Prof. Christophe A. SERRA
(PR Ex2, CNU 62)
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Christophe was born in 1968 and graduated in 1992 from the Engineering
School of Chemical Engineering (ENSIC) in Nancy (France). He received
his Ph.D. in 1996 from the University Paul Sabatier in Toulouse (France)
with a work on “Hollow-fibre dead-end ultrafiltration: module design
and process simulation in water treatment”.
Then, he spent 18 months as a postdoctoral researcher at Rice University
(Houston, TX) making CFD simulations on rotating and stationary membrane
disk filters as well as hydrodynamics of permeable aggregates in differential
sedimendation.
Since 1998, he has been a faculty member of the University Louis Pasteur
which became the University of Strasbourg in 2009 (France) teaching chemical
engineering at the European Engineering School of Chemistry, Polymer and
Material Sciences (ECPM). His researches concern the development of new
microfluidic-assisted polymer processes for the synthesis of architecture-controlled
polymers and functional micro- and nanostructured polymer particles.
In 2009 he took the head of the Group for the Intensification and Intensification
of Polymer Processes (G2IP) within the Laboratory of Polymer Engineering
for High Technologies (LIPHT) and then within the Institute of Chemistry
and Processes for Energy, Environment and Health (ICPEES). In 2010 he
was appointed Full Professor at the University of Strasbourg. In 2015
he moved to Charles Sadron Institute (ICS) to join the group of Precision
Macromolecular Chemistry. In 2023 he took the head of the ICS group on
Polymer Engineering and Process Intensification (IP²).
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Education
Post-Doctoral Studies, Membrane Separation Engineering, Environmental
Sciences and Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, 1997-98
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Université Paul Sabatier
(UPS) / Laboratoire de Génie Chimique et Electrochimie (LGCE), Toulouse,
France, 1996
DEA (Master), Chemical Engineering, Ecole Nationale Supérieure
des Industries Chimiques (ENSIC) / Laboratoire de Génie des Milieux
Complexes (GEMICO), Nancy, France, 1992
French Engineer Degree, Chemical Engineering, Ecole Nationale
Supérieure des Industries Chimiques (ENSIC), Nancy, France, 1992
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Fields
of research
Chemical Engineering
Process Intensification
Polymer Reaction Engineering
Polymer Micro Process Engineering
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Professional
affiliations
Editor, Green
Processing and Synthesis, De Gruyter
Editorial Advisory Board, ACS
Biomaterials Science and Engineering, ACS
Editorial Board, Nanomaterials,
MDPI
Editorial Board, Journal
of Engineering, section Chemical Engineering, Hindawi Publishing Corporation
International Advisory Board, Macromolecular
Reaction Engineering, Wiley-VCH
Editorial Board, Applied
Sciences, section Nanotechnology and Applied Nanosciences, MDPI
Editorial Board, European
Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, European Academy of Applied and Social
Sciences (EURAASS)
Member, Working
Party on Polymer Reaction Engineering (WPPRE) of the European Federation of
Chemical Engineering
Member, Scientific committee, International
Conference on Microreaction (IMRET)
Member, Scientific committee, European
Conference on Microfluidics (µFlu)
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Funded
researches
- LPI / PI
- Development of an intensified process for the continuous flow production
of hybrid microparticles (polymer / metal nanoparticles) with chromic
properties (ENSLESS), MICA, 2022-24.
- The OUZO effect for assembling nanoparticles into submicronic shells.
Towards optical resonators (OUZOFAN), French National Research Agency,
2021-24.
- Realization of a microfluidic gas generator from liquid standards solutions
(GM2G), MICA, 2020-22.
- Efficient and safe nanovectors for the delivery of 5-fluorouracil in
chemotherapy (SafeNanoDel), Labex NIE, 2019.
- Towards Next-generation Eco-efficient PHOTO and EMULSION Polymerisations
Imparting Synergy to Process, Products and Applications (PHOTOEMULSION),
H2020-MSCA-ITN-2017, 2018-21.
- Composite droplets in microcapillary as polymerization microreactors:
experimental and modeling of formation, mixing and reaction processes
(DROMiR), PRC CNRS/RFBR, 2018-20.
- Network of smart sensors designed for monitoring indoor air environments
(CAPFEIN), French National Research Agency, 2012-15.
- Miniaturization of a real time airborne formaldehyde analyser (MINIFORMALAIR),
Connectus, 2012-14.
- Development of an intensified polymerization process for the production
of architecture-controlled polymers (DIP²), French National Research
Agency, 2009-13.
- Preparation of polymer-metal nanoparticles composite systems by use
of microreaction technology, PHC PROCOPE, 2008-10.
- From microfluidic emulsions to microstructured polymer particles (EMP²M),
French National Research Agency, 2005-08.
- Polymerization microreactors for functional nano/microstructured materials,
French Young Scientist Program, 2003-06.
- Characterisation of polymer blend morphology in a twin screw extruder
by online light scattering measurements, French “Reactive Extrusion”
Research Program, 1991-94.
- Project member
- Supported Catalytically-Active Supramolecular Hydrogel for Flow Chemistry
(CASH), French National Research Agency, 2021-25.
- Interdisciplinary approaches to oncogenic processes and therapeutic
perspectives (OSARM), INSERM, 2021-24.
- Motorized nanostructures from light-responsive molecular machines (MOTION),
French National Research Agency, (MOTION), 2020-24
- Aggregates rupture in extensional flows (AGGREGEX), French National
Research Agency, 2013-17.
- Fast, Flexible and Future Factory (EUROPOLY), 7th PCRD, 2009-13.
- Photolithography processes with photosensitive resins for semi-conductor
technologies with patterns smaller than 90 nm: physical chemical mechanisms
inducing the pattern roughness (NANORUGO), French National Research Agency,
2005-07.
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University
committees and services
Co-Program Manager of Physical
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (PCCE) Master 1, French-Azerbaijani University
(UFAZ), 2020 – present
Co-Program Manager of Physical
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (PCCE) Master 2, Chemical Engineering
track, French-Azerbaijani University (UFAZ), 2020 – present
Scientific Coordinateur for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
French-Azerbaijani University (UFAZ), 20223 - present
Coordinator of the
Graduate School Hierarchical and Functional Materials (HiFunMat), University
of Strasbourg (UniStra), 2020 – present
Deputy director of Institut
Charles Sadron (ICS), 2016 - present
Program Manager of the Master
2 Polymer Engineering, University of Strasbourg (UniStra), 2016 - present
Member, Board or Directors,
Ecole Européenne de Chimie Polymères et Matériaux (ECPM),
Strasbourg, France, 2013 – 2021
Dean for Polymers Affairs, Ecole Européenne de Chimie Polymères
et Matériaux (ECPM), Strasbourg, France, 2009 – 2020
Member, Faculty board, Ecole Européenne de Chimie Polymères
et Matériaux (ECPM) , Strasbourg, France, 2009 – 2020
Member, Scientific Committee for Dean of Engineering, Ecole Européenne
de Chimie Polymères et Matériaux (ECPM), Strasbourg, France, 2000
– 2009
Member, Faculty Council Committee, Institut National Polytechnique
de Lorraine, Strasbourg, France, 2000 – 2010
Member, Faculty Council Committee, Université Robert Schuman,
Illkirch, France, 2005 – 2010
Member, Faculty Council Committee, Université Louis Pasteur,
Strasbourg, France, 2000 – 2010
Chairman, Engineering Sciences Committee, Ecole Européenne
de Chimie Polymères et Matériaux (ECPM), Strasbourg, France, 2005
- 2009
Member, E-Learning Committee, National Federation of Engineering
Schools on Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lyon, France, 2000 – 2005
Chairman, E-Learning Accreditation Committee, National Federation
of Engineering Schools on Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lyon, France,
2000 – 2005
Co-Chairman, E-Learning Committee, Ecole Européenne de
Chimie Polymères et Matériaux (ECPM), Strasbourg, France, 2000
– 2010
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Courses
taught
Transport phenomena (heat, mass, momentum)
Chemical reaction engineering
Chemical processes dynamics and control
Polymer reaction engineering
Process intensification
Thermodynamics
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