Didier Roux

Didier Roux was born in 1955, a former student of ENS Saint-Cloud, member of the CNRS from 1980 to 2005. He is a laureate of numerous awards and honors. He holds the CNRS silver medal. He created two start-ups in 1994 and 1998, and he was deputy scientific director of Rhône Poulenc and Rhodia between 1997 and 2005. He held the position of Director of R & D and Innovation of the Saint-Gobain Group between 2005 and 2017 Saint Gobain. He is a member of the Institut de France (Academie des Sciences) and the Academie des Technologies. He was a professor at the Collège de France (2016-2017 annual chair “Technological Innovation Liliane Bettencourt”). He is President of Unitec, and Vice-President of the Foundation La Main à la Pâte.