Governance

The Institute Council ensures the smooth operation of AMUtech. It oversees the institute’s missions, thematic or strategic changes, and the annual evaluation of the institute’s activities. It is composed of members with advisory and deliberative powers and meets at least twice a year.

The Scientific Committee contributes to the implementation of activities by providing operational and strategic support. Members meet twice a year to decide on and evaluate actions, participate in the development of the institute’s policy, advise the institute’s Executive Board, and evaluate and select the recipients of research calls for proposals.

Current composition:

13 representatives from the institute’s 9 partner laboratories. 

The Training Committee (Master’s and PhD Program Working Group and Seminars) isresponsible for:

• Decide on and evaluate training initiatives
• Participate in the planning and implementation of training initiatives (Master’s, PhD, seminars, and other training programs)
• Advise the Institute’s Executive Board

Composition:

8 members from the Institute’s laboratories as well as from the AMUtech-affiliated degree programs

The Steering Committee for Supervising Authorities is a committee of strategic importance. It is composed of representatives from the supervising authorities of the research units and the institutions to which the departments and schools are affiliated, and meets annually.

The responsibilities of the Supervisory Committee are to:

• Approve the roadmap and its annual update
• Issue an opinion and recommendations on the alignment between the roadmap and the budget

• Approve investments for year n+1

  Composition:

  
  • AMU: Mr. Stefan ENOCH (Principal Representative)
  • CEA: Mr. Olivier PROVITINA (Primary Representative)
  • CNRS: Mr. Jean-François GERARD (Principal Representative)
  • ECM: Mr. Miguel ALONSO (Principal Representative)

The Scientific and Training Advisory Board (STAB) is composedof external experts who represent the institute’s thematic and strategic areas. The STAB’s primary roles are to provide strategic advice on the planning and implementation of the institute’s missions and to make recommendations on the institute’s annual activity report.

Membership:

• Antoine BACEIREDO, emeritus research director at the CNRS, affiliated with the Laboratory of Fundamental and Applied Heterochemistry (LHFA) in Toulouse. A renowned chemist in the field of heteroelement chemistry, he has devoted his work to the study of phosphorus, silicon, and highly reactive species at the interface between organic and inorganic chemistry.
• Caroline Bonafos, Research Director at the CNRS within the Center for Materials Development and Structural Studies (CEMES) in Toulouse. A physicist specializing in nanoscience, she works on the development, characterization, and properties of nanomaterials, particularly metallic and semiconductor nanoparticles embedded in dielectric matrices
• Giancarlo Faini, emeritus researchdirector at the CNRS, affiliated with the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (C2N). A condensed matter physicist, he has devoted his work to the study of electronic nanostructures and low-dimensional quantum systems.
• Bénédicte Lebeau, ResearchDirector at the CNRS, at the Mulhouse Institute of Materials Science, affiliated with the University of Haute-Alsace. A materials chemist, she conducts her research in the “Materials with Controlled Porosity” team.
• Massimiliano Marangolo, professor at Sorbonne University (formerly Pierre and Marie Curie University) and researcher in materials physics research units. A specialist in condensed matter physics, his work focuses on the electronic and magnetic properties of nanostructured systems, particularly thin films and nanomaterials.
• Rose-Noëlle Vannier, university professor and director of the École nationale supérieure de chimie de Lille since 2016, a position to which she was reappointed in 2021. She has also served as president of the Fédération Gay-Lussac since 2024.