Yvon Durant, PH.D., MBA
 Director of the Advanced Polymer Laboratory

Research Assistant Professor in Materials Science.

  Experienced manager in polymer science, international recognition. Achievements in software, scientific instrumentation, product and process development. Postdoc and doctorate in polymer science. Industrial and academic experience in project management. MBA in strategic management, extensive international experience, multi-lingual.

       Education

May 96	Master of Business Administration. Focus on strategic management and finances. University of New Hampshire USA.
April 94	Ph.D. Polymer Chemistry "Université Claude Bernard, Lyon I" France
Sept. 90	DEA - Equivalent of Master in material science "Université de Montpellier II" France.
June 90	Engineering degree in chemistry and chemical engineering. Option polymer materials. "École Suérieure de Chimie de Montpellier" (ENSCM) France.

       Professional experiences 

July 03 - Present	Research Associate Professor of Materials Science,                                                Adjunct professor of Biochemistry. University of New Hampshire, NH
Aug 00 - June 03	Research Assistant Professor of Materials Science.                                    University of New Hampshire, NH
May 00 - Aug 01	Director of the Non-Lethal Technology Innovation Center (NTIC) University of New Hampshire, USA.
Mar. 98 - Present	Director of the Advanced polymer laboratory (APL), Research themes : controlled radical polymerization, miniemulsion, nanoencapsulation, dispersed hybrid polymers, calorimetry, sensors, coatings, advanced composites, process engineering, research program management, bio and medical technology .
Jan. 97 - Jan 98	Project Leader. Polymer Laboratory, BASF-AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany. Project manager of an international research program. Development of break-through new dispersion polymerization processes. Product development of industrial Eco-Adhesives. Scale-up and scale-down.
Jan. 96 - Dec. 96	Research Scientist. Polymer Research Group, University of New Hampshire, USA. Scientific manager of a group of researchers. Studies in interfacial science, polymer synthesis and characterization, morphology and kinetic developments in phase separated polymers.
Sep. 93 - Dec.95	Postdoctoral position. Department of Chemical Engineering. University of NH, USA. Anionic polymerization, radical polymerization, kinetic, interfacial science, process control, computer modeling, software and instrument development. Advisor: Dr. Donald Sundberg.
Sep.90 - Aug.93	Ph.D. research: Modeling the morphology of latex particles. "Laboratoire de chimie des procédés de polymérisation", CNRS, Lyon, France.

       Other skills

Languages	French: native fluency. English: (very) fluent. German: Advanced. Spanish: fair.
Computer sciences	Author of several professional and commercial software, in C/C++ and Pascal. SysOp. Multiplatform and multiprotocol networks. Data acquisition. Process control. Applications: MS Office, CAD, WEB Authoring, Origin...