David Valade

David joined PolyActiva as a research scientist in 2014 and was appointed team leader in 2015 and head of polymer materials in 2017. He leads the production and performance evaluation of drug-polymers conjugates. David has more than 10 years of experience in polymer chemistry, covering diverse areas such as energy, nanomedicine, or electronics. After earning a Ph.D. from the University of Montpellier II (France), he took post-doctoral positions at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the University of Queensland (UQ) and worked as a research scientist at Total S.A and CNRS (France).