Team

Having completed BEng and MEng degrees in electronic and electrical engineering at the University of Bath, UK, Jules continued to complete a PhD on micro- and nano-gap based biosensors. During his PhD he also co-founded a startup specialising on producing hardware and software for dynamic reconfiguration of energy arrays, which was awarded the David Embleton innovation award. He has also worked with the SetSquared business incubater in Bath to facilitate technology transfer.

Since moving to Grenoble, France, his research has first focused on developing the world’s first solubilised enzymatic fuel cell using glyconanoparticles, and later, developing paper-based biofuel cells.

A graduate of CEFAM (centre détude franco-américan) and Temple University (Fox School of Business) in Philidelphia, Rodolphe is a specialist in international business development with more than 20 years of experience. He has been heavily involved in the structuring of business units with a strong commercial orientation in technologies with a social and environmental impact.

His career in several fields gives him the technical knowledge and leadership skills to direct international commercial projects. He has contributed to the training and management of up to 200 salespeople in support for BtoB and BtoBtoC solutions. These listening, business management and project structuring skills make Rodolphe a partner of choice for our company.

Jean-Francis Bloch, is a professor at Grenoble INP/Pagora and a researcher at the 3SR Lab. He holds a doctorate (Grenoble, France) in process engineering, an MSc (Grenoble, France) in Mechanics as well as an MSc (Lille, France) in automation, production and industrial computing, and an Engineering diploma (Lille, France). He has directed 20 doctoral theses. He has experience in co-ordination of technological projects, leadership in surface and 3D structure characterisation, physical properties of fibrous materials industrial process optimisation in particular in the context of paper manufacturing. 

He has published more than 300 international communications and has also acted as a reviewer for 28 international scientific journals. He has acted as a board member for Grenoble Institute of Technology for the board of: (i) Governors, since 2009; (ii) Management, since 2010, (iii) Scientific Council, from 2003-2012; and (iv) Executive, since 2015.

Aleksandrs graduated from the University of Bath, UK, with an MEng degree in Electronic & Electrical Engineering, where he then continued his studies towards obtaining a PhD in 2018. During his PhD, Aleksandrs was responsible for the design and build of the electronic & mechanical subsystems for a photoelectrochemical ultra-violet LED-based water purification system, in collaboration with a number of stakeholders from Europe and South East Asia.

After completing his studies, Dr. Sergejevs joined the University of Bath as part of the technical team, providing support to the Faculty of Engineering and Design. Since 2019 Aleksandrs has also been working as a postdoctoral researcher on a commercial research project for Safran Landing Systems, UK.

As an electronic engineer, Aleksandrs is proficient in OrCAD Allegro, with a wealth of experience developing electronics including schematics, PCB layout, production and testing. He also has years of experience working with FPGAs, and enjoys the challenge of optimising the hardware–software interface.

After completing two MSc degrees: Chemistry, UofO (USA) and Formulation, UCBL (France), Marie Berthuel embarked on a PhD in micro-structured biosensors, and is now in her final year. During her PhD, she has developed a strong knowledge of electrochemistry and enzymatic reactions. 

Marie has been involved in many student associations as well as co-supervising the organisation of numerous biotechnology events. This has involved careful networking to develop close partnerships with leading public and private enterprises. Marie managed the media generation and communication of these events. Her technical expertise and ability to convey complex ideas in a simple manner makes her an ideal representative for BeFC. 

Michael Holzinger is CNRS senior researcher in the Biosystèmes Électrochimiques & Analytiques (BEA) team at the Département de Chimie Moléculaire (DCM) in Grenoble. Michael started his academic career in the late nineties working on the functionalization of carbon nanotubes at University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. Then, he joined the group of Dr. Patrick Bernier at the University of Montpellier II, France and the Dr. Siegmar Roth team at Max Planck Institute for solid state research in Stuttgart, Germany. 

After a short stay at the Robert Bosch GmbH in Schwieberdingen, Germany, he joins the BEA team at the DCM in 2006. Since that time his research interest is focused on the development of biosensors and biofuel cells based on functionalised nanomaterials.

Andrew Gross is an esteemed early career CNRS researcher at the Département de Chimie Moléculaire, Université Grenoble Alpes, France. He holds a MSc in analytical chemistry from the University of Surrey, UK, and a PhD in electrochemistry and surface chemistry from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. 

Before his PhD, Andrew worked in an industrial role as an analytical chemist at Hill Labs, a leading environmental testing laboratory in the environmental section. After his doctorate, Andrew returned to Europe for postdoctoral research at the University of Bath, UK, on portable electrochemical sensors, and a second postdoc position at Université Grenoble Alpes on micro/nanostructured electrodes for chemical sensors and biofuel cells. Andrew has also worked with the SetSquared business incubator in Bath as a Commercialisation Fellow to facilitate technology transfer.

Alan Le Goff is a Research Fellow (CR)/CNRS at Département de Chimie Moléculaire (DCM) and has been at Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA) since 2009. He graduated from the Université de Brest in 2006 (PhD, synthesis and electrochemistry for biomimetic complexes). He then worked as a postdoctoral researcher at CEA Saclay on the functionalisation of carbon materials, and then for the Carbon Nanotechnology Group at the University of Trieste in Italy on nanostructured microelectrodes. 

His expertise revolves around molecular electrochemistry, bioelectrochemistry, bio-inorganic chemistry and  nanomaterial surface functionalisation. His latest research themes focus on redox-active nanomaterials based on metallo-enzymes and bio-inspired complexes without noble metals for the activation of small molecules in fuel cells and biosensors.

Yannig Nedellec is a CNRS Engineer from the Biosystèmes Électrochimiques & Analytiques (BEA) team at the Département de Chimie Moléculaire (DCM). He holds an MEng in thin-film material characterisation from the University Louis Pasteur of Strasbourg, France. 

Yannig started his career as a process engineer at THALES Research and Technology working on the development of field-emission microcathodes. He then joined the CNRS at the Institut Charles Gerhardt of Montpellier in the AIME team. He specialised first on textural and catalytic analysis methods, before being involved in the study of high-temperature PEM fuel cells. In 2015, Yannig joined the BEA team and now works on bioenzymatic fuel cells.