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Région De Paris, France

Team management (15 technicians, engineeres and researchers in beneficiation, mineral characterization, metallography, geology).PhD thesis co-director :- John-Lee Dubos : Determination of the parameters controlling agglomeration of Mn, Ni and Fe dusts.- Arthur Delaporte : Geometallurgical investigations and process modeling applied to Fe-Ti Oxides of Grande Côte Zirconium and Titanium deposit, Sénégal.

Material characterization (ore, process residues, metals, products,...): XRD, SEM-FEG petrography, SEM-Qemscan, SEM-EBSD, electronic microprobe, laser particles analyzer,...Research project management: development and coordination of long term research portfolio.Involved in French and European collaborative research programs (ANR, H2020, KIC Raw Materials).Team management of the Mineralogy - Ore Processing - Materials Department at ERAMET Research.

Trappes

Petrological characterization of ores, minerals and raw materials by XRD, electronic microprobe and scanning electron microscopes:- Geological studies of ores and their formation and evolution,- Characterization of acid leaching residues in hydrometallurgical process,- Refractory-slag-metal equilibrium in pyrometallurgical furnace,- Automated mineralogy: construction of databases for Qemscan analysis.Conduction and construction of research projects for mining and metallurgical plants.

Teaching contributor in the Master degree Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environment (STePE).Nickel mine and metallurgy in New-Caledonia.

Saclay

Teaching contributor in the master degree Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environment (STePE).Rare Earth Elements and niobium deposits and their exploitation.

Jussieu

Magmatic petrologyRocks collection curator:- Inventory of ore collection from Université Pierre et Marie ex-Applied Geology Laboratory- Initiation of an enhancement and valorization plan for Université Pierre et Marie rock collections (ore, petrological, sedimentary, fossil)- Construction of sample collections for the students of petrological courses

Jussieu

Geochemistry - petrology:L1 : From mineral to globe, discovery and presentation of geological sciences. 36h/yearL2 : Field training in Normandie (France) : magmatic and metamorphic petrology, sedimentology, paleontology, cartography... 26h/yearL2 : Geochemistry : isotopic fractionation, radio chronology, stable isotopes and geochemistry on trace elements. 100h/yearL3 : Field training in the Agly Massif (France) : Magmatic and metamorphic petrology, cartography. 62h/yearL3 : Petrology in teacher training courses. 8h/yearM1 : Refresher in geology : magmatic and metamorphic petrology. 3h/year

Région De Cape Town, Afrique Du Sud

Geochemistry : whole rock isotopic analysis of Pb, Sr and Nd, and mineral isotopic analysis of Sr with a laser ICP-MS, isotopic analysis of oxygen on minerals, with laser fluorination line. Trace element analysis on whole rocks and minerals by means of mass spectrometers.

Phd, Geology - Petrology

Magmatic petrology : The alkaline core of Messum complex, Namibia : Petrological description, interpretation of the mineralogical.

Master'S Degree, Petrology - Volcanology