Svetlana Mintova

Family name, First name: **Mintova Svetlana** Date of birth: 10/12/1962 Nationality: Bulgarian and French ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0738-5244; Researcher ID: N-7933-2018 Twitter: @SMintova; Linkedin: <https://www.linkedin.com/in/svetlana-mintova-55394b12/> URL for web site: [http://www-lcs.ensicaen.fr](http://www-lcs.ensicaen.fr/); <https://www.lcs.ensicaen.fr/svetlanamintova/> • **EDUCATION** 2007 HDR (Habilitation to conduct researches and supervise students) University of Upper Alsace, Mulhouse, France 1998 Habilitation, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Sofia, Bulgaria 1993 Ph.D. in Chemistry, Department of Physical Chemistry, Technological University of Sofia, Bulgaria 1985 M.Sc. in Chemistry, Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Metallurgy, Technological University of Sofia, Bulgaria • **CURRENT** POSITION(S)** 2014 – *present* **Director of Research 1st Class** (DR1) CNRS, Laboratory of Catalysis and Spectrochemistry (LCS), ENSICAEN, Normandy University, Caen, France 2016 – 2021 **Visiting Professor**, Department of Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (UPC), Qingdao, China 2017 – 2022 **Research Director** of the Sino-French International Laboratory, LIA “Zeolites” • **PREVIOUS POSITIONS** 2009 – 2014 **Director of Research 2nd Class** (DR2), CNRS, Laboratory of Catalysis and Spectrochemistry (LCS), ENSICAEN, Normandy University, Caen, France 2006 – 2009 **Research Scientist** **1st Class** (CR1), CNRS, Laboratory of Materials with Controlled Porosity (LMPC), University of Upper Alsace (UHA), Mulhouse, France 1999 – 2005 **Docent** (C2), Department of Physical Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU), Munich, Germany 1997 – 1999 **Visiting Scholar**, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA 1996 – 1997 **Postdoctoral Researcher**, Lulea University of Technology, Lulea, Sweden 1985 – 1998 **Research Scientist**, Institute of Applied Mineralogy and Crystallography, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Sofia, Bulgaria • **FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS** 2019 **Shandong international science** and technology cooperation award (Shandong, China) 2019 **Qingdao award** in recognition for social and research contributions (Qingdao, China) 2017 **Outstanding Paper Award of the European Microscopy Society**, Section Instrumentation and Technique Development (Science 355 (2017) 166 – 169) 2016 “**Donald Breck**” award of the International Zeolite Association (IZA) 2016 Research Price “**Le Prix La Recherche Chimie**” by the editor of the magazine “La Recherche” 2014 “**Baron Axel Cronstedt**” award of the Federation of the European Zeolite Associations (FEZA) 2014-2022 **Prize of Research Excellence**, CNRS (2 Prizes for the period of 4 years) 1997 **Visiting Scholar Fellowship** (National Research Council, Twinning Program, USA) 1991 **Gold medal**, EXPO’91, International Fair of Young Inventors, Bulgaria • **TEACHING ACTIVITIES** 2016 – 2022 Topic: Synthesis and characterizations of zeolites and related porous materials, (China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, China) 2009 – 2010 Topic: Microporous materials, (University of Bayreuth, Lebanon) 1999 – 2006 Colloid chemistry; Microporous materials; Mesoporous Materials; Formation of materials on a molecular level, (Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU), Munich, Germany) • **ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS** 2018 Chair: 34th French Zeolite Association Meeting, 1st International Edition (Cabourg, France) 2018 Co-Chair: International Workshop: Nanomaterials in Biotechnology (Qingdao, China) 2012 – 2019 Co-Chair: 1st-6th International Workshop Zeolites: Prospects and Challenges (Caen, Asnelles, Cabourg, Deauville, France) 2017 Co-Chair: 6th Federation of European Zeolite Associations Conference (FEZA), (Sofia, Bulgaria) 2015 Chair: 6th International Symposium on Advanced Micro- and Mesoporous Materials (AMMM), (Bulgaria) 2005 – 2013 Co-Chair: 1st -5th International Symposium on Advanced Micro- and Mesoporous Materials (AMMM) 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2013 (Varna, Bourgas, Pomorie, Bulgaria) • **INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES** 2010 – present Promoter of PhD students and member of PhD member committee (Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Denmark, France, Ireland, Thailand) 2016 – 2022 Advisory board: International Zeolite Conference (IZC), Euro-Asia Zeolite Conferences 2007 – 2009 Organizer of the Seminar, LMPC, University of Upper Alsace (UHA), (Mulhouse, France) 1999 – 2006 Organizer of the Seminar, Department of Physical Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU), (Munich, Germany) • **REVIEWING ACTIVITIES** 2020 – 2023 Associate Editor, RSC-Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers 2020- Member of Editorial Board, Materials: Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (MDPI) 2020 – 2021 Guest Editor, Elsevier-Microporous Mesoporous Materials and MDPI-Materials 2016 – 2021 Scientific Advisory Board, J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the CAS (Prague, Czech Republic) 2018 – 2020 Member of selection committee of ANR CES08 - Inorganic materials and processes (France) 2018 Scientific Evaluator, CSIC: Chemical Science and Technologies (Spain) 2017 Scientific Evaluator, Physics and Chemistry of Utrecht University (Utrecht, Holland) 2016 Scientific Evaluator, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry (Stockholm, Sweden) 2014- Member of Editorial Board, Advanced Porous Materials, ACS (USA) 2006 – 2020 Evaluator of research projects: NSF-USA, ANR (France), IWT (Belgium), F.R.S.-FNRS-EOS, FWO (Belgium), NSF (Ireland), ERC-Starting grants 1995 Reviewer for peer-review scientific journals: Nature, Science, Nature Materials, ACS, RSC, Angew. Chem., Elsevier Journals • **MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES** 2019 – *present* Council member International Zeolite Association (IZA) 2016 – *present* Council member of the European Zeolite Association (FEZA) 2016 – *present* Council member of French Zeolite Society (GFZ) 2013 – *present* Chair of the “Synthesis Commission” International Zeolite Association (IZA) **·** **PUBLICATIONS** -282 Papers, 15 Patents, 16 Reviews, 10 Book chapters -Presentations: 47 Plenary &amp; Keynote, 60 Invited, 69 Oral -h-index: 57