Associate Professor at the University of Montpellier, Karine Fournel-Marotte completed her doctoral thesis in the field of oligosaccharide synthesis and analogues at Paul Sabatier University, under the supervision of Dr. Jacques Prandi (IPBS). She then continued her research training in glyco-chemistry through two postdoctoral positions in Montreal (UQAM - 18 months), in the laboratory of Professor René Roy, and in Toulouse, with Dr. Jacques Prandi (IPBS - 8 months). Appointed Associate Professor at the University of Montpellier in 2007, she now works at the Institute of Biomolecules Max Mousseron (IBMM) in the SMART team led by Dr. Frédéric Coutrot on the synthesis of rotaxanes and molecular machines.