Junior Week 2025
IMT Mines Alès
Details
Date: 3 Novemer 2025
Time: 10 AM – 12 PM
Location: On-site (no live-stream, in case of registration, we assume that you can participate in person at IMT Mines Alès. The slides will be made available subject to the presenters’ consent)
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Polymers Composites and Hybrids (PCH)
6 avenue de Clavières
30319 Alès Cedex
France
Organizers
MSc. Lizaveta Gringauz – EPNOE Junior Representative
dr. Nicolas Lemoigne – EPNOE Vice-President for Administration
Lizaveta obtained her BSc and MSc in Materials Science from Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (France). She is a PhD candidate at IMT Mines Alès in the Polymers Composites Hybrids (PCH) Department, and holds the position of Junior Representative of the European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence (EPNOE) at IMT Mines Alès. Her thesis, “VALOBARK: Valorization of local bark species for the development of eco-designed materials”, explores the potential of bark, an underutilized lignocellulosic co-product, for the development of sustainable biocomposite materials. Her research focuses on the chemical characterization of bark and the evaluation of the thermal and fire properties of the resulting materials.
Nicolas obtained his MEng and MSc from INSA Lyon (France) and PhD from Mines ParisTech (France). Dr. Ing. Nicolas Le Moigne is currently Associate Professor at IMT Mines Alès in the Polymers Composites Hybrids (PCH) Department, and Vice-President of the European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence (EPNOE). His research areas include the processing of bio-based polymers and (nano)biocomposites and the characterization of their physico-chemical and rheological properties, with emphasis on microstructural analysis and reinforcement/matrix interfacial interactions. Since 2005, he is involved in collaborative research projects aiming at studying and improving the selection, physical and chemical functionalization, and processing of plant cells from different resources (lignocellulosic fibres and (micro)algae) for the development of functional bio-based polymer and composite materials in packaging and structural applications. He is (co-)author of 70+ peer reviewed papers/proceedings/books, and special guest editor and referee for several international scientific journals. He teaches polymer physico-chemistry, rheology and engineering of bio-based polymers & composites at IMT Mines Alès.
Speakers
Benjamin Gallard
“The story of an algae-based expanding foam”
Lizaveta Gringauz
“Bark valorization towards the development of biocomposite materials”
Mahmoud Hayek
“Marine algae: a natural resource for durable and sustainable concrete”
Sirine Taktak
“Impact of textural and structural properties on the electrical conductivity of biochars”
Chloé Cailleaud
“Contribution to the development of a textile and biocomposite industry based on fibers from Spanish broom (Spartium junceum L.)”
Youssef Elbitouri
”Polysaccharides as cement admixture”
