Jean Marc Planeix
Vice-President, International Partnerships & EPICUR Strategic coordinator, University of Strasbourg
Jean-Marc Planeix has been Professor of Chemistry at the University of Strasbourg since 2002. A former student at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Fontenay-Saint Cloud, he was graduated of Master in Physical Sciences and in Organic Chemistry from Paris Saclay and laureate of “Agrégation in Chemistry”. He was PhD graduated from the University of Montpellier.
He began his career as teacher at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie in Montpellier before moving to the Université Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg in 1994, where he became Maître de Conférence.
He has taught organic, inorganic and coordination chemistry, supramolecular and materials chemistry at undergraduate and postgraduate level. He has been responsible for a number of programs of Bachelors and Masters.
His research is in the field of supramolecular chemistry and molecular materials. He is currently director of the Molecular Tectonics laboratory within the UMR 7140 Complex Matter Chemistry research unit and is interested in porous molecular materials that can be used for pollution control and CO2 or lithium sequestration.
He has acted as a consultant for scientific programmes, research laboratories, universities and R&D or technology transfer structures in the main national bodies: the National University Council, the CNRS National Committee, the National Research Agency and the National Agency for the Evaluation of Research and Higher Education.
He has held a number of collective responsibilities: Deputy Director in charge of secondary education at the IUFM d'Alsace, Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry of Strasbourg University, President of the French Association of Deans of Science Faculties (CDUS).
He was Vice-President in charge of academic partnerships and governance from 2021 to 2025 and now Vice-President in charge of international partnerships for the 2025-2029 mandate. Since 2020, he manage as "strategic coordinator" the European University "EPICUR".