**Education**: Diploma in Chemical Engineering, National School Chemistry, Paris, 1978. Doctor of Engineering Grenoble, France, 1980. **Career**: Project leader Dowell Schlumberger, St. Etienne, France, 1981-1988. Professor chemistry University Grenoble, France, 1990—2004. Head Laboratory Physics and Chemistry of Polymers, Pau, France, since 2004. **Research interests**: chemical modification of polysaccharides, structure-properties relations, study of their functional properties (rheology, interfacial, interactions) and applications (food, cosmetics, environment, biomedical). He has co-authored 180 publications and 10 patents