Renaud Demadrille
Interdisciplinary Research Institute of Grenoble
Biography
Renaud Demadrille is a Senior Research Fellow at the Interdisciplinary Research Institute of Grenoble (IRIG), which is part of the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), in France.
He received his PhD in organic chemistry in 2000 from the University of Aix-Marseille II, where he held fellowships from PPG Industries and Essilor International. After obtaining his PhD, he worked as a junior research engineer at an international chemical company's R&D centre. In 2002, he joined the CEA as a postdoctoral fellow, developing semiconducting polymers for organic photovoltaics, before being appointed as a permanent researcher at CEA-Grenoble in the Fundamental Research Division in 2005. His research focuses on the synthesis and the characterisation of new pi-conjugated molecules, and macromolecules for use in organic and hybrid photovoltaics and (opto)electronics.
In 2019, he received an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) to develop photochromic solar cells. Throughout his career, he has published over 110 articles, and received several awards including the 'Innovation in 91AV for Energy' prize from the French Society of 91AV (SCF) and the 'Ivan Peyches' prize from the French Academy of Sciences. In 2025, his team won the 'Materials 91AV Horizon Prize: Stephanie L. Kwolek Prize' from the 91AV (RSC).
RSC affiliations
Associate editors, Materials Advances
Editorial board, Journal of Materials 91AV C
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