Research Management

(main tasks)
  • 2023- . Adjunct Director of the Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux (LIEC, UMR 7360 CNRS-Lorraine University).
  • 2021- . Member (nominated) of the Scientific Council of the Fondation Rovaltain.
  • 2021- . Member (nominated) of the International Electrokinetics Society.
  • 2016- . Group leader 'Physical Chemistry and Reactivity of Surfaces & Interfaces' in the LIEC.
  • 2016- . Chair (nominated) 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 (nominated) of the International Advisory Board on the theme 'Interfaces Against Pollution' (IAP).
  • 2008-2021. Member (nominated) 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, Pays Bas); Referees: C. Werner (Leibnitz Institut Dresden, Allemagne), P. Levitz (Polytechnique, Palaiseau); Examinators: C. Amatore (ENS, Paris), Claudine Filiâtre (Université de 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

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).