​ • The CODIR (Management Committee) is made up of a director, Annie Colin, Professor at ESPCI Paris-PSL, and her deputy, Stéphanie Descroix, CNRS Research Director at the Institut Curie, accompanied by an administrator, Perrine Franquet. This committee is supported by a scientific council made up of researchers from the teams of the various IPGG institutions.

• The COPIL (Steering Committee) is made up of eight IPGG members, all researchers, and two external members. It is chaired by the Director of the Institute and her deputy.

• Institut Curie: Matthieu Piel & Pascal Hersen
• ESPCI Paris: Andrew Griffiths & Anke Lindner
• ENS: Damien Baigl & Rachid Thiam
• Chimie ParisTech: Fethi Bedioui & Michael Tatoulian
• External members: Charles Baroud & Anne-Marie Gué

​It is dedicated to the calls for projects and the evaluation of the Labex IPGG.

• The COSTRAT (Strategic Committee) composed of the general and scientific directors and presidents of the IPGG's supervisory bodies

• The SAB (Scientific Advisory Board) composed of international experts in microfluidics

Located in the heart of Paris, PSL inspires dialog among and between all areas of knowledge, innovation, and creativity. With 17,000 students and 2,900 researchers, it is a human-scale university. It is ranked in the top 50 among all universities globally, and in the top 5 among young universities less than 50 years old according to Shanghai (ARWU),THE (Times Higher Education), CWUR (Center for World University Rankings) and QS (QuacquarelliSymonds).

PSL includes nine Component Schools and two Associate Members and works closely with three research entities. It draws on the scientific strengths of all its schools to foster unprecedented opportunities for its communities in education, research, technology transfer, and industrial and academic partnerships both nationally and internationally.

With 28 Nobel laureates, 10 Fields medal winners, 3 Abel laureates, 50 César, and 79 Molière awardees, it represents about 10% of French research and has received more than 200 ERC grants since its creation. Its academic community draws from the full potential of PSL’s 140 laboratories, to offer students and researchers a range of interdisciplinary graduate programs, in all scientific fields.

Chosen from around the world for their talent and carefully supervised, PSL students have access to a comprehensive research-based course offering. Whether they become researchers, entrepreneurs, managers or artists, PSL students learn to formulate answers and solutions that will have an impact on our society. PSL is a public university that promotes a diverse student body, welcoming students from every social status, gender, and geographical origin.

As a major hub of arts and culture, PSL hosts many debates, lectures, exhibits, shows, and concerts throughout the year. It forms strategic partnerships with the world’s top universities. A leader in innovation, PSL supports applications of its research by creating some 50 start-ups and filing nearly 70 patents annually. In 2017 it launched its own seed fund, the PSL Innovation Fund.

Nobel Prize in Physics in 1991 for his work on liquid crystals and polymers, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes left his mark on science.

Born in 1932, he was alumnus of the École Normale Supérieure. Pierre-Gilles de Gennes also worked as a research engineer at the Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) in the 50s. In 1957, he obtained the title of Doctor of Science.

Pierre-Gilles de Gennes became the Director of the École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris [Graduate School of Industrial Physics and Chemistry] in 1976 and for 25 years. His unflagging desire to convey knowledge and share his discoveries impelled Pierre-Gilles de Gennes to teach throughout his life: at the Faculté des Sciences d’Orsay [Orsay School of the Sciences], in primary schools and colleges after receiving his Nobel prize, and at the Collège de France, where he held the condensed-matter physics chair until 2007, the very year when he passed away at the age of 75.

Pierre-Gilles de Gennes crossed the boundaries of numerous different scientific domains: from fundamental science to industrial applications, including physics, chemistry, or biology. In France, he designed a modern way of doing a more concrete and free research. Worldwide, he had a strong influence on a generation of researchers.

Bearing his name, the Institut Pierre-Gilles de Gennes expresses the state of mind in which it will develop its actions.