Title of his talk:

Urban mining and Efficient Circular Economy Approach around LIB using closed loop process

Bio:

Diploma and academic Background:

• Engineer from, High School of Electrochemistry of Grenoble;(France)
• Diploma of Advanced studies in Electrochemistry (Grenoble)
• Doctor Engineer in Electrochemistry, Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble
• PhD (Doctorat d’Etat) in Physical Chemistry from Scientific University of Grenoble.

Professional background:

• Engineer in Battery industry as technical manager in Public Complex of alkaline and lead acid battery production (Setif-)
• In 1992 moved to Grenoble (France) as associate professor at Polytechnic Institute.
• During his work at the University of Grenoble, he patented a clean wet process for battery recycling and founded RECUPYL the first European company processing used batteries (non-lead acid batteries)
• President and Scientific Director of RECUPYL SAS between 1994 and 2013

The Patents and the Process were disseminated in Six (06) countries (USA-Michigan, UK, Poland, Spain, Belgium and Singapore).

Position Es-quality:

• President of French Battery Recycling Association from 2006 to 2012.
• Expert near The French National Research Agency (ANR) until 2016
• Expert near European Directorates in Research and Environment from 1998 to 2014.
• From august 2016 he is Visiting Principal Scientist at Energy Research Institute (ERI@N), Nanyang University of Singapore (NTU).