Research Management
(main tasks)
- 2024- . Appointed Honorary President of the International Interfaces Against Pollution (IAP) Advisory Board.
- 2023- . Adjunct Director of the Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux (LIEC, UMR 7360 CNRS-Lorraine University).
- 2023-. Member (appointed) of the Scientific Board of the Institut de Chimie des Milieux et Matériaux de Poitiers (IC2MP, UMR 7285-Universite de Poitiers).
- 2021- . Member (appointed) of the International Scientific Board of the Fondation Rovaltain (now Fondation evertéa).
- 2021- . Member (appointed) of the Scientific Board of the International Electrokinetics Society.
- 2016- . Group leader 'Physical Chemistry and Reactivity of Surfaces & Interfaces' in the LIEC.
- 2016-2024. Chair (appointed) of the International Advisory Board attached to the international conference series Interfaces Against Pollution (IAP).
- 2016-2021. Elected member of the CNRS National Committee 'Continental Surface and Interfaces' (CNRS Section 30).
- 2013- . Member of the Scientific Board of the LIEC.
- 2013-2016. Co-leader of the Research Axis 'Theory and Integrative Modeling of Complex Systems' in the LIEC.
- 2008- . Member (appointed) of the International Advisory Board of 'Interfaces Against Pollution' (IAP) conferences series.
- 2008-2021. Member (appointed) of the International Advisory Board on Electrokinetic Phenomena (ELKIN).
Career in CNRS
- October 2022 CNRS Research Director DR1 (section 30). Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux, LIEC, UMR 7360 CNRS-Université de Lorraine,Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France.
- October 2013 CNRS Research Director DR2 (section 30). Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux, LIEC, UMR 7360 CNRS-Université de Lorraine,Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France.
- October 2009 CNRS Researcher CR1 (section 20). Laboratoire Environnement et Minéralurgie, LEM, UMR 7569 CNRS-INPL, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France. Since january 2013 : Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux, LIEC, UMR 7360 CNRS-Université de Lorraine,Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France.
- July 2008 Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR). Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine (INPL) Vandoeuvre. 'ElectroHydrodynamics of Complex Interphases : From Electronic Conductors to Microorganisms'. Jury composition: President, H.P. Van Leeuwen (Wageningen, NL); Referees: C. Werner (Leibnitz Institut Dresden, Allemagne), P. Levitz (Polytechnique, Palaiseau); Examinators: C. Amatore (ENS, Paris), Claudine Filiâtre (Besançon), F. Gaboriaud (UHP Nancy), F. Thomas (INPL, Nancy).
- October 2005 CNRS Researcher CR2 (section 20). Laboratoire Environnement et Minéralurgie (UMR CNRS-INPL 7569), Vandoeuvre, France.
Distinctions
- 2021. Chemical Society of Japan, Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry's Lectureship Award.
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2012. 1st Prize for Researcher in Lorraine Region, France.
- 2012. 'STAN’ding Ovation' Prize awarded by Nancy town authorities for the organisation of the international conference Interfaces Against Pollution (IAP) 2012 held on June 11-14, 2012 in Nancy, France.
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2011. CNRS bronze medal.
- 2010-2013. Annual funding awarded for excellence in research.
- 2003. Cum Laude distinction for my PhD work at the Laboratory of Physical Chemistry and Colloid Science (now Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter), Wageningen University, The Netherlands (awarded to ca. 5% in NL).
- 1999. 1st ranked Diplome d’Etude Approfondies (DEA) Chemical Physics of Matter and Environment, Université Bordeaux I (Bordeaux, France).
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1996-1999. 1st ranked Engineer Diploma at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie et de Physique de Bordeaux ENSCPB (Bordeaux, France).
Education
- 2003-2005 Post-doctoral stage at the Département de Chimie Analytique et Biophysique de l’Environnement (Université de Genève, Suisse – Pr. J. Buffle, Pr. K. Wilkinson) and the Laboratory of Physical Chemistry and Colloid Science (Wageningen, The Netherlands – Pr. H.P. Van Leeuwen). Project on (i) modelling of electrohydrodynamic properties and theoretical construction of molecular humic structures, and (ii) theoretical interpretation of gel layer electrokinetics.
- 1999-2003 PhD in Physical Chemistry at the University of Wageningen (The Netherlands) Laboratory of Physical Chemistry and Colloid Science. Supervisors : Prof. Cohen-Stuart, Prof. Lyklema, Prof. Van Leeuwen. PhD thesis entitled 'Faradaic and Adsorption-Mediated Depolarization of Electric Double Layers in Colloids'.
- 1999 Diplome d’Etude Approfondies (DEA) Chemical Physics of the Matter and the Environment, Université Bordeaux I (Bordeaux, France).
- 1996-1999 Engineer Diploma at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie et de Physique de Bordeaux ENSCPB (Bordeaux, France), now ENSCBP (Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie, de Biologie et de Physique).