Fabrice Bertoncini graduated from the École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI ParisTech) and holds a PhD in Physical Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry from Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris VI). He joined IFP Energies nouvelles in 2001 as research engineer in Gas Chromatography. Since 2009, he is Department head of Catalysis by sulphides Department from IFP Energies nouvelles.