Projects in progress :
- 2022-2025 : CCHF/CUD project: “Study of indoor and outdoor air quality in maritime Flanders with a focus on endocrine disruptors”.
- 2021-2024 : ANR, A4A project: “Air quality and quality of life for asthmatic children in Africa”.
- 2020-2026 : Plan Investissement d’Avenir 3, TI-DEC “Dunkirk, creative energy”.
International projects
– 2021-2024: PHC-TOUBKAL project: Contribution of mycorrhizal inoculation to the production of essential oils from a number of MAP plants in the Marrakech region, in collaboration with a Moroccan partner: A. Qaddoury, Cadi Ayyad University.
National projects
– 2021-2024: PIA – Programme d’Investissement d’Avenir – Ville Durable – Site du Crouy :: Applied scientific and technical research project aimed at assessing the relevance of using composts of local origin in the sustainable management of degraded soils in dense urban areas (5 partners).
– 2021-2024: DEPHYTOP project (ADEME, APR GRAINE): Demonstrator of phytomanagement of ETM-contaminated soils based on the circular economy: Optimisation of the essential oils sector (10 academic, private and institutional partners).
Regional projects
– CPER BiHauts-Eco de France (2021 – 2027)
– CPER ECRIN (2021 – 2027)
– 2023-2025: MycUp Project (Stimule STIP Project): Zero residue valorisation of the lignocellulosic growth medium of edible fungi: use in biocontrol and biostimulation.
– 2022-2025: PROZYMO project (Stimule project): Enzymatic production of new plant defence molecules.
– 2018-2024: MINIPEST project: Minimising the use of pesticides in arable and vegetable farming systems in Hauts-de-France. DEPHY EXPE project. (8 partners)
- 2023-2027 : ANR CDeePL « Biocompatible Porous Liquids based on Cyclodextrin-MOFs and eutectic solvents », sponsor.
- 2023-2027 : ANR NanoBAP « Multifunctional Nanostructured Bio-based Active Food Packaging with antimicrobial properties », partner.
- 2023-2025 : New process based on organic solvents and compact absorbers for purifying biogas (BIO2GAZ), CPER Ecrin.
- 2023-2024 : PHC Orchid 49619UF, Determination of Total Vapor Pressure of Hydrophobic Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs) and Conventional Green Solvents.
- 2020-2026 : H2020-MSCA-RISE-2019 n°873005 : Waste Oils RecycLe and Development (WORLD).
- 2020-2024 : Purification of biogas by absorption as part of the project » Dunkerque, l’Energie Créative « , supported by the CUD and winner of the Territoires d’Innovation (TI) action.
- 2020-2024 : ADEME GRAINE contract « DEPHYTOP » Demonstrator for the phytomanagement of soil contaminated by TMEs based on the circular economy: Optimisation of the essential oils sector.
International projects
- 2023-2024 : PHC-Tournesol “CALMANT” project : Manganese-based catalysts for air pollution control: UCLouvain (Belgium).
National projects
- 2023-2027 : ANR “CASiBIO” project : Development of ceramic materials for biogas and CO2 recovery.
- 2022-2025 : “VAlCatBio” project : Analysis, purification and recovery of biogas from a landfill site.
- 2022-2025 : ADEME AQACIA “CATACOMB” project: Catalytic treatment of emissions from wood combustion in domestic fireplaces.
- 2020-2027 : PIA project: TI-DEC “Territoires d’Innovation – Dunkerque, l’Energie Créative”.
Regional projects
- 2021-2027 : CPER BiHauts-Eco de France
- 2021-2027 : CPER ECRIN
- 2021-2025 : STIMulE Hauts-de-France Region project “METHACAT”: catalytic recovery of CO2 for energy purposes
Recent projects :
- 2021-2023 : ANSES/ADEME project, AROMATOX “Characterisation, understanding and modelling of the toxicity of BTEX mixtures”.
- 2021-2023 : ANSES, COPOBOIS project “Innovative coupling for assessing the effect on the respiratory tract of poly-exposure to particulate and gaseous emissions”.
- 2020-2022 : ADEME project, TOXTEM “Toxicity of atmospheric particles from rural, urban-industrial and port areas and impact on the epithelial-mesenchymal transition of lung cells”.
- 2019-2023 : Espace Santé du Littoral project, PAPOU “Study of phthalate impregnation in a population living in an urban-industrial area”.
- 2019-2021 : IRD / AUF / STDF / MISTRALS project, POLCAIR “Air pollution in Cairo: sources and impacts”.
- 2019-2021 : Pôle MTE project, EMMA “Mobile Atmospheric Multi-scale Experiment”.
- 2018-2022: BIONEUROMET Project “Environmental exposure to particulate matter-bound manganese and other metals: bioaccessibility, biomonitoring, and their association with the neurological function”, Spanish Research Agency, Project leader : Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain.
- 2016-2020 : Interreg V France Wallonie Flandres project “DepollutAir: Innovative couplings of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) treatment techniques: new ways to improve air quality”.
- 2016-2019 : Projet TRIPLER : ” Impact of PM2.5 varying according to their source (road traffic, industries) on respiratory health. In vitro approach” – ANSES Environment-Health PRA.
- 2015-2020 : CPER Climibio project, “WP3: Impact of climate change and environmental dynamics on living organisms”.
- 2015-2019 : VESITOX project : “Extracellular vesicles as new potential biomarkers of toxicity of environmental pollutants” – APR Environnement-Santé de l’ANSES, funded by INSERM and Aviesan.
- 2014-2018 : Project “Manganese in urban air: levels, physicochemical characterization and modelling with dispersion models”, Plan Estatal de Investigacion Cientifica y Técnica y de Innovacion, Spain, Project leader : Universidad de Cantabria.
International projects
– 2016-2021 : INTERREG V France-Flanders-Wallonia project, , ” Project portfolio: SMARTBIOCONTROL (26 partners from university laboratories, research centres or farmers’ unions).
o BIOSCREEN project: “New biosourced and multifunctional molecules for the control of phytopathogenic agents in crops in the cross-border region”. Some will be derived from CMAs.
o BIOPROTECT project: “Biological protection in practice: optimising the effectiveness of (new) biological pesticides in the field”. Different CMA species will be tested for their protective potential against powdery mildew and septoria in wheat.
– 2016-2019 : ARIMNET – BACPLANTS project: Towards sustainable agriculture by increasing plant tolerance to biotic stress in the context of climate change (4 partners).
– 2017-2020 : CAPES-COFECUM “BIOSTIMALG” project: using algae for more sustainable agriculture. (2 partners)
National projects
– 2017-2021 : PHYTEO project, Phytostabilization and Essential Oil (ADEME, APR GRAINE): The production of essential oils: an eco-innovative sector for the reconversion of historically polluted soils (6 academic and private partners).
– 2018-2022: EXTRA-Zn project (ADEME, APR GRAINE): ): Production of Zn-enriched biomass by phytoextraction for ecocatalysis (4 partners).
– 2015-2018: IRIS+ project – FUI: Innovative solutions for the health of vines and wheat combining applications of biostimulants and SDP with imaging and agri-equipment technologies. (4 private partners, 3 academic partners)
Regional projects
– 2016-2022: CPER “ALIBIOTECH Agri-food and Biotechnology” project.
WP 1. Characterisation of the interaction between plants and their environment.
WP 2. Biological activities of biomolecules and secondary metabolites from plants and/or micro-organisms.
– 2019-2021 : A2U project: ULCO/UPJV. Tripartite interaction as a means of alternative control of powdery mildew and septoria in wheat, TRIPLET.
– 2022: VANIFUN project (SFR Condorcet): Evaluation of vanillin derivatives: application in plant protection against fungal pathogens.
– 2021 : PHYTOFONC project (SFR Condorcet): Contribution of organic amendments in the phytostabilisation of metallic trace elements and soil refunctionalisation.
Over-the-counter research contracts
– STOLZ industrial contract (2018, 2020): Monitoring the microbiological quality (fungi and bacteria) of animal meal during an innovative sterilisation process.
– LHOIST industrial contract (2019): Study of the in vitro antifungal properties of 2 products (Ca(OH)2 and CaCO3) on 3 phytopathogenic fungi of wheat.
- 2020-2022 : PHC Utique 44209NB project : Development of an innovative control strategy for the integrated management of food pests. Project in partnership with Pr Mediouni Ben Jemâa Jouda , INRAT, Tunis.
- 2020-2021 : FILAXTEXUS project : Production of textile flax fibres for open-end spinning by ultrasonic process and green sizing, public-private partnership the companies VRF and Textiles de Dunes. ADEME Graine.
- 2019-2021 : ScreEnDex project : Screening of Dextrin Encapsulation capabilities / Application to gaseous pollutants and pharmaceutical molecules, public-private partnership with the company Roquette Frères within the framework of the CPER IRENE.
- 2019-2021 : PCSI project : « Natural antimicrobials and insecticides encapsulated in biodegradable materials based on proteins, phospholipids and cyclodextrins for food preservation: applications to fresh orange juice and dates”. Collaboration with the Lebanese University, the University Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (LAGEP) and the University of Carthage, Tunisia.
- 2019-2020 : AUF/CNRS Liban SCORE project : “Supramolecular Chelation of Heavy Metals and Radioactive Entities” (SCORE) Chelation supramoléculaire des métaux lourds et d’entités radioactives. (France, Tunisie, Liban).
- 2018-2020 : PHC Galilé (N°39467XJ) : New supramolecular green solvent for VOC abatement. Partenaires :
- Pr Andrea Mele, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italie.
- Dr Margarida Costa-Gomes, Laboratoire de Chimie, ENS de Lyon, France.
- 2017-2020 : ADEME GRAINE project « PHYTEO » : The production of essential oils: an eco-innovative way of reconverting historically polluted soils. Transversal project between 3 UCEIV teams, led by the IPCR team (Pr Anissa Hadj-Sahraoui).
- 2019 : SFR Condorcet COVSOLV project : « Absorption of volatile compounds via environmentally friendly solvents”. Collaboration with Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de Reims (ICMR), UMR 7312, University of Reims Champagne Ardenne (URCA).
- 2018-2019 : BQR A2U : Study of the encapsulation properties of amphiphilic cyclodextrins in deep eutectic solvents and of the conditions of their industrial and commercial valorisation. Partners :
- LG2A UMR CNRS 7378
- UCCS UMR CNRS 8181
- Curapp-ESS, UMR CNRS 7319
- 2017-2019 : ULTRAFLAX project : « Design of new bio-composite materials for eco-design based on mucilages from oilcake and short flax fibres “.
- 2018 : Projet IRENE project: Caractérisation de nouveaux matériaux à changement de phase microencapsulés.
- 2018 : IRENE project : ynthesis and study of new complexing entities based on calix[4]pyrrole for heavy metal decontamination of aquatic environments. (REMELO project).
- 2018 : SFR Condorcet IGNIFLAX project : « Use of ultrasonic and enzymatic processes for improving the quality of flax fibres”. Collaboration with the University of REIMS, UMR INRA 614 FARE (URCA).
- 2016-2018 : PCSI (AUF) project : « Improvement of the nutritional qualities of food by encapsulation of active compounds: application to estragole “. Collaboration with the Lebanese University, the University Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (LAGEP) and the University of Carthage, Tunisia.
- 2018 : Ultralin project : « Application development of sonochemical processes for the valorisation of flax fibres “.
- 2017-2021 : ABIOVAL project funded by ADEME, Le PO-FEDER and the company Neo Eco: Energy recovery from biogas.
- 2018-2019 : IRENE CPER “COVO” project: “Exploratory study of a catalytic oxidation process for the remediation of industrial effluents laden with oxygenated VOCs” in partnership with Ryssen Alcools.
- 2016-2018 : Innocold project: “Catalytic oxycombustion / CO2 energy recovery” in partnership with EDF LNG Dunkerque.
- 2016-2022: Interreg V France – Wallonia – Flanders: “DepollutAir: Innovative combinations of techniques for treating Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs): new ways of improving air quality” project.
- 2019 : Grant project from the Communauté Urbaine de Dunkerque: Analysis and Valorisation of gases from a landfill or methanisation centre.
- 2014-2018 : ARCUS E2D2 project “Environment, Energy and Sustainable Development”.