Christine CHIRAT

Associate Professor (with habilitation) at Grenoble INP Pagora (International School on Paper, Printing Media and Biomaterials), in Grenoble –FRANCE

Address : Grenoble INP Pagora, 461 rue de la papeterie, CS 10065, 38402 Saint Martin d’Hères, FRANCE.

Education
1991 : graduated, as engineer, from Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP). Rank : 1st.
1994 : PhD degree from Grenoble INP.
2003 : Habilitation to supervise PhD students (HDR)

Career
1994 – 1995 : Post Doctoral period at Westvaco corporation in Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
1995 -1998: Research Engineer at the French Paper Technical Center (CTP)
1998 - 2001 : Head of chemical pulps – bleaching group at CTP
2001 - 2008: Research and teaching engineer at Grenoble-INP-Pagora. Head of Research Valorisation Unit.
Since 2008 : Associate Professor at Grenoble-INP – Pagora, in the area of Biorefinery.
Since 2013 : Head of the Biorefinery research team

Major awards and honors, significant memberships, editorial boards, and consultancies.

Elected as a member of the IAWS (International Academy of Wood Science) in 2013
Awards : Grenoble INP Prize for the PhD thesis (1995); Weldon Award (PAPTAC) (2008)
Member of the scientific committees of the main conferences in the field of wood chemistry and bleaching since 2000 : EWLP (European Workshop on Lignocellulosics and Pulp), ISWFPC (International Conference on Wood, Fiber and Pulping Chemistry), and IPBC (International Pulp Bleaching Conference).
Program chair of IPBC 2014
Associate editor of the JFOR journal since 2011; Member of TAPPI and ACS.
Consultancies : for the pulp industry and its suppliers (Arkema, Wedeco, Fibre Excellence) and as an expert to evaluate projects related to wood chemistry for the FCI (Canada Foundation for the Innovation since 2001), for the Lorraine region, France, since 2008 and for the SNF ( Swiss National Science foundation) since 2011.