Prof Jean Marie FRANÇOIS is full professor of Industrial Microbiology and BioNanotechnology at Federal University of Toulouse, School of Engineer. His research activity concerns integrated physiology and functional genomics in microbial systems, with a specific focus on genetic and metabolic regulation and refactoring carbon and energy metabolism towards production of bio-based chemicals for renewable carbon sources. He is author of more than 200 papers in International journal, with a h.i. index of 48 (as in December 2019) and holds 20 patents. He is Editor-in-Chief of BMC Biotechnology for Biofuels and Specialty, Specialty Editor in Chief of Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, section Synthetic Biology and member of the European Federation of Biotechnology. He is co-founder of two spin-off in the field of Bio(nano)technology.