Serge Bourbigot, Professor at the University of Lille, was awarded by the European Research Council (ERC) by an Advanced Grant of 2.4 millions of euros for his project “FireBar concept”; He is the leader of the research group R2Fire belonging to the Unit Materials and Transformation (UMET - UMR CNRS 8207) and his project aims at limiting fire propagation by designing effective fire barrier based on a multi-conceptual approach.