Alexandra Montembault

Full Professor
LIFE
Membership: Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
Location: UCBL

biomaterial / hydrogel / polysaccharide / chitosan / tissue engineeringa

Research themes/centers of interest

Design and development of polymer materials for healthcare applications: hydrogels, solutions and suspensions, fibers, nanoparticles, etc. Materials made from natural polymers (chitosans, hyaluronic acid, alginates, etc.), avoiding if possible any chemical modification.
Characterizations of the macromolecular structures of polymers; study of the rheological, mechanical and biological properties of the final materials.
Main applications: tissue regeneration (colorectal tissue, dental pulp tissue, cartilage, myocardium, bone tissue, etc.), delivery of active molecules or macromolecules (proteins of interest, RNA, drugs, etc.).

Brief CV

2001 Engineer’s degree – Ecole des Mines, Albi (option: bio-industries)
2001 Master’s degree in “Biotechnological and Food Processes », Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine
2004 Doctorate from University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, “Elaboration of chitosan physical hydrogels: application to tissue engineering for cartilage regeneration”. Thesis “CIFRE” with Laboratoires Genevrier, carried out at LMPB (UMR 5627)
2005 Contractual Associate Professor (ATER) at University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, research activity at UMR 2142 CNRS-Biomérieux
2005 Associate Professor at IMP
2021 Professor at IMP