Education

1988 : DEA (MSc) in Materials Science, Univ. Paris 6, France 

1991 : PhD in Chemistry, Univ. Paris-XI Orsay, France

2000 : Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, Univ. Paris XI Orsay, France

Employment history

1992 : Military Service, Cadet in the French Navy, EAMEA, Cherbourg, France 

Jan. 1993 - Dec. 1994 : Post-Doc, Osaka National Research Institute (AIST), Ikeda, Japan

Jan. 1995 - Aug. 1996 : Post-Doc, University of Texas at Austin, USA

Sept. 1996 - Aug. 2000 : Associate Professor (MCF), Université Paris-XI Orsay, France

Sept. 2000 - present : Full Professor, LRCS, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France

Research Records

157 Publications in International Journals

79 Invited and Keynote oral presentations in International Conferences

14 PhD thesis as advisor since 1998

1 Chapter of book

3 Books edited

14 International Patents published, on LiFePO₄, Li₃Fe₂(PO₄)₃, FePO₄.nH₂O, Li₂FeSiO₄, Na₃V₂(PO₄)₂F₃

Awards / promotions / distinctions

2001 : Award of the Solid State Chemistry Division of the Société Française de Chimie

2006 : Nominated as Junior Member of the Institut Universitaire de France

2012 : Promoted “Professeur de Classe Exceptionnelle 1" by the French National Council of Universities

2017 : Promoted “Professeur de Classe Exceptionnelle 2" by the French National Council of Universities

2019 : Research Award of the International Battery Association (IBA)

Administration and collective duties / accomplishments

2008 : Elected Member of the Administrative Council of the Université de Picardie Jules Verne

2013 : Nominated Member of the Administrative Council of the PRES UFECAP (Amiens - Reims)

2013 - 2015 : President of the French National Network of Doctoral Schools in Chemistry (REDoX)

2007 - 2017 : Director of the Doctorate School in Science and Health of UPJV Amiens (EDSTS)

2016 - 2018 : Chairman of the Crystallography Subcommittee College (5A) in ILL Grenoble

2006 - present : Coordinator of the ERASMUS MUNDUS Joint Master Degree Course «Materials for Energy Storage & Conversion», now MESC+, that gathers 7 partner Universities (Warsaw, Toulouse, Ljubljana, Bilbao, Amiens, Deakin, Drexel)

2012 - 2019 : Elected member of Section 33 of the French National Council of Universities

2017 - present : Deputy Director of the LRCS, UPJV Amiens

2018 - present : Director of the ALISTORE European Research Institute

2020 - 2025 : Coordinator of the Marie Curie COFUND PhD Project, DESTINY

2020 - 2023 : President of the Section 33 (Materials Science) of the French National Council of Universities (CNU)

Keywords and Domains of Expertise

Solid State Chemistry, Crystallography, Ionic Conductors, Battery materials, Phosphates, Diffraction, Ceramics, Crystal Chemistry, Na-Ion Batteries, All Solid State Batteries, Phase Transitions, Operando X-Ray diffraction within Batteries, ....,

September 24, 2020 : Paper accepted in J. Mater. Chem. A  on Na₇V₃(P₂O₇)₄, with Vadim KOVRUGIN as main author.

September 14, 2020 : Paper accepted in J. Amer. Chem. Soc. on Na₃PS₄ and pressure effects on solid electrolytes, with Theodiosios FAMPRIKIS as main author.

August 30, 2020 : Paper accepted in J. Power Sources, a review on Na-Batteries, with Montse CASAS-CABANAS as leader of a great team of contributors.

July 13, 2020 : 30 PhD topics received for the first Pre-Call of the MSCA PhD Cofund project DESTINY. An exciting adventure begins.

June 8, 2020 : Paper accepted in J. Power Sources on Na-containing Antiperovskites, with Ernest AHIAVI and Theo FAMPRIKIS as main contributors.

May 29, 2020 : Omer Ulas KUDU is now a "Docteur de L'Université de Picardie Jules Verne", Amiens, FRANCE. For his great work on solid electrolytes within the Li2S-P2S5 system, in collaboration with SOLVAY.  

April 1, 2020 : Official start of our Bilateral ANR-NSG, i.e. France-Singapore, project on Na-containing solid electrolytes, with Pieremanuele CANEPA, Stefan ADAMS and Tony CHEETHAM as collaborators from NUS, Jean-Noël CHOTARD, Vincent SEZNEC and Christine FRAYRET as co-workers from LRCS.

February 3, 2020 : The EU informs me that they accepted our 8 Million Euros Marie Curie COFUND project, DESTINY. 50 PhD projects to be granted to talented students witin the frames of the ALISTORE Network and the BATTERY 2030+ Initiative. 

February 6 & 7, 2020 : The National Committee on Materials Science (CNU, Section 33) gathers in Montpellier to examine the files of candidates for "Qualifications" for Assistant-Professor and Full Professor positions in France.  

January 8, 2020 : Congrats to Theodosios FAMPRIKIS, recipient of the Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarship Award from ICDD. 

December 12, 2019 : Long NGUYEN defended his PhD Thesis in Université de Bordeaux, FRANCE. Wonderful work. He will join Prof. Shirley MENG's group in UCSD, as a PDRA, starting March 2010. 

December 10-11, 2019 : The 27th ALISTORE ERI Meeting was held in Barcelona, hosted by M.R. PALACIN. A special tribute to the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was given by Mike THACKERAY. 

November 21, 2019 : Mathieu MORCRETTE, the head of LRCS, receives the "Médaille de Cristal" of the CNRS, a prestigious recognition for his achievements in Amiens

October 30, 2019 : The Crystal structure of a new polymorph of Na3PS4, discovered by Theo FAMPRIKIS, is published in ACS Materials Letters.

October 15-17, 2019 :  Around 120 people gather in Amiens for the RS2E Meeting. Lots of excellent science on many fronts of advanced battery and supercapacitor research.

Sept. 26, 2019 : Submission of the DESTINY project under the Marie Curie COFUND Scheme : 40 partners from 12 countries, 50 PhD thesis to be funded.... Results in February 2020 !!

June 19-20, 2019 : 28th Meeting of the ALISTORE-ERI in Vitoria (SPAIN) in the premises of our Partner CIC-Energigune

March 25-27, 2019 : Meeting of the MESC+ Consortium in Toulouse, FRANCE, to select 20 students for EMJMD Scholarships, among many applicants (>250).

March 19-20, 2019 : Bi-annual Meeting of the RS2E Network, Lille, FRANCE.

March 4-8, 2019 : IBA International Meeting in UCSD, La Jolla, USA. Organized by Prof. Shirley MENG

October 17-18, 2018 :  RS2E bi-annual Meeting (120 participants) in ICG Montpellier

October 1^st, 2018 :  Ulas KUDU's review paper on Li₂S-P₂S₅  Solid Electrolytes accepted in J. Power Sources 

September 27^th, 2018 : Big proposal submitted for the Marie Curie COFUND action; DESTINY gathers 40 european partners for 53 PhD thesis proposed.

July 26^th, 2018 : Fan CHEN's first paper accepted in SMALL Methods, on Na4MnV(PO4)3

July 24^th, 2018 : Thibaut BROUX's paper accepted in SMALL Methods, on high rate Na3V2(PO4)2F3

June 26^th, 2018 : MESC+ is granted as an EMJMD ERASMUS MUNDUS Master Course for 5 more years, with partners in Spain, Slovenia, Poland, France, USA and Australia

April 25^th, 2018: Attending the 34^th PSI Electrochemical Symposium in Villigen, SWITZERLAND. Talk on operando investigations of Li and Na battery materials.

April 24^th 2018: Mattéo BIANCHINI's paper accepted in J. Mater Chem. A. on Na⁺ - Ag⁺ ion exchange in Na₃V₂(PO₄)₂F₃ 

Jan. 19^th, 2018: Simon MALIFARGE defends his PhD Thesis in UPJV Amiens

Dec. 12^th, 2017: ALISTORE Meeting in Amiens, FRANCE. New Direction elected with P. JOHANSSON, R. DOMINKO and myself as Directors. Thanks A LOT to R. PALACIN and P. SIMON for their leadership during the previous term.

Dec. 11^th, 2017: Thibault BROUX's paper accepted in Chem. Mater. on transpot properties of Na3V2(PO4)2F3

Nov. 29^th, 2017: Attending the 4th International Na-ion Battery Conference in Tokyo, JAPAN. 

Nov. 24^th, 2017: Edouard BOIVIN defends hs PhD thesis in UPJV Amiens

Sept. 28^th, 2017: Application for a COFUND Programme (Marie Curie Action)

May 30^th, 2017: Attending the 8th ICE Conference in Nagoya, JAPAN 

February 15^th, 2017: New Application of MESC Consortium for ERASMUS + EMJMD.

February 5^th, 2017: the LRCS moves to its new building, the HUB of the RS2E French Network on Electrochemical Energy Storage.

February 5^th, 2017: Paper #2 of Thibault BROUX, on VIV disproportionation in NVPF upon charge, accepted in ACS J. Phys. Chem. C

February 1^st, 2017: Paper #2 of Yue DENG, on mixed anion effect in solid electrolytes, accepted in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

October 24th, 2016 : Paper #2 of Edouard BOIVIN, on LiVPO₄(F,O) accepted in J. Phys. Chem. C.

October 6th, 2016 : Paper #1 of Thibault BROUX on Na₃V₂(PO₄)₂F₃ accepted in Chem. Mater.

October 5th, 2016 : The Nobel Prize for Chesmistry is attributed to Jean-Pierre SAUVAGE from Strasbourg.

June 28-29, 2016 : ERAMUS + Meeting in Brussels on "Mastering Joint Excellence under ERASMUS MUNDUS" 

June 14-18, 2016 : IMLB 2016 in Chicago, 1800 attendees......

April 12-15, 2016 : Proposals Subcommittees and Scientific Council at ILL, Grenoble, FRANCE

March. 22, 2016 : Talk at IBA Conference, Nantes, France

Feb. 18, 2016 : Application of M.E.S.C. for ERASMUS + re-accreditation ......

Dec. 5, 2015 : Interview of Mathieu MORCRETTE, Director of LRCS, in "Agir en Picardie".

Interview

Nov. 23-25, 2015 :CNRS-sponsored ANF Chimie du Solide, organized in Caen, France.

Nov. 9, 2015 : PhD Defense of Fabien LALERE in UPJV Amiens 

Oct. 23, 2015 : PhD Defense of Matteo BIANCHINI in UPJV Amiens 

Sept. 15, 2015 : Graduation Ceremony in Amiens of Class#10 of M.E.S.C. Master Course.

Sept. 2, 2015 : invited Talk at European Conference on Neutron Scattering, Zaragoza, Spain

August 7, 2015 : New Crystal Structure of Na3V2(PO4)3 published in Chem. Mater.

July 1, 2015 : Yue DENG's first paper on Li4SiO4-Li3PO4 is published in JACS.

July 1, 2015 : Invited talk at ICMAT Singapore on highly defective LiFePO4 powders.

June 16, 2015 : Fabien LALERE gives a talk in SSI Conference, Keyston, USA

June 4, 2015 : Matteo BIANCHINI is the ECS Battery Student Award winner for 2015

June 1, 2015 : Robin AMISSE's paper on highly defective LiFePO4 accepted in Chemistry of Materials 

Nov 24, 2014 : the www site 

http://www.docteurs-chimie.fr/ is launched. There is in particular a very convenient Job section.

July 23, 2014 : Visit the www site of Nature related to CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, MILESTONES

July 11, 2014 : HDR Defense of Joël GAUBICHER, IMN Nantes, France

June 15-18 : EPDIC Conference in Aarhus, Denmark.

June 7-12, 2014 : IMLB conference, Como, Italy

May 6, 2014 : Comité de Sélection, Poste 33MCF0269, Amiens

April 16th, 2014 : Conseil Académique à l'UPJV Amiens.

April 2-4, 2014 : Power our Future at CIC Energigune, SPAIN

March 18 & 19, 2014 : ILL Subcommittees for experiments, Grenoble, FRANCE 

March 3-7, 2014 : IBA Meeting in Brisbane, Australia

Feb. 24-25, 2014 : Meeting of the French RS2E in Lyon, FRANCE.

Feb. 11-13, 2014 : Meeting of the MESC Consortium in Marseille for the Selection of CLass#11 (2014-2016)

February 7, 2014 : All Solid State Battery Meeting of the RS2E.

February 7, 2014 : Na-ion Group Meeting of the RS2E

January 24, 2014 : Li-Ion Group Meeting of the RS2E in Collège de France, Paris

January  23, 2014 : Prof. J.M. TARASCON gives his Inaugural Lecture at College de France, Paris