Romain Bordage’s PhD defense on December 15th, 2025
Romain Bordage completed his PhD thesis entitled “Spontaneous and mechanically-assisted water transport in beech wood: investigation using X-ray tomography and digital volume correlation” under the joint supervision of:Yoshiharu Nishiyama, co-supervisor – CNRS Research Director – CERMAV,Laurent Orgéas, co-supervisor – CNRS Research Director – 3SR Lab, andSabine Rolland du Roscoat, co-supervisor – Professor, University of Grenoble […]
Claire HOA-REN’s thesis defense on December 5th, 2025.
Claire HOA-REN completed her PhD at Cermav under the joint supervision of Raphaël MICHEL (CNRS Research Fellow) and Rachel AUZELY-VELTY (Professor, Université Grenoble Alpes). Her work is entitled “Design of programmable shape-morphing hydrogels based on biocompatible polysaccharides and fibers” Abstract: “Hydrogels are three-dimensional networks of hydrophilic polymers that swell in aqueous media. Their structural likeness […]
Batoul Moubarak’s thesis defense on November 20th, 2025.
Batoul Moubarak completed her doctoral thesis, entitled “Understanding the Biochemical Function and Evolutionary Diversification of Galactolipid Synthases” under the joint supervision of Christelle Breton (Professor, University of Grenoble Alpes) and Eric Maréchal (CNRS Research Director, Laboratory of Cellular and Plant Physiology). Thesis Summary: “Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG), the most abundant lipid in photosynthetic membranes, is synthesized by […]