Communication
Can chemistry be environmentally friendly?
Published on: March 24 , 2026
Women remain significantly underrepresented in scientific patents
Published on: March 12 , 2026
Inaugural Lecture: Ecological Transition: Hope from the Sustainability Sciences
Published on: March 9 , 2026
Nature Does Things Right, with Claude Grison
Updated on: March 6 , 2025
When science draws inspiration from what nature does… we call it biomimicry. The…
Ecocatalysis – A Unique Combination of Global Ecology and Green and Sustainable Chemistry
Last updated: January 7 , 2025
In the face of global crises of many kinds, new ways of thinking are needed. Ecocatalysis is a…
Harnessing invasive plants for industrial use
Updated on: June 13 , 2024
From pests to products: a chemist turns invasive plant species in France into eco-catalysts –…
Phytoextraction: Plants That Clean Up Polluted Soil
Updated on: April 19 , 2023
Mining and metallurgical activities cause significant soil degradation and erosion, which…
Montpellier-based chemist Claude Grison, European Inventor of the Year
Updated on: January 25 , 2023
Claude Grison is a chemist and a research director at the CNRS in Montpellier. A few months ago,…
Prof. Claude Grison: “Society needs eco-friendly green chemistry”
Last updated: January 1 , 2023
For the past ten years, this molecular chemistry researcher has been studying how certain plants…
Researcher Claude Grison Named European Inventor of the Year for Her Work on Remediating Industrial Sites Using Plants
Updated on: December 2 , 2022
For nearly fifteen years now, she has been studying the ability of certain plants to…
The slow-acting poison of the Cévennes’ mining past
Last updated: November 29 , 2022
Fifty years after the mines closed, local residents are fighting for recognition of…
Phytoremediation: Restoration of Contaminated Soil Using Plants (Phytoremediation)
Updated on: November 4 , 2022
Human activities are largely responsible for soil and water pollution, and more…
Biomimicry: How Plants Help Clean Up Soil and Our Rivers—But That’s Not All…
Updated on: October 22 , 2022
Biomimicry is the ability to observe nature and find inspiration from it…
“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…
Is eco-friendly chemistry possible?
Updated on: August 29 , 2022
Meet Claude Grison, winner of the European Inventor Award for her discovery and…
Claude Grison: Plants to Save Polluted Soil
Updated on: July 10 , 2022
A researcher at the CNRS and an entrepreneur, Claude Grison has just won the Inventor’s Award…
French researcher honored for her work in the field of metal extraction using plants
Updated on: June 27 , 2022
On June 21, in Munich, the European Patent Office (EPO) awarded one of its…
Exotic plants: an invasion with its benefits
Updated on: June 26 , 2022
French chemist Claude Grison has just been honored for her work on…
Press Roundup: The Latest in Science and Technology #13
Updated on: June 23 , 2022
She was featured in Press Highlights #12; Claude Grison is the winner of the…