Anne-Marie DELORT is Director of Research at the CNRS and Head of the Institute of
Chemistry of Clermont-Ferrand in France. She has published more than 120 papers in peered
reviews.
In addition to a general background in chemistry and molecular biology, Anne-Marie Delort’s
expertise covers Microbiology and NMR spectroscopy. She specifically studies microbial
metabolism in relation with the environment, including the biodegradation of organic
compounds.
Her main topics of interest cover:
1) The metabolism of cloud microorganisms and its impact on atmospheric chemistry. The
objective is to show if biodegradation is an alternative route to photodegradation of
chemicals in cloud waters.
2) The biodegradation of polymers and more specifically of Oxo-Biodegradable plastics. In
addition to fundamental research in this domain, she has developed a test to assess the
oxobiodegradability of polyolefinic materials. (AFNOR agreement AC T 51e808. 2012).