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Silvia Giordani: Nano-onions in every sauce

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Thanks to the MAK'IT program (Montpellier Advanced Knowledge Institute on Transitions), Silvia Giordani is weaving collaborations with several UM laboratories around her nanomaterials research. The Dublin City University professor is taking advantage of this to extend the biomedical applications of her carbon nano-onions to fields other than medicine, in particular energy.

Joan Guàrdia i Olmos: teaching at the heart of Europe

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Awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Montpellier, Joan Guàrdia i Olmo is Professor of Behavioral Science Methodology in the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Barcelona (UB). Since 2020, he has also been its rector. He is committed to defending a Europe of teaching and research based on shared values.

Anne Charmantier: charcoal on chickadees

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In charge of a long-term study program on chickadees, Anne Charmantier is interested in the adaptation of these passerines to climate change and the urban environment. Director of research in evolutionary ecology at CEFE, she is a 2024 CNRS silver medalist.

Oriol Amat: Good accounts make good ethics

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Oriol Amat is Professor of Economics at Barcelona's Pompeu Fabra University, of which he was also Rector. He is considered an expert in financial accounting, management control and corporate fraud. On September 20, the University of Montpellier had the pleasure of awarding him an honorary doctorate.

Michel Bouvier: a "school" for medicine

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A world-renowned researcher in the field of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), Michel Bouvier has contributed to numerous fundamental and therapeutic discoveries on these proteins, which are the target of over 30% of drugs on the market. Many Montpellier researchers have trained with this professor from the Faculty of Medicine at the Université de Montréal. In 2023, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Montpellier.

Carlos Jaramillo - 120 million years for one man

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A great name in paleontology, Colombian Carlos Jaramillo is a specialist in the evolution of Amazonian-Andean ecosystems over the last 120 million years. The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute researcher explained the origin of the abundant biodiversity of this intertropical region.

Scientific appeal

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Open to the world, the University of Montpellier contributes to the structuring of the...