Marian Chatenet

Marian Chatenet

Marian Chatenet holds a master in electrochemistry and an engineer degree in materials sciences (1997 – Grenoble Institute of Technology, Grenoble INP), obtained his PhD in Electrochemistry (2000, Grenoble INP), then made a post-doc at the University of Minnesota (2000-2002). He was appointed associate professor in electrochemistry (2002), then professor in Grenoble INP/Phelma (2011). He studies electrocatalysis of complex reactions and electrocatalysts’ activity/durability in fuel cells/water electrolyzers within the laboratory of electrochemistry and physical-chemistry of materials and interfaces (LEPMI). Best young scientist in Electrochemistry (French Chemical Society, 2009), he received the Oronzio and Niccolò De Nora Foundation Prize of the International Society of Electrochemistry on Applied Electrochemistry (ISE, 2010) and the prize for best senior researcher in Energy Technologies of the French Chemical Society (2025). He has published 200+ papers in scientific journals, given 250+ communications in (inter)national conferences (ca. 60 invited/keynotes/plenary), 55+ invited seminars and filed 9 patents (h-index = 60, 12000+ citations – Scopus, April 2025).

After having led the team of Interfacial electrochemistry and processes (EIP) of LEPMI for 10 years, he initiated a joint laboratory between LEPMI and Michelin and has built multiple collaborations with industrial partners and laboratories in France and abroad. Co-head of the mobility axis of the “French Research Network on Hydrogen” (FRH2, research federation n°2044 from CNRS), he leads PEMFC95, a research program on PEMFC for heavy-mobility applications within the ANR-sponsored PEPR-H2 (10 partners, ca. 9 M€ funding, ANR-22-PEHY-0005). He became scientific director of HYNOLOGY company in 2024.