2014-2018 Head of the group « Catalysis for Energy and Chemistry» at LCS.
2011 - 2014 Scientific Director of the Research Center of ENSICAEN
Since 2003 CNRS senior scientist at Laboratory Catalysis and Spectrochemistry (Caen, France)
1986-2002 CNRS Researcher at Laboratory Catalysis and Spectrochemistry (Caen, France)
1985 Engineer at Philips Composants, Caen
1981-1984 PhD thesis at the IRCELYON (supervisor Pierre Gallezot), LyonEDUCATION
1989 Research Supervision Qualification (Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches), Caen (France)
1984 PhD in Physical Chemistry, Lyon (France)
1981 Graduate of the "Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon" (INSA), Materials Physics Section, Lyon (France)
1981 Master of Materials Physics, University of Lyon I (France)
MAIN RESEARCH FIELD
Catalysts for clean fuel production (hydrotreatment, hydrodrocracking, hydrodeoxygenation, FCC, ..), from fossil and biomass sources
Catalysts for hydrogen production
In situ and operando infrared spectroscopy for adsorbents and catalysts (sulfide, oxide, zeolite and metal)
Structure-activity relationship
PUBLICATION and COMMUNICATION
H factor = 37
137 Publications in peered reviewed journals, 3 book chapters, 2 Patents
About 50 plenary conferences, key notes and invited lectures.
About 180 communications (92 oral and 88 poster) in international and national conferences
PhD SUPERVISION
PhD supervision: 28
Research Administration
Member of International Association of Catalysis Society for France, from 2020
Member of the DivCat of the Societé Chimique de France, from 2015.President of the Scientific Council of LCS (Caen), 2016-2018
Member of the National Committee of CNRS for coordination chemistry, catalysis, interfaces and processes – section 14 (2012 - 2016)
Director of the Research of ENSICAEN (Research Institute with 7 laboratories about 650 researchers) (2011 - 2014)
Member of the scientific council of ENSICAEN (2018-2021, 2011 - 2014 ), Member of the scientific council of the University of Caen (2011 - 2014), Member of the administrative council of ENSICAEN (2011 - 2014)
Member of the Scientific council of Chemistry Department of CNRS (2006-2010)
Main responsabilities in scientific projects
Scientific coordinator of several projects between LCS (Caen) and national and international industrial as well as academic partners mainly on structure activity relationship on catalysts for Hydrodeoxygenation, Hydrotreatment, Hydrocracking, Fischer tropsch, Biomass upgrading.
Main editor of the special issue of Catalysis Today "Catalysis by sulfides ad related materials" (published in 2021 - 22 papers)
Main organizer of the international conference on "Molecular Aspects of Catalysis by Sulfides (MACS VIII) - Cabourg (France) - May 2019
Coordinator of the research group « Catalysis for Energy and Chemistry » at LCS (Caen) - about 15 researchers, PhD and post-doctorate students – 2003-2018
Coordinator of the project CO2 VIRIDIS, LCS (Caen), CORIA (Rouen), LOMC (LE Havre), LSPC (Rouen) – Regional Council support – about 15 researchers - 2014-2017
Coordinator of the project Biocar, LCS (Caen), CORIA (Rouen) – EMC3 Labex support - about 13 researchers – 2014-2017
Coordinator of the ANR EcoHdoc “Hydrodeoxygenation of 2nd generation Biofuels”, 4 partners, 2007-2010
Deputy coordinator of the ANR Basicat “Basicity of oxides with controlled morphologies”, 4 partners, 2006-2008