Stéphane Siffert was born in Mulhouse (France) in 1969. He obtained his PhD in chemistry (catalysis) in 1997 at the Louis Pasteur University in Strasbourg under the supervision of F. Garin on the “Catalytic reactivity of the Pt-zéolithe Beta system with respect to hexane skeletal rearrangement reactions”. After a position as Temporary Attaché of Teaching and Research in Strasbourg, he will do a year of post-doctorate at the University of Namur (Belgium) at the Laboratory of Chemistry of Inorganic Materials directed by B.-L. Su. In 1998, he became Assistant Professor at the University of Littoral-Côte d’Opale in Dunkerque, where he introduced the research theme on the catalytic treatment of Volatile Organic Compounds at the Catalysis and Environment Laboratory (LCE, EA 2598).

In 2006, he completed his HDR (authorisation to supervise research activities) entitled “Study of porous materials, compounds hosting active phases for the catalytic oxidation of Volatile Organic Compounds”. Since 2010, when the LCE joined two other ULCO laboratories to form UCEIV (EA 4492), he has headed the “Catalytic Treatment and Clean Energy” team (7 EC, 1 IE).

His research work concerns the catalytic treatment of atmospheric pollutants: Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), Oxides of nitrogen (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO) and soot. He also studies the purification and recovery of CO2 as well as the removal of organic pollutants from water by Fenton and photoFenton using solid catalysts in conjunction with the CS team.