 | David Portehault is research director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and at the Laboratory of Chemistry of Condensed Matter of Paris (LCMCP) hosted by Sorbonne University. He obtained his PhD in chemistry of materials at University Pierre and Marie Curie in 2008. He then became a senior postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces until 2010, when he got appointed by the CNRS. |
EDUCATION
| 2018 | Habilitation to Direct Research (HDR), Sorbonne Université |
| 2008 | PhD in Chemistry and Physics of Materials Sorbonne Universités-Université Pierre and Marie Curie (UPMC), FR Thesis: Soft chemistry synthesis of nanostructured manganese oxides for Li-battery nanomaterials |
| 2005 | Master of Science, major in Inorganic Materials and Molecules Sorbonne Universités-UPMC, FR |
| 2004 | “Agrégation” of chemistry (highest competitive examination for chemistry teachers) École Normale Supérieure de Paris, FR |
| 2003 | Bachelor of Science, with honours École Normale Supérieure de Paris and Sorbonne Universités-UPMC, FR |
| 2001-2005 | Fellow of the École Normale Supérieure de Paris |
CURRENT POSITION
| 2010- | Permanent Research Scientist (since Oct. 2010) (Senior scientist / Directeur de recherche ) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France Lab. Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (LCMCP), Sorbonne Université, Paris |
PREVIOUS POSITION
| 2008-2010 | Post-doctoral Fellow at Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces, DE, with M. Antonietti |
FELLOWSHIPS
| 2013 | Participant of the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting |
| 2008-2010 | Laureate of the Excellence Max Planck Society – CNRS Program for Nanomaterials senior postdoctoral fellowship Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces, DE |
| 2005-2008 | PhD fellowship from the École Normale Supérieure de Paris and the Ministère de la Recherche |
| 2001-2005 | 4 years fellowship from the French government at École Normale Supérieure de Paris |
SUPERVISION ACTIVITIES
Many PhD students and postdocs who left the group (see the SUPERVISED PEOPLE section) are currently postdocs or permanent staff in the industry or academia.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
| 2014- | Teaching graduate classes – Nanoparticles synthesis, Sorbonne Université, FR |
| 2005-2008 | Teaching undergraduate classes – Inorganic chemistry, Sorbonne Université, FR |
ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
| 2022 | Co-Chair of the Scientific board member of the International Symposium of Boron, Borides and related compounds (ISBB), Sorbonne Université, Paris |
| 2021 | Co-organizer of the C'Nano Interdisplinary Summerschool on Nanosciences & Nanotechnologies, Erquy |
| 2019 | Co-organizer of the international summer school Nanocrystals in interaction with their Environment (ALSACE 2019) |
| 2019- | Scientific board member of the International Symposium of Boron, Borides and related compounds (ISBB) |
| 2019 | Scientific board member of the symposium “Liquid-mediated structuring of ceramics and organic-inorganic hybrid materials” of the 2019 Pacific Rim Conference of Ceramic Societies (PACRIM13) |
| 2011-2018 | Co-organizer of the International Summer School on Nanosciences of DIM-Nano K |
INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
| 2022 | Board member of the CNRS Research Network (GDR) Inorganic Nanostructures from Solution Chemistry NINO |
| 2017-2021 | Member of the Council of the Faculty of Chemistry of Sorbonne Université |
| 2009-2018 | Board member of LABEX MATISSE Laboratory of Excellence, topic "Materials under extreme conditions" |
| 2014-2017 | Board member of DIM Nano-K, regional consortium of labs funding nanosciences research, topic "Nanochemistry" |
| 2013- | Board member of the Lab. LCMCP, Sorbonne Université, Paris |
COMMISSIONS OF TRUSTS
| 2018, 2019, 2020 | Member of the scientific expertise panel CES09 “Nanomaterials” of the French Agency for Research ANR |
| 2018-2022 | Member of the beamtime allocation panel C11 of the ESRF synchrotron facilities |
| 2014- | Examinator of 10 PhD and 1 HDR thesis committees, reviewer of 2 PhD theses : Sorbonne Université, Tours, Strasbourg*2, Madrid*2, Ljubljana, Montpellier, Limoges, Poitiers |
| 2012 | Review panel member for the nomination of an assistant professor on high pressure material synthesis, Sorbonne Université, FR |
| 2010- | Reviewer for grants: about 10 grants a year, for the French National Research Agency, US-french postgraduate workshop, national and regional grants |
| 2008- | Reviewer of articles: J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Nano Today… about 15/year |
MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
| 2019- | Board member of the Solid-State Chemistry Division of the French Chemical Society In charge of the Division communication, including the newsletter |
| 2016-2018 | Member of the International Sol-Gel Society |
| 2014- | Member of the French Chemical Society |
POPULARIZATION OF SCIENCE
| 2018 | Invited conference at the CNRS-industry workshops Mardis de l'innovation |
| 2015 | Award for the scientific image from the region Île-de-France |
TRACK RECORD
David has published more than 90 peer-reviewed articles, 3 book chapters and produced 8 international patents. See the links above for metrics and the publication page for an updated list.
~38 invited keynotes and lectures at conferences
~20 invited seminars in materials research departments
INVITED KEYNOTES AND LECTURES AT CONFERENCES
Nanomaterials
- EuroMXene, Valencia, 2024
- Telluride, Biarritz, 2024
- International Workshop on Advanced Ceramics, Limoges, 2023
- EuChemS, Lisbon, 2022
- Journées Sol-Gel, Tours, 2019
- Summerschool Nanocrystals in interaction with their Environment, Mittelwihr (FR), 2019
- NanoApp conference, Lubljana, 2019
- 13th Japan-France workshop on Nanomaterials and 4th WPI workshop on Materials science, Paris, 2019
- Matériaux 2018, Strasbourg, 2018
- Perovskite nanocrystals workshop, Paris, 2017
- NanoApp conference, Bled, Slovenia, 2017
- Materials under the nanoscope, Paris, 2016
- EuChemS, Sevilla, 2016
- RomPhysChem, Galati – Romania, 2016
- Faraday Discussions, Glasgow, 2016
- Symposium on Materials, Electronic States, Interactions and Non-Conventional Couplings, Paris, 2016
- NanoApp conference, Maribor – Slovenia, 2015
- French Chemical Society-Highlights in Chemistry, Lilles, 2015
- Workshop of the Military application department of the Commission for Atom Energy and Alternative Energies, Paris, 2014
- EuCheMS, Istanbul, 2014
- Sol-gel days, Tours, 2014
- National Days of the French Agency for Research (ANR), Strasbourg, 2011
- Galerne materials summer school, Amiens, 2009
Solid state chemistry
- Core-to-core Symposium on Mixed Anion Compounds, Lille, 2025
- European Conference on Solid State Chemistry, Prague, 2023
- European Conference on Solid State Chemistry, Online, 2021
- NIMS Solid state chemistry symposium, Tsukuba – Japan, 2019
- CIMTEC, Perugia – Italia, 2018
- Conference of the Division of Solid State Chemistry of the French Chemical Society, Montpellier, FR, 2017
- International Symposium on Boron, Borides and related materials, Freiburg – DE, 2017
Advanced characterization
- Symposium of electron microscopy in Grand Est region, Strasbourg, 2019
- UPMC-SOLEIL Synchrotron symposium, Paris, 2017
- Annual User Meeting of the SOLEIL Synchrotron, Saclay, 2017
- Annual meeting of the National Network of Electron Microscopy and Atomic Probe, Paris, 2016
- Gas and Liquid Environmental Microscopy, Paris, 2016
SELECTED INVITED SEMINARS IN MATERIALS RESEARCH DEPARTMENT
- Loredana Protesescu Lab, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, Gröningen, NL, 2024
- A. Demourgues & C. Aymonier groups ICMCB Lab, Bordeaux, FR, 2022
- Ishitani & Maeda Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, JP, 2019
- Kondo Laboratory , University of Tsukuba, JP, 2019
- National Institute of Materials Science (T. Mori), Tsukuba, JP, 2019
- Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry (H. Kageyama), Kyoto University, JP, 2019
- Institute of Advanced Energy (T. Nohira), Kyoto University, JP, 2019
- Chaire Chimie du solide et énergie (Jean-Marie Tarascon), Paris Collège de France, FR, 2019
- P. Simon group, CIRIMAT Lab, Toulouse, FR, 2019
- Laboratory of reactivity and chemistry of solids, Amiens, FR, 2018
- S. Bernard group, European Institute for Membranes, Montpellier, FR, 2015
- A. Roig group, Institute de Ciencia de Materials de Barcelona, ES, 2014
- E. Duguet group, University of Bordeaux, FR, 2014
- Y. Grin group, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, DE, 2010