I am a Director of Research at CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research) in the Interdisciplinary Commission CID52 « Environments and societies: from knowledge to action ». I am co-affiliated to CNRS Section 09 « Mechanics », and I’m currently working in the WOOD Research Group of LMGC, a joined Laboratory between CNRS and University of Montpellier.
My research interests have been focused for over twenty-five years on developing an « ethno-bio-physical » vision of woods. My work focuses on connections between different fields: the relationship between artisanal and scientific knowledge on wood; the intertwining between the complexity of physical behaviour and the botanical diversity of wood; the intertwining between biological and cultural diversity; the relationship between humans and wood through craft woodworking. My « historical » field of research is on wood uses by musical instrument makers. Nowadays, this extends to all areas of wood craftsmanship.
Contact details:
Iris Brémaud, Wood Research Group, LMGC, CNRS UMR5508
Post address: UM cc048, 163 rue Auguste Broussonnet, 34090 Montpellier
Delivery/Visit: 860 rue St Priest, 34090 Montpellier (link to how to come to lab)
E-mail: iris.bremaud
cnrs.fr
Other websites:
https://cv.archives-ouvertes.fr/iris-bremaud