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Prof. Dr. Jean-Marie Raquez
PhD in Polymer Science from University of Mons, FRS-FNRS Senior Research Associate, Head of LPCM and Scientific Leader at Materia Nova. He has been in charge of national and regional projects, programs with industries and European Projects (FP7-H2020). Over 160 refereed papers, co-inventor of 9 patents, 40 invited international conference presentations (h-index = 42).
Main expertise: Sustainable NIPU syntheses through polyaddition reactions & design of NIPU-based nanocomposites via reactive extrusion.


Dr. Anne Goldberg
Master in Physics and PhD in Material science. Thirty years in R&D and Innovation in chemical industry with participation into various boards. Evaluator for EC framework programmes. Teacher and lecturer. Science lover and Sustainability advocate. Foundator of “Girls Leading in Science” contest aiming at promoting STEM among young people, with a focus on girls.
Main expertise: structure/properties relationships in polymers, metrology, (responsible) innovation


Dr. Connie Ocando
PhD degree from the UPV/EHU in Chemical Engineering. She was awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship (BEWARE program) during her post-doc at UMONS. In 2018 she was a Guipuzkoa fellow at POLYMAT. 21 refereed papers, co-inventor of 2 international patents (h-index = 11).