Pr Jerome CHEVALIER

Topic: The Quest for Tough, Strong and Stable Zirconia Ceramics: Past Issues, Current Trends, and Future Perspectives in Dental Implantology

Born in 1970, Jérôme Chevalier is currently full Professor at the National Institute of Applied Sciences, in France. After receiving his phD in 1996 (Mechanical properties of biomedical grade zirconia), Jérôme Chevalier first became Ceramic Engineer in Saint Gobain Group. In 1997, he joined the National Institute of Applied Sciences, in Villeurbanne. He is currently Director of the Materials Science Laboratory MATEIS (180 persons). He is member of the ‘Institut Universitaire de France’, and editor of the Journal of the European Ceramic Society. He is recognized for his work on the fatigue behavior of ceramics and on the aging process in zirconia based ceramics and composites. He is leading the European project LONGLIFE on zirconia for dental and orthopedic applications. He has published more than 170 papers, holds 10 patents and has been cited about 5000 times. Jérôme Chevalier has recently been awarded by the French CNRS with the prestigious ‘Innovation Meda