Find here the members of the laboratory, their functions, their teams and their main scientific profiles. This directory enables you to quickly identify the areas of expertise, professional contact details and useful links associated with each person: ORCID, HAL, Google Scholar, institutional page or professional networks.
The information presented is intended to facilitate internal exchanges, scientific collaboration and the promotion of the laboratory’s research activities.
Adsorption
Analysis method for porous materials based on measuring the amount of gas adsorbed on the surface of a solid as a function of pressure.
It is used to determine the specific surface area, pore volume, and pore size distribution. It is widely used to characterize catalysts, zeolites, oxides, activated carbons, and mesoporous materials.
The results depend in particular on the gas used, the sample degassing procedure, and the selected data treatment model, such as BET, BJH, or DFT.
Biomaterials
Materials designed to interact with biological systems for medical, analytical, or technological purposes.
They can be natural or synthetic and are used for implants, medical devices, tissue engineering, drug delivery, or bioactive interfaces.
Catalysis
Process that increases the rate of a chemical reaction using a catalyst, without the catalyst being consumed during the reaction.
It improves the efficiency, selectivity, and operating conditions of chemical transformations. It is used in industrial chemistry, refining, pollution control, energy, and the valorization of renewable resources.
Characterization
Set of analytical methods used to determine the physicochemical, structural, textural, or morphological properties of a material.
It provides information on composition, structure, specific surface area, porosity, stability, and functional properties. It is essential for understanding material behavior and validating synthesis, modification, or application steps.
Chemometrics
Application of statistical and multivariate methods to chemical data. It extracts quantitative and mechanistic information from complex spectra.
Heterogeneous Catalysis
Catalytic process in which the catalyst and the reactants are in different phases, most commonly a solid catalyst in contact with gaseous or liquid reactants.
The reaction takes place on the surface of the solid, at active sites. This approach is widely used in refining, petrochemistry, pollution control, fine chemistry, and biomass valorization.
In situ
Analysis method performed directly while the material is exposed to conditions close to its real operating environment.
It is used to monitor changes in structure, surface properties, or chemical species during treatment, reaction, or atmosphere change.
IR Spectroscopy
Vibrational method measuring infrared absorption by chemical bonds. It identifies surface groups, adsorbed species and reaction intermediates.
Machine Learning
Set of computational methods that learn relationships from chemical data, such as spectra, molecular structures, material properties or experimental results. It is used to predict properties, classify samples, optimize catalysts and accelerate the analysis of large datasets.
Nanoporous Materials
Solid materials containing pores with nanometric dimensions, generally below a few tens of nanometers.
They exhibit high specific surface area and controlled porosity, making them useful for adsorption, separation, catalysis, gas storage, pollution control, and molecule delivery.
Non-thermal plasmas
Partially ionized gases where electrons drive chemistry without strongly heating the bulk gas. They generate radicals, ions and excited species useful in plasma-assisted catalysis.
Open science
Set of practices aimed at making research more accessible, transparent and reusable, including open-access publications, shared data, code, protocols and results. It promotes reproducibility, collaboration and wider dissemination of scientific knowledge.
Operando
Analysis method performed while a material or catalyst is operating under real working conditions, while simultaneously monitoring its performance.
It links changes in structure, surface properties, or chemical species to the observed activity, selectivity, or stability.
Photocatalysis
Catalysis triggered by light absorption, often through excited states or electron-hole pairs. It converts light energy into chemical reactivity.
Porous materials
Solids containing micro-, meso- or macropores. Their internal surface and connectivity support adsorption, separation, diffusion and catalysis.
Python
A simple, readable programming language widely used in science to automate workflows, analyze data, perform numerical calculations and generate plots. It is central to research thanks to libraries such as NumPy, Pandas, SciPy, Matplotlib and scikit-learn, used for data analysis, modelling, simulation and machine learning.
RAMAN Spectroscopy
Vibrational spectroscopy based on inelastic light scattering under reaction conditions. It tracks phases, defects and active species during operation.
Reaction kinetics
Study of the rate of chemical reactions and the factors that influence it, such as temperature, pressure, concentration, catalyst or reaction mechanism. It is used to determine rate laws, kinetic constants and rate-limiting steps in a chemical process.
Solid-state NMR
NMR applied to solids, often using magic-angle spinning. It characterizes local structure, connectivity and mobility in porous materials or catalysts.
Sulfide catalysts
Catalysts containing metal sulfide phases, often MoS2, WS2, CoMoS or NiMoS. They are used in hydrotreating, WGS and H2 production.
Theragenerative Systems
Biomaterial-based systems combining a therapeutic function with a tissue regeneration function.
They may integrate scaffolds, hydrogels, 3D bioprinting, controlled drug release, or physical stimulation to treat a disease while supporting tissue repair. This approach is mainly explored in tissue engineering, oncology, and regenerative medicine.
All members
ALONSO-DONCEL Maria-del-mar
maria-del-mar.alonso-doncel@ensicaen.fr
Postdoctoral researcher | Visiteur(e)
AMEDLOUS Abdallah
abdallah.amedlous@ensicaen.fr+33 (0) 6 52 48 67 33
Postdoctoral researcher 
AZZOLINA JURY Federico
federico.azzolina-jury@ensicaen.fr+ 33 (0)2 31 45 27 28
Associate professor 
BAZIN Philippe
philippe.bazin@ensicaen.fr+ 33 (0)2 31 45 13 47
Responsable | Visio Research engineer | SST
BLASIN AUBE Vanessa
vanessa.blasin-aube@ensicaen.fr+ 33 (0)2 31 45 28 18
Research scientist 
CLATWORTHY Edwin
edwin.clatworthy@ensicaen.fr+ 33 (0)2 31 45 28 28
Responsable | Adsorption & stockage des gaz Research scientist
CLET Guillaume
guillaume.clet@ensicaen.fr+ 33 (0)2 31 45 28 20
Professor | Lab's Director 
DESMURS Marie
marie.desmurs@ensicaen.fr+33 (0)2 31 45 28 29
Adsorption & stockage des gazSynthéses & catactérisation Assistant engineer | SST
El ROZ Mohamad
mohamad.elroz@ensicaen.fr+ 33 (0)2 31 45 27 32
Research scientist 
FOUCAULT Benjamin
benjamin.foucault@ensicaen.fr+ 33 (0)2 31 45 28 29
Catalyse Study engineer | SST | PSSM
GUILLET-NICOLAS Rémy
remy.guillet-nicolas@ensicaen.fr+ 33 (0)2 31 45 27 29
Research scientist | En détachement
LAKISS Louwanda
louwanda.lakiss@ensicaen.fr+ 33 (0)2 31 45 28 27
Zeolith·Adjoint(e) Responsable | CatalyseResponsable | Synthéses & catactérisation Research engineer
LANEL Adrien
adrien.lanel@ensicaen.fr+33(0) 2 31 45 28 33
Soufflage de verre Assistant engineer | SST | MOF 2023
LECANU Marie-Françoise
marie-francoise.lecanu@ensicaen.fr+ 33 (0)2 31 45 28 14
ResponsableService Administratif Study engineer
MALEKI Hajar (Homa)
hajar.maleki@ensicaen.fr
Chaire de Professeur Junior 
MAUGÉ Françoise
francoise.mauge@ensicaen.fr+33 (0)2 31 45 28 24
Directrice de recherches | Emérite 
MINTOVA Svetlana
svetlana.mintova@ensicaen.fr+ 33 (0)2 31 45 27 37
Zeolith·Team leader Directrice de recherches
OLIVIERO Laetitia
laetitia.oliviero@ensicaen.fr+ 33 (0)2 31 45 27 31
Spectrocat·Adjoint(e) Professor 
RABELLE Blandine
blandine.rabelle@ensicaen.fr+ 33 (0)2 31 45 28 36
Service Administratif Administrative officer
ROLAND Pascal
pascal.roland@ensicaen.fr+ 33 (0)2 31 45 27 36
Informatique & Réseaux Study engineer | SST | PSSM 
THIBAULT-STARZYK Frederic
frederic.thibault-starzyk@cnrs.fr+ 33 (0)2 31 45 28 23
Directeur de recherches 
TRAVERT Arnaud
arnaud.travert@unicaen.fr+ 33 (0)2 31 45 28 23
Professor 
VALTCHEV Valentin
valentin.valtchev@ensicaen.fr+ 33 (0)2 31 45 27 33
Directeur de recherches | Emérite
VICENTE Aurélie
aurelie.vicente@ensicaen.fr+ 33 (0)2 31 45 28 16
Responsable | RMN Associate professor 
VIMONT Alexandre
alexandre.vimont@ensicaen.fr+ 33 (0)2 31 45 13 47
Visio Research engineer 
Membres Historique (23)
DUCHET Jean-Claude
Professor
FERNANDEZ Christian
Professor
GALLAS Jean-Paul
Associate professor 
GAULT Francois
Professor 
GOUPIL Jean-Michel
Associate professor
LAVALLEY Jean-Claude
Directeur de recherches 
QUILLARD Jacques
Assistant engineer 
TRAVERT Josette
Professor Présidente de l’Université de Caen
Van GESTEL Jacobus
Associate professor Alumni (55)
VALDERRAMA-ZAPATA Rodrigo
rodrigo.valderrama-zapata@ensicaen.fr
PhD student
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