Alejandro A. Franco - Full Professor at LRCS (Université de Picardie Jules Verne & CNRS) & Junior Member of the Institut Universitaire de France
Herebelow it comes the list of the students and postdocs who Prof. Franco is supervising/has supervised at LRCS in Amiens, and at CEA in Grenoble. The names of the hosted visiting research scientists are also indicated.
Alain Ngandjong - Postdoctoral researcher (started on April 15, 2018)
Research topic: ERC Project "ARTISTIC" (lithium ion battery fabrication, modeling activities).
Supervised by Prof. A.A. Franco
Past position: Postdoctoral researcher (February 13, 2017 - January 31, 2018).
Research topic: multiscale modeling of lithium ion batteries.
Supervised by Prof. A.A. Franco
Emiliano Primo - Postdoctoral researcher (started on May 1, 2018).
Research topic: ERC Project "ARTISTIC" (lithium ion battery fabrication, experimental activities).
Supervised by Prof. A.A. Franco
Past position: Visiting Postdoctoral researcher from Universidad Nacional de Cordoba of Argentina (January 3 - April 30, 2018)
Supervised by Prof. A.A. Franco
Yinghui Yin - Postdoctoral researcher (started in February 23, 2018)
Research topic: multiscale modeling of lithium sulfur batteries (H2020 EU Project "HELIS").
Supervised by Prof. A.A. Franco.
Past position: PhD student (October 13, 2014 - January 31, 2018)
Research topic: multiscale modeling and experimental characterization of lithium air batteries.
Co-supervised by Prof. A.A. Franco and Prof. D. Larcher (LRCS).
Garima Shukla - PhD student (Started on October 1, 2015)
Research topic: multiscale modeling of redox flow batteries.
Co-supervised by Prof. A.A. Franco (LRCS) and Dr. A.V. Salsac (UTC).
Past position: Engineer (December 1, 2014 - August 31, 2015)
Research topic: multiscale modeling and experimental characterization of fabrication and microstructure formation in lithium ion battery electrodes.
Co-supervised by Prof. A.A. Franco and Dr. M. Morcrette (LRCS).
Vigneshwaran Thangavel - PhD student (started on October 1, 2015)
Research topic: multiscale modeling of lithium sulfur batteries.
Co-supervised by Prof. A.A. Franco and Dr. M. Morcrette (LRCS).
Past position: MSc. student (February 9 - August 31, 2015)
Research topic: multiscale modeling and experimental characterization of liquid/solid electrochemical interfaces.
Co-supervised by Prof. A.A. Franco and Prof. D. Larcher (LRCS).
Amangeldi Torayew - PhD student (started on February 15, 2016)
Research topic: mediators transport modeling and experimental characterization in Li-O2 and Li-S batteries.
Co-supervised by Prof. A.A. Franco (LRCS) and Prof. C. Grey (University of Cambridge).
Past position: MSc. Student (June 2014 - February 2015)
Research topic: multiscale modeling of aging mechanisms in PEM fuel cells. Supervised by Prof. A.A. Franco.
Dr. Kanhao Xue - Postdoctoral researcher (June 2013-May 2015)
Research topic (2013-2014): multiscale modeling of lithium-air batteries
Supervised by Prof. A.A. Franco.
Research topic (2014-2015): multiscale modeling of lithium-sulfur batteries
Co-supervised by Prof. A.A. Franco, Dr. M. Morcrette and Dr. C. Guery (LRCS).
Stephan Strahl - Collaborating PhD Student from Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain (in Amiens in June-July 2013 and in January 2014)
(collaboration with Prof. Jordi Riera and Dr. Attila Husar, UPC/IRII, Barcelona, Spain)
Research topic: modeling of water transport, detailed electrochemistry and materials degradation in PEM Fuel Cells
Supervised by Prof. A.A. Franco.
Dr. Ali Kachmar - Postdoctoral researcher (Jan.2009 - Feb. 2011)
Research topics: Multi-scale modeling of the HER electrocatalytic properties of Ni-N-based bio-inspired molecules as cathodic materials for photosensitive electrolyzers, and multiscale modeling of the impact of Nafion microstructure onto the ORR in PEMFC cathodes.
Sylvain Passot - Chemical Engineering student (3rd year) at CPE Lyon (Sep. 2007 - Aug. 2008) and PhD student (Oct. 2009 - Sep. 2012)
Research topics: Multiscale Modeling of PtxCoy Electrocatalysts Degradation in Transient PEMFC Operating Conditions (Chemical Engineering student) and Understanding the Impact of Pollutants on the Performance and Durability of PEMFC (PhD student).
Alejandro A. Franco,
Full Professor &
Junior Member of the
Institut Universitaire de France
E-mail:
alejandro.franco@u-picardie.fr
Phone number:
+33 3 22 82 53 36
Institut Universitaire de France
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Laboratoire de Réactivité et Chimie des Solides (LRCS)
Université de Picardie Jules Verne - UMR CNRS 7314
HUB de l'Energie, Rue Baudelocque, 80039 Amiens, France
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Réseau sur le Stockage Electrochimique de l'Energie (RS2E)
FR CNRS 3459
France
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ALISTORE-ERI, European Research Institute
FR CNRS 3104
France