Asst Prof. Hortense LE FERRAND

Dr Hortense Le Ferrand is co-investigator of the Urban Bio-cycles Mycelium Digitalisation research module at Future Cities Lab Global and Nanyang Assistant Professor at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU) since 2019.  

Her research interests are multidisciplinary, covering bioprocesses, chemistry, manufacturing and characterization. She graduated in Physical Chemistry from ESPCI Paris, France in 2012 and in Materials Science from ETH Zurich in 2012 (MSc) and 2017 (PhD).

Dr Le Ferrand’s work has been recognised by several awards and fellowships, among which are the post-doctoral publication prize from the Materials Research Society (USA) in 2018 and the Materials and Processes award from ETH Zürich (Switzerland) in 2018. In 2020, she was awarded the National Research Foundation (NRF) Fellowship from Singapore, a $3-million competitive individual research grant for early career scientists.

In addition, she regularly attends and organize symposia at The minerals, metals and materials society meeting (TMS), USA and the Materials Research Society Meetings, USA & its local chapters.

More information at: external page https://personal.ntu.edu.sg/hortense

Awards

• National Research Foundation Fellowship, Singapore, 2020
• MRS Bulletin Postdoctoral Publication Prize 2018 Boston, USA
• ETH MaP (Materials and Processes) award 2018 Switzerland
• Chemistry prize from Dimitri N. Chorafas foundation, 2017
• ETHZ silver medal for outstanding thesis, 2017 
• Research Fellowship Early Postdoc Mobility, Swiss National Science Foundation, 2016
• Excellence Scholarship awarded by Michelin Company, 2011

Publications

Selected publications relevant to the Urban BioCycles Mycelium Digitalisation module:

• H. Le Ferrand, A. Bacha, Discovery and rediscovery of gutta-percha, a natural thermoplastic, MRS Bulletin 46 (2021), 84.
• Javadian, H. Le Ferrand, D. Hebel, N. Saeidi, Application of mycelium-bound composite materials in construction industry; a short review, SOJ Materials science and engineering, (2020).
• H. Le Ferrand, 3D printing towards a sustainable future, Accounts of materials research, 1 (2020), 123.
• E. Soh°, Z.Y. Chew°, N. Saeidi, A. Javadian, D. Hebel, H. Le Ferrand, Development of an extrudable paste to build mycelium-bound composites, Materials & Design 195 (2020), 109058.