Education & Professional Experience

Catherine has studied at Université de Rennes I in Material sciences/Earth sciences between 1991 and 1994, then at Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille (Lille I) between 1990 and 1991, then at Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille (Lille I) between 1989 and 1990.

Catherine worked for European Commission as Member of the Advisory Group Nanotechnology, Advanced Materials, Biotechnology and Production between Sep 2013 and Dec 2017, for Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille (Lille 1) as Excecutive scientific officer in charge of research and Europe/ Head of the project engineering unit between Sep 2008 and Dec 2017, for Université Lille Nord de France as Head of the department Materials and Processes Exploitation between Oct 2009 and Dec 2011, for CNRS as CNRS researcher/WP leader of FP6 project IMANE between Oct 2005 and Aug 2008, for Université de Lille 1 as Invited assistant professor between Sep 2004 and Sep 2005, for Université de Mons-Hainaut as Research assistant between Nov 2000 and May 2004, for Faculté Polytechnique de Mons as Research assistant between Nov 1999 and Apr 2000, for Universität Bayreuth (Allemagne) as Post doc between Aug 1995 and Dec 1997.

 Skills & Competences

Catherine has the following skills : Physics, Medical Physics, Research, Research exploitation, Open innovation, Knowledge and technology transfer, Competitiveness clusters relationship, European Experience, Geophysics, Incremental and breakthrough innovation, Patents, Materials Science.

Catherine speaks the following languages : Anglais, Allemand.