Publication of Professor Claude Grison’s opening lecture

Claude Grison

Scientific Ecology and Biochemistry

Scientific ecology and biochemistry are developing advanced phytotechnologies, such as ecocatalysis, to protect, conserve and even restore degraded and polluted ecosystems.

In the face of the collapse of biodiversity, ‘nature-based solutions’ provide not only food for thought but also concrete solutions. They fall within the field of global ecology and are underpinned by research into phytotechnologies capable of restoring degraded and polluted ecosystems. These technologies incorporate the ecology of soil restoration, aquatic environments and wetlands. Forming part of a sustainable development approach, at the interface between research and innovation, chemistry and ecology, these technologies are crucial for the preservation of biodiversity whilst offering significant potential for applications in the fields of health and wellbeing, demonstrating that it is possible to reconcile ecological and economic benefits.

Grison C., Scientific Ecology and the Chemistry of Life , Paris, Collège de France, ‘opening lectures’ series, n^o. 344, 2026, 64 pp.

ISBN: 978-2-7226-0891-7
Price: €12
Publication date: 22 October 2026

A biochemist and ecologist, Claude Grison is a research director at the CNRS and head of the Laboratory of Bio-inspired Chemistry and Ecological Innovations. A member of the French Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Pharmacy and the European Academy of Sciences, she was a visiting professor at the Collège de France in 2025–2026, holding the Avenir Commun Durable Annual Chair, established with the support of the Collège de France Foundation and its major patrons, the Covéa Foundation and TotalEnergies.