Loïc J. Blum is Professor of Biochemistry and Biotechnology at the University of Lyon 1 and is involved in the development of Nanobiotechnologies-related topics (biosensors, bioanalytical micro and nano systems, biochips and biomimetic membranes) and in enzyme engineering, particularly, biocatalysis in non-conventional media. He developed several analytical systems in the domain of bio-, chemi- and electrochemi-luminescence.