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, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France

Research Records

143 Publications in International Journals (h = 52)

60 Invited and Keynote oral presentations in International Conferences

11 PhD thesis as advisor since 1998

1 Chapter of book

3 books edited

13 International Patents published

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

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

2006 - present : Coordinator of the ERASMUS MUNDUS Joint Master Degree Course «Materials for Energy Storage & Conversion», now MESC+

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

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

2018 - present : Director of the ALISTORE European Research Institute

Keywords and Domains of Expertise

Solid State Chemistry, Crystallography, Ionic Conductors, Battery materials, Phosphates, Diffraction, Ceramics, Crystal Chemistry

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