Nadir Bettache obtained his doctorate at the Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris 6, currently Sorbonne University) in 1991 under the supervision of Dr. Ridha Kassab at CRBM, Montpellier. His thesis work was entitled "Interaction of G-actin with the globular head of myosin". He then carried out a postdoctoral internship on the theme of "Characterization of a photolabile precursor of nitric oxide (NO) and biological applications" with Dr Trentham at Mill Hill (London). He was recruited as a CNRS Research Fellow in 1992 within the “Structural and functional role of lipid-protein interactions” team led by Professor Alain Bienvenüe at UMR-5539, Laboratory of Molecular Dynamics of Membranes Interactions. Since January 2015, he has been working within the F14 “Glyco and nanovectors for therapeutic targeting” team at the IBMM.