Mélanie François

melanie.francois@u-bourgogne.fr

Formation

2018 Starting PhD – Development and characterization of Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cells (PCFC) for their integration in a stack of fuel cells

Supervisors: Pr. Gilles CABOCHE, Dr. Frédéric DEMOISSON

Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, FRANCE, Graduate School EIPHI grant, https://gradschool.eiphi.ubfc.fr/

2018 Master Degree – Materials Option – AB mention – 4/29

Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, FRANCE

2016 Bachelor Degree – Materials chemistry Option – B mention – 7/118

Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, FRANCE

Experiences

September - October 2019 Mobility project - Impedance spectroscopy measurements on SOFC samples

Contact program: Prof. Antonio Barbucci and Dr. Maria-Paola Carpanese

DICCA laboratory, University of Genova, Genova, ITALY

October 2018 - July 2020 Mobility Doctoral contract of education: Practical work in polymer, crystallography and thermodynamics, 64 hours per year

ESIREL, Univerté de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, FRANCE

Scientific Skills

Materials synthesis: solid state reaction, sol-gel, co-precipitation, hydrothermal synthesis

Materials shaping: uniaxial pressing, dip-coating, spray-coating, tape-casting

Materials characterization: structural (XRD), microstructural (SEM/EDX), electrical (EIS)