High-risk high-return research programme: Environment theme

Thwarting extreme events in turbulent flows

Creating structured fluids with active enzymes to degrade bacterial biofilms or microplastics

Transforming optical fibres into dense sensor networks for environmental monitoring of terrestrial and marine areas.

Working towards a sustainable pharmaceutical industry by using palladium ecocatalysis to prevent the predicted shortage 

Innovating in agro-ecology and in counterterrorism measures thanks to the bio-inspired detection of odours by insects.