Jean-Yves Sanchez

Jean-Yves Sanchez

Jean-Yves Sanchez academic route is characterized by a dual mobility: scientific (physical chemistry, polymer sciences, electrochemistry) and geographical (Montpellier-Algiers-Grenoble-Madrid). He obtained his PhD at Montpellier-1972, in Physical Organic Chemistry. After military service (1972-73) he got a post-doc (09/1973-03/1975) at ‘Institut Européen des Membranes’ where he performed pioneering researches on electron-conducting and mixed electron/ion conducting polymers. Then, he was sent by Foreign Office at Algiers University 1975-1986 where, despite harsh conditions, he co-created a polymer lab and obtained a ‘Doctorat es-sciences (Montpellier, 1981). Thereafter he became Associate Professor at Grenoble Institut Polytechnique in 1984. He created and headed (from 1997) ELSA-LEPMI, gathering ~ 24 researchers and became, in 1975, Full Professor.2nd Class. National Council awarded him positions 1st class in 2002, PRCE-1 in 2009 and the highest one PRCE-2 in 2014. He co-authored 160 publications (h-index 40) and filed 42 International Patents (3 pending). He supervised 30 PhD (3 awards). His researches are dedicated to electrochemical energy sources and he supervised 4 EU projects and a ten of National/Regional ones.