor of
sand
wich course engineer (16
) in company
o
Scientif
i
c advisor and part of creation team of
3
start
-
up:
Poly
-
ink
(2011
-
2019)
, I
nofib
(2014
-
2019
)
, Cilkoa (2022
-
..)
o
Scientif
i
c advisor
for
technology transfer project Linksium:
CellOz
,
P
aintbiocell
, E
-
Trans
, Vink
-
e
COLLABORATIONS
At least 3 months collaborations are liste
d
below
:
o
Scientific mobility (3 months) W. Orts USDA, Albany
-
Berkeley, USA en 2010, 1 publication + 4 posters
o
N
ational Collaboration: PBS Rouen, CTP Grenoble, CEA
Grenoble, UMET Lille, SIMAP Grenoble,
INRA
E
AgroP
a
risTech
Paris, CNAM Paris, INRA
E
BIA Nantes,
CERM
AV,
INRA
E
Montpellier
, CERMAV, Mines Inst. Ales,
ICCMO Orsay,
o
European project and main collaborations : SCCP(it), VTT
(Fi), KTH (Fi), SHU (UK), KaU (Sue), UAV (Por), Itene (
Sp
),
ZUT (Pol), PTS (All), IVV(All), Innventia (Sue), WRC (NL),
BoU
(It), KCPK (NTH)
, UniMi (It), SWU (UK), Rise (Sw)
o Specific collaborations : Université de Girona (Esp
–
2
master s), Unive
rsité de SaoPaulo (Br
-
2 master
s + 1 pos
t
-
doc),
Université de Wash.
State (1
invited
prof), Universit
y
Rio
(1
master), FPInnovation
(Can
-
3 master), Risoe
-
DTU (Dan
-
1
master), PFI (Nor
–
2
master
s), Itene (Esp
–
1 PhD stay), VTT
(Fi
–
trainee), CSIC (Esp
–
1 PhD stay), Aalto (Fi
-
1 master),
Q. Univ.
(Aus
–
1 PhD stay, Un
iv
Basc Country
(Esp
-
1 post
-
doc), Virginia Tec (US
-
3 ye
ars PhD), Un
iv Mac Master ( CA
-
2year
s
, Mitacs funding
)
, SP
-
KTH (Sw
-
1PhD stay), Uni Milan
(It
-
join PhD)
, Aaalto (STSM,Trainee
–
Join PhD
)
, NTNU
–
Rise, Univ (Nor, join PhD). Swansea (UK, join PhD)
• EGIDE
fundings:
Imhotep (CNRC Egypt :
2008
-
2009),
Samuel de Champlain (FPInnovation, Canada,
2009
-
2010),
Imhotep (CNRC Egypt
: 2012
-
2013).
EDUCATION
,
EMPLOYMENT
& AWARD
S
2021
-
...
Associate Professor at Grenoble INP Pagora & LGP2, France
20
22
-
...
Institut Universitaire
de France
(IUF)
Senior
member
,
(5y)
excellence in science in France
(top
2% of French professor
)
2019
-
2021
Senior Expert and department
H
ead
at
institute of
packaging science Nestle
R
esearch
C
enter
Lausanne, Switzerland
2006
-
2019
Associate Professor (‘Maître de Conférences’) at Grenoble
INP Pagora
& LGP2
, France
2016
-
20
19
Institut Universitaire
de France
(IUF)
J
unior member
,
excellence in science in France
(top
2% of French professor
)
2017
Tappi
Nanocellulose Mid Term Career International Award
2017
French “Academy of Science” Major Prize of Innovation (IMT
Espoir)
2011
Ability to supervise Researchers (HDR)
–
Grenoble INP Pagora,
Grenoble, France
2004
-
06:
Innovation manager, Ahlstrom, Crepe Paper Product line,
France, Finland, Italy.
2004
PhD in renewable res
s
ources science
–
INRA/ENSIACET,
Toulouse, France
2001
Engineer in high school of Chemistry (ENSCT, France)
2001
Master in
chemistry of
renewable res
ources
-
Toulouse Univ
.
CURRENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Main c
ompetences in:
c
ellulose fibres,
&
nano
cellulose
, cellulose
functionalization and
derivatives, Biocomposites & Nanocomposites,
chemical
Surface grafting, Barrier properties,
antimicrobial surface,
Specialty paper & active packaging
, biomaterial process engineering
,
biopackaging
, coating process
o
Nanocellulose
production, characterization of micro
-
fibrillated
cellulose and cellulose nanocrystals
, chemical pretreatment
o
Chemical grafting
:
surface
grafting of molecule in solvent, ionic
liquid, aqueous system with several families of molecule
s
or polymer
and several strategies (grafting from, grafting onto, click
, silane
)
o
Materials
: Polymer (nano)composites and fibrous
structures
:
preparation & cha
racterization
,
specialty paper,
aerogel, foam
,
o
Application domains
:
paper
and
packaging industries,
polymer
composites, biomedical
& cosmetic
(
controlled release)
SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION
o
1
9
4
journal papers
with IF
o
61
international conf.
(oral)
,
2
9
invited speaker
o
1
7
0
international conf.
proceedings (poster
-
oral)
,
o
1
4
book
chapters of books
o
22
patents.
SUPERVISED RESEARCHERS
o
2
3
post
-
docs
o
3
7
PhD Student
s
o
77
Master/Engineers students
MANAGING RESPONSABILITIES
o
2022
-
...Chair Holder of Cellulose Valley Chair (8
companies)
o
2021
-
...Responsible of International Affairs & International Master
Biomaterials/Biorefinery at Grenoble INP Pagora
o
2021
-
...Chargé de Mission with VP Innovation & enterprise at
Grenoble INP UGA
o 2012
-
19 & 2022
-
...
Head of
the group ‘Multiscale
Biobased
Material” of LGP2 (ab.40 pers)
o
2019
-
21
Senior expert and
Department Head
“
Science &
Analytical
”
at
Nestle Institute of Packaging Science
o
201
7
-
19.
Deputy Director of
LGP2 (ab.
9
0 pers)
o
2015
-
19
CS Gren
oble INP elected member,
o
2015
-
19
:
CAC
Univ. Grenoble Alpes elected member
o
2011
-
15:
CEVU Grenoble INP elected member
o
R
esponsible for 3 European projects in Grenoble INP Pagora, 1
Marie
-
Curie Project, 1 COST; Coordinator of 1 FEDER
o
2010
-
13
Pedagogic coordinator
of engineer option in Grenoble INP
Pagora
o
2009
-
10 In charge of the
research
group ‘Converting Biomaterial
Packaging’ of LGP2 (ab.20 pers)
o
200
8
-
19
; 2021
-
...
.
LGP2
scientific committee
elected member