CURRICULUM-VITAE Personnal Details Name Serge COSNIER place of birth Toulouse, France Nationality French Address Département de Chimie Moléculaire UMR CNRS 5250 Université Grenoble Alpes 570 rue de la Chimie, Bâtiment Nanobio, CS 40700 38058 Grenoble Cedex 9, FRANCE E-mail : Serge.Cosnier@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr https://dcm.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr
Academic degree and post-doctoral position
1988 Doctorat es Physical Sciences in Electrochemistry, Joseph Fourier university of Grenoble (France) 1989-1990 Alexander von Humbold Postdoctoral Fellow in the laboratory of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of H. Simon at Munich University (Germany)
Professional positions at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) • • 2023-2027 Emeritus Director of Research • 2015-2023 Director of Research exceptional class • 2005-2015 Director of Research 1st class • 1997-2005 Director of Research 2nd class • 1988-1997 Associate scientist 1st class • 1983-1988 Associate scientist 2nd class
Direction of CNRS units • 2012-2020 Director of the Department of Molecular Chemistry UMR CNRS 5250 • 2019-2022 Coordinator of International Research Network GDRI 0876 France-Chine on “New nanostructured materials and biomaterials for renewable electrical energy sources” • 1999-ongoing Leader of the Electrochemical and Analytical Biosystems Team • 2012-2015 Director of the CNRS unit: GDR 3540 “Biofuel cells” gathering 11 laboratories. • 2014-2016 Coordinator of the international programs for scientific cooperation PICS CNRS 06344 (France-Israel) «Discovery of quorum sensing inhibitors for antibacterial applications». • 2009-2012 Coordinator of the international scientific coordination network France-China: (GDRI CNRS unit) "New approaches for water control and sustainable energy by electrochemical biosensors and biofuel cells” • 2003-2010 Director of the CNRS unit: GDR 2619 “Microbiosensors” gathering 10 laboratories
Positions at the Grenoble university • 2016-2020 Scientific Director of the Institute Carnot POLYNAT • 2013-2015 Member of the Scientific Council of the Doctoral School of Chemistry and Life Sciences of Grenoble • 2013-2019 Member of the Board of Managemen: Labex ARCANE « Bio-driven chemistry » • 2013-2019 Member of the Directing Committee of the Institute of Molecular Chemistry of Grenoble
Professional national positions • 2001-2014 President of the French Group of Bioelectrochemistry • 2007-2013 President of the Rhône-Alpes section of the Chemical Society of France • 2012-2013 Member of the Administration Council of the Chemical Society of France • 2013-2014 Vice-President of the Evaluation Committee of the Nanotechnologies and Nanosystems Program of the National Research Agency (ANR). • 2012-ongoing Member of the Steering Committee of CNRS Network "Users of the cavity microelectrode "
Professional international functions • Since 2023: Professor at the Centre for Organic and Nanohybrid Electronics, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland • Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) • Member of the European Academy of Sciences (EurASc) • Member of the Academia Europaea (The Academy of Europe). • Fellow of the International Society of Electrochemistry. • Member of the Council of the Bioelectrochemical Society (2016-2023) • Editor of Bioelectrochemistry (Elsevier) (9/2020-12/2024) • Specialty Chief Editor of Frontiers in Analytical Chemistry (Swiss Publisher + NPG) • Commissioning Editor of Electroanalysis (Wiley) (1/2021-12/2023) • Associate Editor of Current Analytical Chemistry (Bentham Science Publisher)(2013-2020) • Associate Editor of Frontiers in Bioenergy and Biofuel (Swiss Publisher + NPG) (from 2013) • Associate Editor of Journal of Integrated OMICS (from 2012) • Guest Associate Editor of Frontiers in Green and Sustainable Chemistry • Member of the Editorial board of Electroanalysis (1998-2020), Talanta (2001-2008), The Open Current Process Chemistry Journal (2007-2014), The Open Analytical Chemistry Journal (2007-2015), Current Analytical Chemistry (2005-2010), Nanomaterials) (from 2020), Electrochem (from 2020) SF Journal of Pharmaceutical and Analytical Chemistry (from 2020), Innovation and Emerging Technologies (from 2014).
Research Interests • Molecular electrochemistry • Electrochemical and optical biosensors, immunosensors and DNA sensors • Electrogenerated conducting and redox polymers • Carbon nanotubes • Biofuel cells and energy conversion • Bio-inspired and biomimetic electrodes • Photoelectrochemistry and electrochemiluminescence
Scientific production • Publications: 402 (citation 18 500; h-index 71, Web of Science) (h-index 83, citation 24250, Google Scholar) • Patents: 22. Books: 3. Book chapters: 20 • Invited lectures in scientific conferences or workshops: 131 • Seminars: 117 (31 national) (86 international)
Member of learned societies • The European Academy of Sciences (EurASc) • Academia Europaea (the Academy of Europe) • International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE) • Bioelectrochemical Society (BES) • Electrochemical Society (ECS) • French Bioelectrochemistry Group (GFB) • Chemical Society of France (SCF) • BioX Society
Main Awards, honors • 2022/2023 Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences: Presidential Fellowship Initiative (PIFI prize with US$10,000.00) • 2021 Elected Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) • 2019 Elected member of the European Academy of Sciences (EurASc) • 2018 Costin D. Nenitescu Medal awarded by the Romanian Chemical Society. • 2018 Distinguished Researcher Award of the 5th edition of French Brazilian Meeting on Polymers, Brazil. • 2016 Doctor Honoris Causa of the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania. • 2016 China-France Chemistry Award awarded by the Chinese Chemical Society and the Chemical Society of France. • 2016 Lauréat du programme d’échanges scientifiques Åsgard, Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement international, Ambassade de France en Norvège. • 2016 Distinguished Honorary Professor of Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences (China) • 2015 CNRS award of Scientific Excellence • 2015 Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences : CAS President’s international fellowship initiative to distinguished scientists. • 2015 Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. • 2015 Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honor in France • 2015 Grand Prix Joseph-Achille Le Bel : Prize awarded by the Chemical Society of France. • 2015 Nominated High-end Foreign Expert of the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs in China (2015-2018). • 2015 Special Contribution Expert Award of Beijing Conference and Exhibition on Instrumental Analysis to Analytical Chemistry in China. • 2014 Nominated as a Finalist for the European Inventor Award 2014 in the category Research by the European Patent Office. • 2013 Elected member of the Academia Europaea (The Academy of Europe). • 2013 Distinguished Visiting Professor of the Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing (Chine). • 2012 Distinguished Visiting Professor of "Iuliu Haţieganu" University of Medicine & Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca (Romania) • 2011 CNRS award of Scientific Excellence • 2010 Fellow of the International Society of Electrochemistry. • 2009 Katsumi Niki Prize for Bioelectrochemistry awarded by the International Society of Electrochemistry • 2008 Honorary Professor of Yangzhou university (Chine) • 2006 National “ CMC2 ” Prize awarded by the French National Club Chemical Microsensors • 1996 Prize of the Grenoble Town "Technology and Matter, Life sciences" • 1993 National “ CMC2 ” Prize awarded by the French National Club Chemical Microsensors
