Carmen CIOTONEA, was born in Romania in 1986. She obtained double PhD diploma from IC2MP-University of Poitiers and Technical University from Iasi (RO), in 07/2015 (Excellence Eiffel program). After six years at UCCS-Lille where she developed the activities on the UPCAT platform, devoted to the synthesis and scale up of heterogeneous catalysis, she joined UCEIV-ULCO in 2021 as Associate Professor.

• Responsible of the Energy and Environmental specialty-3rd year at the engineer school of Littoral Opal Coast-ULCO, she leads actions devoted to decarbonation, including the formation-industry partnerships in the frame of the C-DéCIDé PIA on decarbonation led by ULCO.

• At UCEIV, she works in the catalysis team on catalyst synthesis / characterization and decarbonation processes, aligned with the industrial interest of the local industries (clean hydrogen, hydrogen storage, plastic recycling, and of course CCU and CCS).

• The research is focused on synthesis and characterization of advanced catalytic materials prepared with accurate control of nanoparticle size, morphostructural properties and the chemical and thermal stability of metal (or oxide) NPs, in order to improve the durability of the materials during the reaction.

• Main catalytic applications are on biomass valorization, thermal catalytic CO₂ valorization, water remediation by advanced oxidation processes

Keywords : supported catalyst, transition metals, mesoporous support, energy , environment