MSE Professor Selected as Fellow-Ambassador at French Scientific Agency

Pierre Deymier, professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Arizona, is among eight of the world's top scientists to be named to France's National Centre for Scientific Research second class of fellow-ambassadors.

France's national agency for scientific research, known as CNRS, began the fellow-ambassadors program in 2023 to enrich its country's research efforts and international profile. The agency announced the class in March. Through the program, which is rooted in the academic tradition of eminent visiting professors, the agency invites a few celebrated minds to commit to spending at least one month per year for three years in French laboratories.

"It's not just a fellowship," said Deymier, also a member of the BIO5 Institute and on the faculty for the Applied Mathematics Graduate Interdisciplinary Program. "It means serving as a bridge between the science research in the U.S. and that of our French counterparts. It's trying to bridge French and American research to make bigger and faster progress."

In addition to helping him develop new research activities, the fellowship will strengthen Deymier's ties to scientists at the University of Lille and the CNRS' Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology. "Many French laboratories are doing really cutting-edge research in this field," he said. "The collaborations are going to be very useful, not only to the French laboratories, but also to the New Frontiers of Sound Science and Technology Center and the research that we're doing at the University of Arizona."

Learn more about Deymier's recognition and his work with the New Frontiers of Sound Science and Technology Center here.