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Olivier Bardagot is a CNRS Research Fellow at the Institute of Chemistry and Processes for Energy, Environment and Health (ICPEES), University of Strasbourg, where he is affiliated with the Polymer Engineering Department and the Functional Polymers and Nanofabrication (PolyFun) team. He has been in this tenured research position since 2023, following a postdoctoral term at the University of Bern. He also serves as the ICPEES Equality Officer, reflecting his commitment to institutional equity.
His educational background includes a PhD in polymer sciences from CEA Grenoble (2016–2019), an M2 in physics from Imperial College London, and an engineering degree in physics and nanosciences from Phelma - Grenoble INP. This multidisciplinary training underpins his research in functional organic materials.
Bardagot's research focuses on the control of macro- and nanoscale morphology in organic semiconducting polymer thin films to develop efficient, portable, and sustainable organic electronic devices. His group specializes in optimizing organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) for biosensing applications, particularly in detecting neuropathologies and bacterial contamination in water, aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals 3 and 6. The team combines advanced microscopy and in-operando spectroscopic and electrical characterization techniques to guide molecular and device engineering. Their work spans fundamental understanding of chemical and electrochemical doping mechanisms to applied biosensor development.
The selected publications highlight a strong trend toward high-performance OECTs and n-type organic semiconductors, with research spanning materials design, doping optimization, and thermoelectric applications. His work appears in top journals such as Advanced Functional Materials and Applied Physics Letters, with a preprint under review at Nature Materials.
- 1st prize at SPIE 2024 international conference
Bardagot actively mentors four PhD students and leads five research projects, three as coordinator with approximately €310,000 in funding. He has organized two international conferences (NOD 2024, MATSUS Fall Meeting) and serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals including Nature Chemistry, Science Advances, and Advanced Materials. His interdisciplinary collaborations include chemists, physical chemists, and biologists to advance both fundamental science and technological applications.
He is a member of the Functional Polymers and Nanofabrication (PolyFun) team within the Polymer Engineering Department at ICPEES, where his laboratory conducts cutting-edge research on structured polymer films and their electronic applications.
