Prof. Alain Tressaud is Emeritus Research Director of the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Bordeaux, France. He is a world-renowned expert in solid-state chemistry, fluorine chemistry, and the modification of surface properties of materials. His pioneering work has had a lasting impact on the development of functional materials and fluorinated compounds.

He has authored over 370 scientific papers, 20 book chapters, 12 international patents, and has edited 10 books, including Fluorine: A Paradoxical Element (2019). He is the founding editor of the book series Advances in Fluorine Science and Progress in Fluorine Science (Elsevier), and editor of Progress in Science, Progress in Society (Springer-Nature, 2018), the official proceedings of the 2016 EurASc Ceremony in Brussels.

Prof. Tressaud founded and chaired the French Network on Fluorine Chemistry, supported by CNRS, and is a Member of several scientific academies and societies, including the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA), WSSET (UK), and Distinguished Fellow of the French Chemical Society (SCF). Among his many distinctions are the Atomic Energy Agency Award of the French Academy of Sciences (2008), the Fluorine Award of the American Chemical Society (2011), and the Henri Moissan International Prize (2013).

Prof. Tressaud was awarded the Honor for Distinguished Leadership Award (2024) in recognition of his exemplary service and leadership as former President of the European Academy of Sciences.

Prof. Alain Tressaud has served in the Presidium of the European Academy of Sciences as follows:

• President: April 2017 – March 2018

• Vice-President: March 2018 – February 2020, extended until April 2024 due to the COVID-19 pandemic (in accordance with the EurASc Bylaws)