Nicole Raymonde Demarquette is Professor at the Mechanical Engineering Department of Ecole de Technologie Supérieure de Montréal. She obtained her engineering degree from Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble France and her Master and PhD in Chemical Engineering from McGill University. She has worked extensively in the field of polymer blends and nano composites,She is the author or co-author of more than 170 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals. She holds the Canada Research Chair Tier 1 in Rheology for the Development of novel Polymer Materials that are More Environmentally Friendly.