Bernard.JPG
Senior scientist
Address: INRA, 2 Roland Garros esplanade, BP 224, 51686 Reims Cedex 2, France
Bernard

HAL

https://hal.inrae.fr/search/index/q/*/authIdHal_s/bernard-kurek

Career

2009 - 2020 : Director of UMR FARE

2008 : Deputy director of UMR FARE

2003 : Tenure senior Scientist INRA, Reims (UMR FARE, France)

1994 : Visiting scientist, Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie Pharmacologique et Toxicologique (LCBPT) URA 400, CNRS, Descartes University, Paris (France)

1993 : Visiting scientist, Forest Products Laboratory, USDA, Madison, Wisconsin (USA)

1990 : Tenure junior scientist, Laboratoire de Chimie biologique, INRA, Grignon (France)

Education

2003 : Accreditation to supervise research (HDR) – Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, France (Biochemistry)

1990 : Doctor from the Paris VII University, France (Biochemistry; Microbiology)

1981 - 1987 : Student at Louis Pasteur Strasbourg University, France (Physico-chemistry; Biochemistry; Molecular Biology)

Skills

Characterization and determination of properties of plant walls and lignins
Valorization of lignocelluloses in materials applications
Animation and coordination of interdisciplinary projects related to territorial bioeconomic systems

Research interests

2024 - 2029 : ADEME Graine project CHABLER. Characterization and properties of retted hemp shiv for material applications in construction. Interchanvre (coordinator); FRD-CODEM; UMR FARE

2024 - 2028 : project within INRAE - CNRS FairCarboN program (https://www.pepr-faircarbon.fr/): Systemic approach to the uses of agromaterials in low-carbon transitions in urban areas (https://www.slamb.fr/). UMR FARE (BK coordinator); UMR INRAE ​​LAE Colmar.

2023 - 2027 : INRAE ​​– Grand-Est Region project TETRA’HAIES (https://www.tetrae.fr/les-projets/tetra-haies): Evaluation of the ecological and carbon value of hedges and their valorization pathways. UMR FARE (BK coordinator); UR CRIEG URCA Regards; UMR INRAE ​​LAE Colmar; UMR INRAE ​​Silva Nancy; CIVAM of OASIS.

2023 - 2026 : ADEME Graine project NAFILAB: implementation of tools for monitoring and controlling the quality of hemp fibers. Automotive Performance Materials (APM coordinator); Forvia; Materiact; Fibres Recherche Développement (FRD); UMR FARE.

Teaching

Talks in various teaching modules at:
ENSTIB Epinal
AgroParisTech
Technological University of Compiègne
University of Reims Champagne Ardenne

Main publications

Refer to https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0756-8304

PhD thesis supervisor

Refer to https://www.theses.fr/066957842

Other activities

2022 - 2028 : Member of steering committees (projects; programs; institute):
Métaprogramme INRAE BETTER: https://better.hub.inrae.fr/presentation/gouvernance
Targeted action SLAM-B - https://www.pepr-faircarbon.fr/projets/projets-cibles/slam-b of the INRAE-CNRS FairCarboN Program
Axis Excellence in research; International Institute in Bioeconomy and Environnement EXEBIO - Reims Champagne Ardennes University https://www.exebio.fr/axes/axes,26816,43873.html
National INRAE –Régions TETRAE Program: https://www.tetrae.fr/les-regions/grand-est

2004 - 2014 : President. French network on plant cell walls (http://rfparois.free.fr)