30/07/15 Jerome Chevalier, director of materials, sciences and engineering labs, has received CNRS INNOVATION MEDAL 2015

JEROME CHEVALIER

Director since January 2014 laboratory Materials: Engineering and Science  (CNRS / INSA Lyon / UCBL ), he is internationally recognized specialist in the design of innovative ceramics including bioceramics . This 44 – year-old teacher researcher has proposed major improvements to increase the durability of orthopedic prostheses and dental ceramic . It is also the source of new composites used in surgery to replace the bone tissue and supports of tissue regeneration material . His work also extends beyond the biomedical field : it has contributed to the development of new ceramic zero coefficient of expansion for manufacturing space mirrors or catalytic materials for the oil industry .