People
Current members
Current members
Current MSc & PhD students
Current MSc & PhD students
Akli Kahlal
MSc/PhD StudentTowards a DFT approach to elasticity and fracture in porous materials(MSc defense 13-09-2021)(PhD defense in 2025)
Danyang Tong
PhD StudentComputational modeling of long-term thermo-hydraulic behavior of frozen ground through discrete-continuum simulation of cyclic phase transition at the pore scale(PhD defense in 2025)
Shijie Guo
PhD StudentOptimisation of the reuse of oyster seashell wastes in very low carbon concrete(PhD defense in 2027)Current postdoc fellows
Current postdoc fellows
Andrew Wilson
Postdoc fellowMortar and concrete including 100% crushed seashell waste aggregatesfor the maintenance and repair of coastal protective structures(12 months 2024/2025)
Rizwan Minhas
Postdoc fellowExperimental investigation on adsorption, deformation and transport couplingsin microporous materials(12 months 2025)
Antoine Barthes
Postdoc fellowDFT modelling of water confinement and crystallisation effects(12 months 2025)
Tematuanui a Tehei Hantz
Postdoc fellowOptimization of the valorisation of pearl oyster co-productsin cementitious materials(10 months 2025)
Benhur Mekonnen
Postdoc fellowSynthesis and characterization of microporous materials for adsorption-induced swelling characterization (2 months 2025)Other collaborators
Other collaborators
Marie Ferreira
Administrative and financial support(permanent staff)
Benjami Niez
Research engineer(permanent staff)
Marc Luthy
Research assistant(25 months 2023/2025)
Camille Guillemot
VALOCOQ project engineer(12 months 2024/2025)Alumni & former collaborators
Alumni & former collaborators
Former PhD students
Former PhD students
Tematuanui a Tehei Hantz
MSc/PhD StudentLow environmental impact concrete for the recovery of Pinctada pearl oyster shells from French Polynesia(MSc defense 15-07-2021)(PhD defense 17-12-2024)
Benhur Mekonnen
PhD StudentSynthesis and characterization of microporous materials: towards a versatile adsorbent and a simple model material for the study of adsorption-induced deformation in microporous media (PhD defense 17-01-2025)
Bruno Leclere
PhD StudentCrystallisation-induced damage under confined reservoirs conditions(PhD defense 18-02-2021)PhD Manuscript
Following position:
Project surveyor
Allseas Group S.A
Netherlands
Project surveyor
Allseas Group S.A
Netherlands
Ana Cláudia Pinto Dabés Guimarães
PhD StudentUse of oyster shell (Crassostrea gigas) as aggregate replacement for producing environmentally-friendly concrete(PhD defense 09-05-2022)PhD Manuscript
Following position:
Sustainability and carbon reduction advisor
BAM Nuttall
UK
Sustainability and carbon reduction advisor
BAM Nuttall
UK
Youssef Khaldouni
PhD StudentCoupling between poroelasticity and density functional theory for the estimation of adsorption-induced deformations in nanoporous materials(PhD defense 15-05-2023)PhD Manuscript
Following position:
Design and methanisation
NENUFAR
France
Design and methanisation
NENUFAR
France
Victor Okumko
MSc/PhD StudentCrystallisation-induced damage in heterogeneous porous media in the context of the erosion of the French Basque coast and the damage of its protection buildings(MSc defense 15-07-2019)(PhD defense 18-07-2023)
PhD Manuscript
Following position:
Postdoctoral fellow SOLEIL synchrotron
France
Postdoctoral fellow SOLEIL synchrotron
France
Andrew Wilson
MSc/PhD StudentRecycling of shellfish waste for high-performance, low-environmental-impact cementitious materials(MSc defense 15-07-2021)
(PhD defense 13-11-2024)
Antoine Barthes
MSc/PhD StudentA novel DFT for associating fluids confined in nanopores and its application to water(MSc defense 07-09-2020)(PhD defense 13-12-2024)
Laura Rojas-Solano
PhD StudentNon-local damage, interactions and size effect(PhD defense 07-12-2012)PhD Manuscript
Following position:Field Perf. Analyst, Goodyear
Luxembourg
Fadi Khaddour
PhD StudentProduction enhancement of Tight Gas Reservoirs(PhD defense 11-04-2014)PhD Manuscript
Following position:Assistant Professor Al-Baath Univ. Holms, Syria
Laurent Perrier
PhD StudentCoupling between adsorption and strain in microporous media(PhD defense 10-12-2015)PhD Manuscript
Postdoc fellowCoupling between adsorption/deformation/transport in porous media(24 months 2015/2017)
Following position:Assistant Professor LFCR, UPPA
France
Vincent Lefort
PhD StudentA lattice model for crack propagation simulation under fluid injection in a quasi-brittle heterogeneous medium(PhD defense 04-07-2016)PhD Manuscript
Following position:Engineering school teacher, ISABTP-UPPA
France
Fernando F. Mendonça
PhD StudentCombined neutron and X-ray imaging for the characterization of in situ crystallisation-induced cracking in the context of cultural heritage preservationFollowing position:PhD candidate
Delft University
Netherlands
Lionel Ecay
MSc/PhD StudentConcrete transfer properties evolution and nuclear containment vessel tightness assessment during an accident(MSc defense 01/09/2014)(PhD defense 17-12-2018)PhD Manuscript
Following position:Structural engineerIngeni
Switzerland
Former MSc students
Former MSc students
Ali Haidar
MSc student (M2)Characterization of the spatial correlations induced during seismic tremors : focus on the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull(M2 defense 13-07-2022)Following position:PhD candidate
Liège University
Belgium
Sara Khalil
MSc student (M2)Characterisation of the mechanical and petrophysical properties of the Barrois limestone formation(M2 defense 13-07-2022)Project engineer(11 months 2023)Following position:PhD candidate
Université Clermont Auvergne, France
Amandia Reynal
MSc student (M1)Use of sea shells as aggregate replacement for producing environmentally-friendly concrete(M1 defense 03-07-2023)Following position:Student apprentice Eiffage, France
Maryline Comoe
MSc student (M1)Use of sea shells as aggregate replacement for producing environmentally-friendly concrete(M1 defense 23-03-2023)Following position:M2 master student CESI, France
Elvis Baffoe
MSc student (M2)On the evaluation of Oyster and Nacre as high performance cement-based grouts for geothermal well cementation(MSc defense 15-07-2019)Following position:PhD candidateUniversity of Miami
USA
Audrey Gabard
MSc student (M1)Recycling sea shell wastes in drilling fluids(M1 defense 26-06-2019)Following position:M2 master student UPPA, France
Moustafa Sebaa
MSc student (M2)Crystallisation-induced damage in heterogeneous rocks -Application to haloclasty(MSc defense 07-09-2020)Following position:PhD candidateUniversity Grenoble Alpes, France
Pearl Agape Tetteh
MSc student (M2)Incorporation of adsorbent particles for resilient and self-healing cementitious grouts(MSc defense 13-09-2021)Following position:
PhD candidateThe University of New Mexico
USA
Fleurian Grégoire
MSc student (M1)Seashell granular skeleton concrete optimisation(M1 defense 29-10-2021)Following position:M2 master student CESI, France
Mustapha Mennane
MSc student (M1)Seashell granular skeleton concrete optimisation(M1 defense 29-10-2021)Following position:M2 master student CESI, France
Former postdoc fellows
Former postdoc fellows
Vitor de Morais Sermoud
Postdoc fellowModeling of crystallization-induced damage with Density Functional Theory(12 months 2022/2023)Following position:
Postdoc fellow
Federal University of Rio de JaneiroBrasil
Carine Malheiro
Postdoc fellowEstimation of adsorption-induced pore pressure by DFT(12 months 2014/2015)Following position:Teacher, France
Fabrizio Croccolo
Postdoc fellowExperimental determination of a saturation front in a porous medium(12 months 2014/2015)Following position:E2S senior Chair
UPPA, France
Olivier Nouailletas
Postdoc fellowFracture and permeability of heterogeneous quasi-brittle media(24 months 2013/2015)Research engineer(3 ans 2017/2020)Following position:
Research engineer
ISABTP UPPA
France
Flavien Thierry
Postdoc fellowCast3m modelling of crystallisation-induced damage in heterogeneous porous media(12 months 2020/2021)Following position:
Postdoc fellowUPPA, France
Martín Pérez-Rodríguez
Postdoc fellowMolecular simulation of fluid confinement and crystallisation effects(24 months 2020/2022)Following position:
Senior scientistBlas Cabrera Institute of Physical Chemistry, Spain
Madura Pathirage
Postdoc fellowLattice discrete particle modelling of crystallisation-induced damage in heterogeneous porous media(20 months 2020/2022)Following position:
Assistant Professor
The University of New Mexico, USA
Other collaborators
Other collaborators
Beñat Urchegui
Research assistant(2 years 2015/2017)Following position:BoilermakerFrance
Islam Lebouachera
Research engineer(16 months 2020/2021)Following position:Process engineering project managerSCT Ceramics, France
Dominic Gomes
Research assistant(16 months 2020/2021)Following position:CNAM master student
France