RESEARCH TOPICS
Biological removal of pharmaceutical micropollutants in wastewater :
- Implementation of innovative bioprocesses: Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) for the treatment of wastewater after source separation, Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor in tertiary treatment, Coupling of MBR and solar photooxidation process
- Comprehensive tools: abiotic/biotic phenomena, characterization of biological activities (removal kinetics, enzymatic activities), modelling…
Bioprocesses based on fermentations for production of molecules platform :
- Optimization of fermentation processes for production of platform molecules from vegetal biomass or food wastes
- Comprehensive tools: reaction an oxygen transfer rate, process modelling, environmental impact as optimization criteria…
Application & Teaching
Research applications: bioprocesses for wastewater treatment or biorefineries applications
Research supervision
9 PhD students and 1 post-doc
Teaching activities: Thermodynamic, Design of Experiment, Project management, Biofuels…
Academic collaborations: UPVD, INSA, CHROME, LCA…
International collaborations: Suranaree Universty of Technology (Thailand), IDEA-CSIC (Spain)…
Education and Degrees
Graduate in Process Engineering form INP – ENSIGC (ENSIACET), Toulouse (France)
Master in Process Engineering from Toulouse INP
PhD in Process Engineering (Toulouse INP): « Bacterial biofilm development on hydrocarbon in both liquid and porous systems: quantification and growth kinetic
HDR Toulouse INP : « De la conduite des bioréacteurs à la conduite des bioprocédés”