Communication
Claude Grison Honored for Her Research
Published on: October 7 , 2026
Bio-inspired eco-chemist Claude Grison receives the insignia of Officer of the National Order of Merit
Published on: September 28 , 2026
Scientific Ecology in the Spotlight
Published on: September 23 , 2026
In France, only one in six inventors is a woman
Updated on: November 8 , 2022
France ranks only 13th in Europe in terms of the proportion of female inventors…
Patent Applications: Women Remain Underrepresented
Updated on: November 8 , 2022
According to the European Patent Office, France ranks 13th in the rankings…
Why are there so few women among Europe's inventors?
Updated on: November 8 , 2022
According to the European Patent Office, only 13.2% of inventors in Europe are…
In Europe, only one in seven inventors is a woman
Updated on: November 8 , 2022
Wi-Fi, invented by Hedy Lamarr; windshield wipers, invented by Mary Anderson; and Kevlar, invented by…
Claude Grison, a bio-inspired chemist setting out to conquer the green industry
Updated on: October 15 , 2022
The CNRS researcher received the European Inventor of the Year Award for her work on…
Ecocatalysis uses plants to recycle palladium
Updated on: October 10 , 2022
Although palladium has become an indispensable catalyst, it remains very difficult to recycle.…
Patent, trade secret, or other form of protection: a difficult choice
Updated on: October 1 , 2022
The patent was created during the French Revolution to protect inventions, known as…
Claude Grison, winner of the 2022 European Inventor Award: “We can clean up soil and water using plants”
Updated on: September 22 , 2022
At a time when the planet is burning, drying up, and revealing a little more of its… every day
This invasive water lettuce that cleans up polluted water
Updated on: September 17 , 2022
This exotic species, which had previously been treated as waste, is now…
Claude Grison: “What do I tell young female researchers? To believe in their ideas and respect their values.”
Updated on: September 6 , 2022
Claude Grison is a researcher at the CNRS and the University of Montpellier. She is the founder of…
“There is a real industrial demand for pollution control and the production of bio-based molecules,” said Claude Grison, winner of the 2022 European Inventor Award.
Updated on: September 2 , 2022
In her laboratory at the University of Montpellier, researcher Claude Grison is studying…
Deeptech: A Profile of Claude Grison, the Eco-Chemist Who Remediates Soil Using Plants
Updated on: August 25 , 2022
A pioneer in ecocatalysis, a new scientific approach that combines ecology and chemistry,…
She uses invasive plants to clean up water and soil
Updated on: August 22 , 2022
What if we could clean up our soil and water using invasive plants? In any case, that’s…
Claude Grison: “I have developed more than 50 plants for the restoration of degraded soils.”
Updated on: July 5 , 2022
She is the inventor of ecocatalysis, a process that uses plants to restore soil affected by…
BioInspir: Recovering and Recycling Heavy Metals from Contaminated Soil Using Plants
Updated on: June 27 , 2022
A researcher at the CNRS and an entrepreneur, Claude Grison has just won the Inventor’s Award…
Recognizing the value of a patent on the same level as a scientific publication
Updated on: June 27 , 2022
“The lack of recognition for innovation” and “the functioning of…”