My research interest is concerned with the ellucidation of the primary photohysical and photochemical processes that drive the functionnality of photoactive materials and molecules. Toward this end, we are developing and implemanting strategy based on the ultrafast femtosecond lasers to investigate and to control the reactivity. We aims to improve the light-to-chemical energy conversion schemes as a solution for strong societal and environmental issues. We are focusing on porous host-guest materials (zeolite, porous organic materials)

We have expertize in ultrafast pump-probe spectroscopy and related time-resolved spectroscopy techniques.

• 2000 - 2002 : Project FP6 Marie Curie individual fellowship (24 Months)
• 2004-2005: French-Bayerish collaboration (Univ. Paris Sud / LMU) 2007 : Bonus Quality research U-Paris Sud (50 k€)
• 2005-2007: Project FP6 design study EUROFEL, PI for LCP, (200 k€)
• 2007-2010: Project ANR PNANO "SRIF", LMPC, LCP LASIR et ESRF, PI LCP 2010 : Bonus Quality Research, université de Lille 1 (60 k€)
• 2011-2014 : Project ANR 2PAGmicrofaB, participant (120 k€)
• 2014-2017: Project ANR TARGED "Plasmonic in nanopores", Project initiator and PI LASIR, 550 k€
• 2019-2021: Project Région StaRs‘TransiCat’ « spectroscopy IR fs operando of new photocatalyst for the conversion of methane ». Collaboration UCCS, 90 k€
• 2020-2021 : Project PhotoMetaCat LASIRe-UCCS 25 k€, femtosecond DRIFT spectroscopy of photocatalyst
• 2022 – 2026 : Project ANR PulseCoMeth (LASIRE, UCCS, LCS, IPR), Coordinator, 580 k€
• 2018-2020 : CPER ArChi-CM: development of the femtosecond facility in LASIRE, 600 k€
• 2022-2027 : CPER, Responsible for the action in the field of Photoactive Materials, 300 k€
• 2023 – 2027 : Project ANR ACTIVATE (Femto-ST, CP2M, LASIRE, UCCS), PI LASIRE 138 k€
• 2023 – 2027 : Project ANR PEECFUEL (IEMN, UCCS, LASIRE, CINTRA), PI LASIRE 90 k€
• 2024 – 2029 : PEPR LUMA, moonshot project SYNFLUX-LUMICALS (3.2 M€), PI LASIRE, WP1 co-manager