Serge COSNIER
Emeritus Director of Research at CNRS
Director of the Department of Molecular Chemistry UMR CNRS 5250
E-mail :
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Département de Chimie Moléculaire UMR CNRS 5250, Université Grenoble Alpes, France.
Professional positions at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
• 2023-2028 Emeritus Director of Research
• 2015-2023 Director of Research exceptional class
• 2005-2015 Director of Research 1st class
• 1997-2005 Director of Research 2nd class
• 1988-1997 Associate scientist 1st class
• 1983-1988 Associate scientist 2nd class
Direction of CNRS units
• 2012-2020 Director of the Department of Molecular Chemistry UMR CNRS 5250
• 2019-2022 Coordinator of International Research Network GDRI 0876 France-Chine on “New nanostructured materials and biomaterials for renewable electrical energy sources”
• 1999-ongoing Leader of the Electrochemical and Analytical Biosystems Team
• 2012-2015 Director of the CNRS unit: GDR 3540 “Biofuel cells” gathering 11 laboratories.
• 2014-2016 Coordinator of the international programs for scientific cooperation PICS CNRS 06344 (France-Israel) «Discovery of quorum sensing inhibitors for antibacterial applications».
• 2009-2012 Coordinator of the international scientific coordination network France-China: (GDRI CNRS unit) "New approaches for water control and sustainable energy by electrochemical biosensors and biofuel cells”
• 2003-2010 Director of the CNRS unit: GDR 2619 “Microbiosensors” gathering 10 laboratories
Professional national positions
• 2016-2020 Scientific Director of the Institute Carnot POLYNAT
• 2001-2014 President of the French Group of Bioelectrochemistry
• 2007-2013 President of the Rhône-Alpes section of the Chemical Society of France
• 2012-2013 Member of the Administration Council of the Chemical Society of France
• 2013-2014 Vice-President of the Evaluation Committee of the Nanotechnologies and Nanosystems Program of the National Research Agency (ANR).
Professional international functions
• Member of the Council of the Bioelectrochemical Society (2016-2019)
• Specialty Chief Editor of Frontiers in Analytical Chemistry (Swiss Publisher + NPG)
• Associate Editor of Current Analytical Chemistry (Bentham Science Publisher)
• Associate Editor of Frontiers in Bioenergy and Biofuel (Swiss Publisher + NPG)
• Associate Editor of Journal of Integrated OMICS
• Guest Associate Editor of Frontiers in Green and Sustainable Chemistry
• Member of the Editorial board of of Electroanalysis, Talanta, The Open Current Process Chemistry Journal, The Open Analytical Chemistry Journal, Current Organic Synthesis, Technology, Current Analytical Chemistry, Nanomaterials, SF Journal of Pharmaceutical and Analytical Chemistry
Scientific production
• Publications :404 (citation 18500; h-index 71). Patents: 22. Books: 3. Book chapters: 20
• Invited lectures in scientific conferences or workshops: 131
• Seminars: 117 (31 national) (86 international)
Main Awards, honors
• • 2022/2023 Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences: Presidential Fellowship Initiative (PIFI prize with US$10,000.00)
• 2021 Elected Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
2019 Elected member of the European Academy of Sciences (EurASc)
• 2019 Guest Professor of Southeast university, Nanjing (China) from 10/2019 to 10/2024
• 2018 Costin D. Nenitescu Medal awarded by the Romanian Chemical Society.
• 2016 Doctor Honoris Causa of the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania.
• 2016 China-France Chemistry Award awarded by the Chinese Chemical Society and the Chemical Society of France.
• 2015 CNRS award of Scientific Excellence
• 2015 Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences : CAS President’s international fellowship initiative to distinguished scientists.
• 2015 Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
• 2015 Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honor in France
• 2015 Grand Prix Joseph-Achille Le Bel : Prize awarded by the Chemical Society of France.
• 2014 Nominated as a Finalist for the European Inventor Award 2014 in the category Research by the European Patent Office.
• 2013 Elected member of the Academia Europaea (The Academy of Europe).
• 2011 CNRS award of Scientific Excellence
• 2010 Fellow of the International Society of Electrochemistry.
• 2009 Katsumi Niki Prize for Bioelectrochemistry awarded by the International Society of Electrochemistry
• 2006 National “ CMC2 ” Prize awarded by the French National Club Chemical Microsensors
