Costantino Creton graduated in Materials Science from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland) in 1985. He then moved on to the Materials Science and Engineering Department of Cornell University (USA) where he obtained his Ph.D in 1991. After a post-doc at the IBM Almaden Research Center (USA), he joined the Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie Structurale et Macromoléculaire of the ESPCI first as a post-doctoral associate in 1993 and, since 1994 as a C.N.R.S. permanent researcher. Since 2001, he is CNRS research director (equivalent to associate Professor) in the Laboratoire de PhysicoChimie des Polymères et Milieux Dispersés. Since 2009, he is responsible of coordinating the research activities of the Soft Polymer Networks research group of the laboratory. At the ESPCI he is in charge of the International Relations.
He has published more than 80 articles in peer-reviewed journals, nine book chapters, more than 100 conference proceedings and has given more than 40 invited and plenary lectures at international conferences. His research interests focus on the mechanical properties of polymers at interfaces and on deformation and fracture of soft polymer networks. More information can be found in the research pages and in the website of the laboratory. He has received the best paper award from the Adhesion Society in 2000 , the Polymer Prize from the French Polymer Group in 2002, the Prix Dédale of the French Adhesion Society in 2007 and the Jounral of Polymer Science Polymer Physics award in 2008.