Christian Serre

Christian Serre obtained his PhD in materials’ chemistry in 1999 under the supervision of prof. Gérard Férey. After a post-doc in USA at Rhodia, he started his CNRS career in 2001 at the Lavoisier Institute in Versailles (France) where he was one of the main discover of the well-known MIL class of MOF materials. He created in 2016 at Ecole Normale Supérieure, ESPCI Paris within the PSL University, a new Institute dedicated to porous solids and related composites for health, the environment and energy. To date, he has published more than 450 articles and holds 40 patent families. He is one of the co-founders of SquairTech, a start-up dedicated to indoor air quality. He has received many awards and is a member of the French Academy of Sciences.