Ludovic Maillard is Pharmacyst (Paris XI, 2002) and Chemical Engineer (ENSCP, Paris VI, 2002). After a Master Degree in organic chemistry (Paris VI, 2002), he did a PhD in bioorganic chemistry at the ICSN, in the group of Dr. B. Badet. Thereafter he joined the group of Prof. J. Robinson (OCI, Zurich, Switzerland) for a one-year postdoctoral training before becoming Associate Professor of medicinal chemistry at the Faculty of Pharmacy of Montpellier. One of his major research interests is to develop and characterized conformationaly predictable molecular architectures named foldamers, which are constructed from heterocyclic γ-amino acids. In such a context, he has reported a short chemical route to access orthogonally protected thiazole-based γ-amino acids, which were used as building blocks for designing helical γ-peptide foldamers and antimicrobial peptides. These platforms are highly versatile and efforts are made to expand their applications toward cellular targeting and organo-catalysis.