Dr. Elsa Kassardjian joined Montpellier Business School in March 2017 as the Head of Faculty Development – Research. She defended her PhD in Science Communications in 2002 between Lyon (UCBL) and Paris (ENS Cachan). After a year as a Public and Government Affairs Specialist in Bayer CropScience (France), she worked as a consumer scientist in Auckland, New Zealand. She also spent more than 8 years at the University of Auckland as a senior project manager in charge of all strategic research-related projects. Within MBS, Elsa is in charge of supporting the Faculty with all research and impact related activities. That includes scientific productions, creation of research chairs, increasing strategic research collaborations…
Since February 2020, Elsa became the Head of Research Valorization.