Thomas Zemb

Staff scientist at CEA
Research Director and Pr. INSTN

 

ICSM/LMCT (Bât. 426)
Site de Marcoule
BP 17171
F-30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze Cedex
France
e-mail: thomas.zemb AT icsm.fr

 

 

Positions at CEA

  • 1985 – 1989: Visiting scientist at ANU Canberra
  • 1995: Creation of the Saclay Colloid group (now “LIONS”)
  • 1995: Head of Service de Chimie moléculaire, Laboratoire CNRS – CEA “Claude Fréjacques” and nomination as a Full Professor in colloidal chemistry at Institut National des Sciences et Techniques Nucléaires (INSTN)
  • 2004 – 2015: Founding Director of the Marcoule Institute for Separation Chemistry

 

 

Awards

  • SIS Kash Mittal prize (2024)
  • Overbeek ECIS Gold medal (2015)
  • Thomas-Graham medal (2013)
  • Humboldt Gay-Lussac Price (2009)
  • ECIS-Rhodia Price (2003)
  • Paul Pascal Prize Academy of Science (2003)
  • SFC Physical Chemistry prize (1985)

 

 

Significant publications

10 main publications selected and put into perspective:

  • 4 in Separation Chemistry
  • 4 in Colloidal Physical Chemistry
  • 2 in Instrumentation

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Research activities

My research activities focus on 3 themes:

  • Fundamental colloidal science,
  • Design, construction, and usage of original instruments adapted to study colloids,
  • Practical applications resulting from research carried out in colloidal separation chemistry since 1990.

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