Valentin Valtchev

**Valentin** **VALTCHEV** Research Director CNRS, UMR6506, Laboratoire Catalyse et Spectrochimie, ENSICAEN - University of Caen – CNRS, 6 bd Maréchal Juin, 14050 Caen, FRANCE Tel. +33231452733 ; Fax +33231452822 ; <valentin.valtchev@ensicaen.fr> **Education** Habilitation 2001 - University of Haute Alsace, France Habilitation 1996 – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria Ph.D. in Chemistry (1991), Institute of Applied Mineralogy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Master degree (M. S.) in Geochemistry (1985), University of Sofia University education (B. S.) in Geochemistry (1983), University of Sofia **Positions** *Thousand Talents fellow (2015 – 2020),* Jilin University, Changchun, China *Research Director* (DR1 CNRS, 2013 - now) Caen, France *Research Director* (DR2 CNRS, 2006 - 2013) Mulhouse, France *Researcher* *Associate* (2000 - 2006) Mulhouse, France *Professor* (1996 – 2000) – Bulgaria Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria **Research interests** Ø Synthesis and characterization of microporous materials Ø Mechanism of zeolite formation Ø Nanosized microporous materials preparation (&lt; 100 nm) Ø Structure – properties relationship in microporous solids Ø Post-synthesis modifications of zeolites Ø Zeolite-containing composite materials **Scientific activities** Papers &gt; 240, Patents 25, Book chapters 6, Books 6 More than 40 plenary and keynote lectures including at the most important events in the field of nanoporous materials ***h*-index 50** (35 average citation) Web of Science Core ***h-*index 56** (Citations: 9900) Google knowledge **Honors** 1\) 2019- **Chair** of the **“Breck committee”** of the International Zeolite Association 2\) 2017- **Honorary Professor** of *China University of Petroleum* 3\) 2016- Elected **President** of the *International Zeolite Association* 4\) 2016- **“Donald Breck” award**, the highest recognition of *the International Zeolite Association* 5\) 2016- **“La Recherche 2016: Chimie” award**, France 6\) 2015- **Manager** of the International Zeolite Association web site 7\) 2014- **“Baron fon Cronstedt”** **award,** the highest recognition of the *Federation of European Zeolite Associations* 8\) 2014- **“Thousand Talents” Professor**, *Jilin University*, China 9\) 2011- paper selected amongst **“Top 10 Breakthrough of the year”** by the editors of *Science* 8\) 1991 – **Bulgaria “Young inventor”**