Dr. Eric Doris and Dr. Edmond Gravel from the Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission of France (CEA) visited Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter (FJIRSM) at the invitation of the State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry on November 6th, 2014. While staying at FJIRSM, Dr. Eric Doris and Dr. Edmond Gravel delivered seminar reports entitled “Tumor Targeted Drug Delivery and Imaging Using Polydiacetylene Micelles” and “Carbon Nanotube-gold Nanohybrids: Design, Synthesis and Evaluation as Heterogeneous Catalysts”, respectively, and carried out detailed discussion with the research staff at FJIRSM.

Dr. Eric Doris studied organic chemistry at the University of Strasbourg (France). He obtained his PhD degree in 1995 from the same University, under the guidance of Dr. Charles Mioskowski. In 1996 he completed his post-doctoral training with Sir Derek H. R. Barton at Texas A&M University (USA). Since 1997, he has been working at the Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission of France (CEA) where he is leading the Nanoscience research group. His current research interests include the synthesis of biologically active compounds, supramolecular assemblies on carbon nanotubes, and nanomedicine for drug delivery and imaging applications.

Dr. Edmond Gravel studied pharmacy at the Paris-Sud 11 University (France), where he obtained his PharmD in 2007 and received his Ph.D. under the guidance of Prof. Erwan Poupon in 2008. He then joined the group of Eric Doris as a post-doctoral fellow at the Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission of France (CEA). He was appointed as a permanent researcher in the Nanoscience group in 2009. His research interests focus on bioactive natural products, supramolecular self-assemblies, heterogeneous catalysis, and nanomaterials for biomedical applications.