Eddy received his PhD degree in Physical Chemistry from the National Graduate School of Engineering of Montpellier, France in 2014. In addition to teaching his research interests cover the understanding of the relationships between local order/disorder and the properties of zeolites combining experimental and theoretical approaches of multinuclear Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR). As Research Scientist at the Laboratory of Catalysis and Spectrochemistry (LCS), Normandy University, CNRS, France. Eddy obtained his HDR in November 2022.

Research Highlights: Deep characterization of defects in zeolites to fine-tune their properties and performances.

Edwin received his PhD (2019) from The University of Sydney, supervised by Assoc. Prof. Anthony F. Masters and Prof. Thomas Maschmeyer, on a combined investigation of homogeneous cobalt catalysts for water and biomass oxidation, and metal nitrides for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Currently, he works as a postdoctoral researcher in the Laboratory of Catalysis and Spectrochemistry, Normandy University, CNRS, France. His current research interests focus on new syntheses and characterisation of nano-sized zeolites for applications in gas separation including CO₂ capture.

Research Highlights: OSDA-free synthesis of BPH nanosheets, Flexible RHO Nanosized Zeolite for Selective CO₂ Adsorption

Hugo received his PhD (2021) from the University of Poitiers (France), supervised by Assoc. Prof. Ludovic Pinard, Prof. Yannick Pouilloux and Assoc. Prof. Romain Beauchet on the development and investigation of a millisecond reactor process dedicated to producing linear α-olefins from n-paraffins and fatty acids methyl esters through autothermal oxidative cracking. Currently, he works as a postdoctoral researcher in the Laboratory of Catalysis and Spectrochemistry, Normandy University, CNRS, France. His current research interests focus on the catalytic conversion of the components present in natural gas, including the direct conversion of methane into benzene through dehydroaromatization under non-oxidative conditions.

Research Highlights: Catalytic methane dehydroaromatization into benzene.

Mishel received his PhD (2022) from the Saint Petersburg State University, supervised by Prof. Dr. Oleg I. Siidra, on investigation of crystal-chemical features of novel compounds with stereoactive lone pairs of Se⁴⁺, Te⁴⁺ and Tl⁺ cations. Currently, he works as a postdoctoral researcher in the Laboratory of Catalysis and Spectrochemistry, Normandy University, CNRS, France. His current research involves development of new approaches for synthesis of template-free nano-sized zeolites and advanced characterization with a special attention to the influence of symmetry elements on the zeolite crystal structure features.

Research Highlights: Novel tiles, secondary building units, crystal structures.

Abdallah joined the Mintova group in April 2021 as postdoctoral research and his research involves development of new approaches for synthesis of nano-sized zeolites, their advanced characterization for biomedical application. He obtained a PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University Hassan II of Casablanca, Morocco, in 2021 where he worked on the design and synthesis of nanostructured phosphate based-materials, characterization and their applications as heterogeneous catalysts for synthesis of fine chemicals and environmental protection (e.g. photocatalysis, adsorption and separation).

Research Highlights: Template-free synthesis of nanosized zeolite, Characterization of nanosized zeolite materials

Qiudi Yue obtained his PhD degree in Physical Chemistry from Charles University in Prague in 2021, supervised by Dr. Maksym Opanasenko and Prof. Jiří Čejka, where he worked on the design and synthesis of elementosilicate zeolites and their applications in gas separation and catalysis. Then he moved to the Laboratory of Catalysis and Spectrochemistry in 2022 working with Dr. Svetlana Mintova as a postdoctoral researcher on the development of new methodologies for the tailored synthesis of zeolites with particular properties for catalytic applications.

Research Highlights : New zeolite structures and crystallization mechanism, New approaches for the synthesis of zeolite materials, Gas separation and catalysis.

Igor received his PhD (2016) from A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds of Russian Academy of Sciences, supervised by Assoc. Prof. Victor P. Dyadchenko and Dr. Oleg A. Filippov, where he coordinated the research direction of main group hydrides and worked on synthesis of transition metal tetrahydroborates, characterization of physico-chemical properties of boranes/silanes and studied of the mechanisms of dehydrocoupling reactions. Currently, he works as a postdoctoral researcher in the LCS, Normandy University, CNRS, France.

Research Highlights : Synthesis of micro- and nanosized zeolites and hydrides for gas storage, gas adsorption and separations.

Sajjad received his B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (Iran) and working in different projects related to natural gas processing disciplines. He was awarded an Erasmus Mundus scholarship to peruse triple M.Sc. degrees as part of the European program entitled “Membrane Engineering for a Sustainable World (EM3E-4SW)” in University of Montpellier (France), University of Chemistry and Technology Prague (Czech Republic), and University of Twente (the Netherlands). He focused on material science and engineering in France, chemical engineering in Czech Republic, and inorganic chemistry and synthesis in the Netherlands with special focus on membrane science and technology. On 2022, he got his Ph.D. in chemistry in LCS under supervision of Dr. Mintova. From Nov. 2022, he is working on synthesis of novel nanozeolites for CO₂ capture and separation in EcoGas project with TotalEnergies. He is also focusing on developing novel methodologies to characterize and synthesize flexible zeolites.

Research Highlights: Synthesizing and advanced characterization of novel nanosized zeolites for light gas separation (CO₂, CH₄, N₂, H₂, etc.).

Vera received her master’s degree (2019) from Ufa State Petroleum Technological University, supervised by Prof. Tatyana Prosochkina, on analysis of the catalytic properties of crystalline and amorphous aluminosilicates in the synthesis of benzimidazoles. Presently she is undertaking Ph.D. research in the Laboratory of Catalysis and Spectrochemistry, Normandy University, CNRS, France.

Research Highlights : Synthesis and characterization of metal sulfide-modified embryonic zeolites for applications in oxidative ethane dehydrogenation.

Francesco graduated from the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technology of the University of Calabria where he also obtained a PhD in Chemistry with specialization in « Molecular Design » with recognition of « Doctor Europaeus ». He is expert in « Chemistry of advanced materials » and his research activity focuses on the zeolitic catalysts and on the bioenergy sector. He worked as Assistant Professor at the Department of Environmental Engineering (University of Calabria, Rende, Cs, Italy). Currently, he works as a researcher in the prestigious institute of “Laboratoire de Catalyse et Spectrochimie”, Normandy University, CNRS (Caen, France). He had focused his research topic mainly on the FTIR characterization of nano-sized zeolites. Francesco is also co-author and co-editor of books for publisher such as Elsevier and IET.

Research Highlights: FT-IR characterization of functional groups and acid sites of nanocrystalline zeolites using basic probes such as CO, Pyridine and diTerButylPyridine; post-synthesis treatment of zeolites (hierarchization, wet impregnation and heat treatment) to improve the catalytic properties

Ahmed obtained his MSc. In Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University (2019) and his PhD (2022) from University of Caen Normandy under the supervision of Dr.Valentin Valtchev. His scientific research is combining the computational studies with experimental ones for data-driven multi-scale material and process design. His studies focus on to use high performance computing (e.g. AI/ML driven DFT and MD) in the domain of energy transition : particularly promoting upgrade and storage of energy vectors  (H₂, nautral gas and bigas) , combined carbon capture and sequestration in clathrate hydrates as well as green catalysis. Ahmed has a wide industrial experience and an active member of several chemical engineering and chemistry societies including MAIChE (USA), AMIChemE (UK), SFGP (France), SFP (France) and EFCE.

Research Highlights: Mulitscale Process Modelling, DFT calculations, Clathrate Hydrates, Methane Storage,  Hydrogen Storage, CCS, Zeolites, Kinetic studies.

Karen received her PhD (2019) in Inorganic Chemistry from the Federal University of Paraná (Brazil) with an internship of 6 months at the Institut of Chemistry of Clermont Ferrand (ICCF) (2017-2018) followed by a two-year post-doctorate at the University of Poitiers with industrial partner (2019-2021). In this last position, she studied a gas-phase heterogeneous catalytic reaction and improved operating conditions for industrial production of a key intermediate chemical. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Laboratory of Catalysis and Spectrochemistry (LCS) in close collaboration with an industrial partner working on catalyst development and process optimization for catalytic conversion of CO₂ into industrial compounds of high-added value in multidomain.

Research Highlights: technologies for natural gas transformation, CO₂ conversion, renewable raw materials, physical and chemical material characterizations, gas valorization.

Jérôme Rey received his PhD (2019) from Ecole Normale Sup. de Lyon, under the direction of Pascal Raybaud (IFPEN Lyon-Solaize) and the supervision of Céline Chizallet (IFPEN Lyon-Solaize) and Tomáš Bučko (Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia), on the mechanisms and kinetics of alkenes isomerization and cracking in chabazite zeolite quantified by constrained ab initio molecular dynamics. He was previously professeur agrégé in CPGE (classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles). Since then, he has worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the Laboratory of Chemistry at ENS de Lyon (2019-2021) about the theoretical study of the catalytic activity of alumina in presence of water in biomass conversion process, under the supervision of Carine Michel and at the Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie Théorique of Lorraine University (2021-2022) on the topic of free energies calculations for reactions in zeolites computed by machine learning perturbation theory, under the supervision of Dario Rocca and Michael Badawi. Currently, he works as a postdoctoral researcher in LCS, CNRS, France, under the supervision of Rémy Guillet-Nicolas. His current research focus on the development of zeolitic materials for separation, stockage and transport of CH₄, H₂, N₂ and CO₂ with advanced modeling methods.

Research Highlights: ab initio constrained molecular dynamics, DFT, machine learning, adsorption, catalysis, zeolites.

Viktar received his PhD degree in Engineering and Technology from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in 2014 after defending the dissertation “Development and Improvement of the Experimental Techniques for Fluid Examination”. His areas of expertise cover a great number of topics such as fluid mechanics, hydrodynamics, convection, diffusion and thermodiffusion, heat and mass transfer in pure liquids and porous media, flows in systems with interfaces, mixing by vibrations. His work has included experimental studies, both in regular on-ground environment and in microgravity conditions during parabolic flight campaigns, for which he has designed, developed and produced a number of unique set-ups. Now he works as a researcher at the Laboratory of Catalysis and Spectrochemistry, Normandy University, CNRS, France.

Research Highlights : Creation of a device for the extraction of water from atmospheric air.

Ying graduated from Sun Yat-sen University with a PhD degree in 2014, supervised by Prof. Cheng-Yong Su. After graduation, he had both academia and industry experiences, working in Quantachrome instruments (Shanghai branch), Jinzhou Medical University, Imperial College London, and the Autonomous University of Madrid. Now he works as a postdoctoral researcher in the Laboratory of Catalysis and Spectrochemistry, Normandy University, CNRS, France. His research interests include gas adsorption and separation as well as catalytic degradation of pollutants using porous materials, such as Metal-organic Frameworks (MOFs), zeolites, polymers, and related composites.

Research highlights: MOFs with amine oxide groups for CO₂ capture and separation, propylene/propane separation using Hypercrosslinked/carbon composites