3e Conférence Internationale de la Société Africaine des Membranes -Amsic 3

Ucad Fm vous propose un entretien avec Pr Fallilou Mbacké Samb Directeur de l'École Supérieure Polytechnique de l'Ucad en prélude à la 3e conférence internationale de la Société Africaine des Membranes prévue du 2 au 5 novembre 2021 au Musée des Civilisations Noires. Des entretiens avec Pr Courfia Diawara président du comité d'organisation et De Abdoulaye Doucouré Président de la Société Africaine des Membranes à suivre également. Passage ce vendredi 29 octobre 2021 à partir de 21h. Rediffusion samedi 30 octobre 2021 de 10 à 11h sur Ucad Fm 94.7

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Anthony Szymczyk received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry in 1999 at the University of Franche-Comté (France). He is currently Full Professor at the University of Rennes 1 and leads the “Chemistry and Process Engineering” research group of the Institute of Chemical Sciences of Rennes (ISCR – UMR CNRS 6226).

Prof. Szymczyk’s research lies at the interface of chemical engineering, chemistry of materials and physics of condensed matter. His main research activities focus on the modeling and simulation of membrane separations for desalination and water purification, and on the physico-chemical characterization of membrane materials with applications in functionalization, fouling, ageing… He published about 150 scientific papers and book chapters on these topics. In 2013 he was the recipient of the IUPAC distinguished Award for Novel Materials and their Synthesis for his work on ion transport through nanoporous membranes. He is the current President the European Membrane Society.

M. Cheikh M’Backé Diop est titulaire d’un doctorat en sciences de l’Université Paris Sud, France. Il exerce son
activité de chercheur et d’enseignant dans le domaine de l’énergie nucléaire.
Après avoir donné un aperçu sur l’histoire des sciences et des techniques en
Afrique, on se propose d’y aborder la problématique de la Recherche &
Développement dans le contexte mondial contemporain.

Mihail Barboiu graduated from University Politehnica of Bucharest and received his PhD in 1998 from the University of Montpellier before spending 2 years as post-doctoral researcher at the University Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg. He is CNRS Research Leader at the Institut Europeen des Membranes in Montpellier and Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry. A major focus of his research is Dynamic Constitutional Chemistry toward Dynamic Interactive Systems: adaptive biomimetic membranes, delivery devices etc. Author of more than 310 scientific publications, 3 books and 20 chapters and 420 conferences and lectures, Dr Barboiu has received in 2004 the EURYI Award in Chemistry and in 2015 the RSC Surfaces and Interfaces Award for the development of Artificial Water Channels.

Dr Malinga is a Senior Lecturer and a researcher at the Department of Chemicals Sciences, University of Johannesburg. The main focus of the Dr Malinga’s research is in nanotechnology and water research. Specifically she develops new reactive membranes which are embedded with materials such as dendrimers, hyperbranched polymers, bimetallic nanoparticles and enzymes. These reactive membranes are evaluated for the removal of various pollutants such as humic acid and chlorinated organic pollutants. Dr Malinga has authored/co-authored a total number of 33 publications and two book chapter, and her research work has been presented at various local and international scientific conferences. She is currently supervising and co-supervising 12 postgraduate students at Masters and PhD level and has graduated 16 MSc students. Her h-index is 13 according to Google scholar. Dr Soraya Malinga has been awarded grants from Water Research Commission, National Research Foundation and ESKOM to sponsor her research interests. In 2018, Dr Malinga was awarded the DST- Distinguished Young Woman Scientists award in Physical and Engineering Sciences (2nd runner up), due to her outstanding contribution to building South Africa’s scientific research knowledge base.

M. Abdoulaye SENE is the Co-President of the organizing committee and Executive Secretary of the 9th World Water Forum. He is the founding President of the International think tank ‘Global Local Forum’, former President of the Regional Council of the Fatick Region (Senegal) from 2002 to 2009, a former Member of the Parliament of Senegal and lead the Commission on Development and Spatial Planning of the National Assembly of Senegal (2007-2012). M. SENE, was from 2013 to 2017, Chairman of the Board of Directors of SOGEM/OMVS (in charge of the management of hydroelectric dams of the OMVS. He was Senior Technical Advisor to the Minister of Mines, Energy and Hydraulics of Senegal (2001-2002), Head of the Mission for the Study and Development of Fossil Valleys (1994-2000), Director of Rural Engineering and Hydraulics of Senegal (1990-1994), Director of the Maintenance and Care of Hydraulic Works (1984-1990). He was a member of various Boards of Directors of national, sub-regional and international institutions working in the water, rural development, environment and decentralization sectors. Abdoulaye SENE, is a Civil Engineering Engineer (École Polytechnique Thiès, 1978), specialized in Water Science from École Polytechnique de Montréal, 1981. He has provided various national and international courses, conferences, consultations and expertise in the fields of water, rural development, decentralization, climate change and governance.

Raja Ben Amar is currently working as full Professor in the chemical department of the Faculty of Science of Sfax, (Tunisia) and leading the group ‘Membrane technology, Water and Environment. She achieved her master degree in Chemical Engineering from Institut Polytechnique de Lorraine (France) and her PhD in chemical Engineering from Institut Polytechnique de Toulouse (France). Her main research interests are wastewater treatment using hybrid processes, water desalination, development of new porous ceramic membranes from natural and hybrid materials. She has published more than 230 papers including 100 papers in ISI indexed journals. She is a reviewer for several scientific journals. She is currently the vice – president of the Africain Membrane Society.

Dr. Xia Huang received her PhD degree in 1988 from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. She joined the Tsinghua University and got the full professor position in 1997. Now she is a Director of Division of Water Environment, Director of State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control. She is a distinguished fellow of IWA and Chair of Management Committee of the IWA Specialist Group on Membrane Technology. Her main research interests include membrane based technologies for wastewater treatment, novel nutrient removal processes, bio-electrochemical technologies for wastewater treatment and resource recovery. She is an Executive Associate Editor-in-Chief of « Front. Environ. Sci. Eng.« , Associate Editor of “Wat. Sc. & Technol.”. She has published more than 300 peer-reviewed SCI articles, and was awarded 2009 Environ. Sci. Technol. Best Paper and 2018 Environ. Sci.: Wat. Res. & Technol. Best Paper, the 2nd Class of the State Science and Technology Progress Award thrice. She was also awarded by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and the Yangtse River Scholar reward.

Andrea Schäfer is Professor of Water Process Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering and (founding) Director of the Institute for Advanced Membrane Technology (IAMT) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

Previously she was Professor at the Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology in Tanzania, East Africa. 2006 to 2013 she was the Chair of Environmental Engineering at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK following 3 years as a senior lecturer at the University of Wollongong, Australia and 3 years as postdoc & lecturer at the University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia. She holds four engineering degrees from three countries (Germany, France (2) & Australia) including a PhD from the UNESCO Center for Membrane Science and Technology at the University of New South Wales in Chemical engineering and has worked in many countries.

Passionate about membrane process engineering she has experience with several membrane processes encompassing predominantly water treatment, desalination, water recycling, remote water supplies and international development. Her work spans from fundamental research, nanomembrane materials through to commercialisation projects, from water chemistry and engineering to socio-economic issues relevant to water.

Prof Schäfer has published extensively in high impact journals and authored or edited several books, including ‘Nanofiltration: Principles, Applications and New Materials’. She collaborates extensively with colleagues in many leading academic institutions worldwide and works towards her long term vision ‘I have a dream: safe water for all children’.