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= Redouane Borsali = Redouane Borsali, born in 1961 is an Algerian (Tlemcen)-born French Polymer Physico-Chemist. He is a CNRS Director of Research (Exceptional Class) and the Group Leader of “Self-Assembly of Glycopolymers” at CERMAV, a CNRS Laboratory at Univ Grenoble Alpes.

He is, since 2012, the Director of PolyNat Carnot Institute gathering 8 Laboratories and Centres of Research in Grenoble (400 persons) working synergistically on the Design of Innovative and Functional Bio-Sourced Materials.

R. Borsali received his Master 1 in 1983 in Physics from Tlemcen University, and then moved to Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg (France) in 1984 to complete his DEA (Diplôme d’études Approfondies) or Master 2.

R. Borsali completed his PhD in Physics of Polymer Sciences at the University of Louis Pasteur, at Institut Charles Sadron, Strasbourg (France) in 1988. After a 2-year postdoctoral position in the Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer research (Mainz, Germany), he joined the CNRS (France) as a confirmed researcher (1st Class, CR1) in 1990; In 1995, he spent 1 year at IBM research center of San José, California and 2 years at Stanford University (Chemistry Department) as a visiting scientist and became a CNRS Research Director in 1997. In 2000, he led a polymer science group in Bordeaux (LCPO) and in 2007 he returned to Grenoble to be the Director of the CERMAV (125 persons), a CNRS Glycosciences Institute and built up the Glycopolymer Physico-Chemistry group (20 persons). His has published more than 270 peer-reviewed papers in international journals, more than 100 invited International Conferences, co-edited/co-authored 5 books and organized 18 International Meetings on Soft Matter Science -polymers and colloids. He has also served as the Executive Director of International Affairs of Grenoble Alpes University from 2016 to 2019.

= References = R. Borsali was awarded

·      in 2020, the prestigious International award of the Japan Society of Polymer for his major contribution of “Self-Assembly of carbohydrate-based block copolymer systems: Nanoparticles, Thin Films, Smart Surfaces and Devices”

·      in 2018 the Scientific Grand Prize France-Taiwan–Awards Academy of Science, Paris, France.

·      in 2017: “Stars of Europe” (“Etoiles de l’Europe”)- Award in Research and Innovation given by the Ministry of Education and Research for the European “Greenanofilms” Project– Ceremony Awards Paris-

For groundbreaking contributions in the conception and development of new class of carbohydrate-based block copolymers and their self-assembly in thin films at sub_10nm scale for microelectronic applications as well as the of new glyconanoparticles (with mosaic shapes and sizes) for various applications (cosmetics, biomedical,…).