David GREGOIRE

David Grégoire is a Full Professor in Mechanics at Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour (UPPA), specializing in failure mechanisms, transport properties, and multiphysics couplings in porous media. He serves as Deputy Head for the Anglet campus and leads the MPPM research group at the Laboratory of Complex Fluids and their Reservoirs (LFCR), a joint UPPA/CNRS/Total lab. His roles include co-leading the Newpores international hub focused on porous material mechanics and collaborating with institutions like Northwestern University and University of Liège.

Education: Graduated from École Normale Supérieure (2004), PhD in Mechanics from INSA-Lyon (2008), and habilitation thesis from UPPA (2014). Awards include an honorary membership at the Institut Universitaire de France (2017-2022) and a CNRS Higher Education Chair (2010-2015). Research interests span bio-inspired materials, adsorption-induced deformation, and sustainable construction using waste like seashells and rice husk.

Teaching includes courses on poromechanics, computational modeling, and ethics in engineering. Active in grants and collaborations, his lab investigates geomechanics, energy storage, and environmental challenges. Current projects include optimizing shell waste for low-carbon concrete and studying adsorption effects in microporous materials.