Professional Experience

Since 2008       Senior Scientist (Directeur de Recherches) of the CNRS in the Laboratory of Plasma and Gases Physics

since 2000       Manager of the Team “Electrical Discharges and Aerosols” of the Laboratory of Gases and Plasmas Physics based at Supélec; Technical and scientific team leader (5 Research Fellows, 2 Research Assistants, about 10 PhD and master students), Research group administration.

since 1997       Manager of the group “Aerosol processing and Electrical discharge at Atmospheric Pressure” of the LPGP (2 Research Fellows, 1 Research Assistants, 7 thesis), multi-disciplinary studies.

since 1997       Lecturer on electrical discharges at atmospheric pressure and applications (20-40 h/year) for the master “Ondes et matière”  (Plasmas physics) and STITS (Electrical engineering).

since 1996       Senior Scientist (Chargé de Recherches) of the CNRS in the Laboratory of Plasma and Gases Physics (UMR 8578 Paris South/CNRS) ; supervising PhD and master students on physical and chemical processes in electrical discharges at atmospheric pressure with suspended particles.

1995-1996        Post-doctorate at Delft University of Technology (Aerosol Institute). Conception of the bipolar mixing process for powder production (patent and publications).

1992-1994        Assistant professor  of Chemistry dept. of Paris VII University, Jussieu ; Bachelor degree in Science and Structure of Material; Organic Chemistry and biology; Thermo-Chemistry of solutions; Chemical kinetics

1991-1992        Air Products, Bruxelles, Belgium

                       Contribution in a research and development program for ozone production.

1990-1991        Discharge Physics Laboratory, C.N.R.S, Supélec, Gif-sur-Yvette

                       Master thesis- Definition of the scientific strategy for the Ph-D

1988-1989        Laboratory of Physics and Aerosols Metrology, C.E.A., Fontenay-aux-Roses

                       Training course of research on Marine aerosol production by bursting bubbles in water sea.

Educational and Professional Qualifications            

23 sept. 2002    Accreditation to supervise research (Electrical engineering and Applied chemistry) Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France.

3 may 1995      Ph.D. thesis in Physics and chemistry (Electrical engineering and Applied chemistry) Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France

sept. 1991        Master degree in Chemistry et industrial process engineering - Mention Bien - Pierre and Marie Curie University, ENSCP, Paris, France.

sept. 1990        Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry - Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France.

Particular skills         

• Non-thermal plasma reactors design (high voltage, control and regulation of electrical discharges)

• Analytical chemistry in gaseous and liquid phases (chromatography and spectroscopic methods)

• Aerosol production and metrology (sampling methods, size distribution analyses)

• Computer science (Turbo-Pascal, Fortran, data sampling and treatment)

• English (fluent), Spanish

Awards and honours

1997 : Innovation Award from ADEME and French Environmental Protection Agency on cone-jet glow for water spraying in air at AP for high efficiency collection curtains by electro-coagulation

2003 : Supervision of the PhD thesis awarded by Jean Bricard award from ASFERA on aerosol electro-collection in Dielectric Barrier Discharges at atmospheric pressure.

2006 : Smoluchowski Award from the GAeF at the Int. Aerosol Conf. in St Paul-Minneapolis, for a significant contribution to Aerosol Science with publication of new results within the last four years.

 

From ENVIRONMENTAL AEROSOL SOURCES …

1889 : Marine aerosol production by bursting bubbles in water sea : film and jet drops

 91-92 : Correlation between atmospheric pollens concentration and Electrical field : Electro-meteorological Conditions of pollen dispersion in the environment 

 91-95 : Conditions of development of Electrical Point discharges from trees under high electric field induced by clouds : Identification of vegetal aerosol production mechanisms and evaluation of the atmospheric impact of this natural electrical source of bio-aerosols

…to AEROSOL PROCESSES

• ELECTRO-SPRAY and SPRAY DRYING

1996 : Principles and applications of EHDA
        -          EHD Destabilisation by impulse streamer discharges
        -          Spray segregation
        -          Bipolar mixing Process for powder production

1997 : ES from High voltages transmission lines: symmetry and polarity effect on ESpray

1998-01 : ES of high surface tension liquid stabilised by a continuous corona discharge = cone-jet glow for water spraying in air at AP for high efficiency collection curtains by electro-coagulation

1999-01 : Low conductivity ES by charge injection for neutralisation of fluidized beds by bipolar charged droplets injection

2000-02 : The first closed Nano-boxes elaboration process by Electro-spray drying

2002-06 : Thin biofunctionnal polymers films coatings by post-discharge Electrospray

                       

• ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES: Non-thermal PLASMAS

1995 : Nucleation in dc point-to-plane Atmospheric Pressure Electrical Discharge with Filamentary Streamer Discharges

1998-01 : dc corona charging
                Shape effect in field charging
                Post-discharge diffusion charging

2001-04 : Nucleation in ac Dielectric Barrier Discharges
                Physical nucleation from FD-surface interaction
                Reactive nucleation from plasma-gas interaction (Pollution control and thin film)

2002 : dc ESP charging and flows computation for the 5^th PCRD “Power Optimised Aircraft”

2003-04 : Charging & kinematics of  particles in ac Dielectric Barrier Discharges, self-cleaned filter

2005 : Review for the Journal of Physics D: Applied Physic, on ac and dc Atmospheric Pressure Electrical Discharge properties for aerosol formation and processing