PARTNERS

Lavinia BALAN obtained the PhD degree from the University Henry Poincaré in Nancy, France, in 2005. Her PhD was devoted to the elaboration of an original material for the anode of Li-ion batteries.

After a post doctorate in Orleans and then in Mulhouse, she joined the Department of Photochemistry of Mulhouse in 2006 as a CNRS Researcher. She opened a new field of research in this laboratory, viz. the photo-assisted synthesis of metal nanoparticles and metal-polymer nanocomposite and then for 10 years at the Institute of Materials Science of Mulhouse, France.

Since October 2019, she is CNRS Senior Researcher/ Research Director and Deputy Director of CEMHTI (Conditions Extrêmes et Matériaux Haute Température et Irradiation) UPR CNRS in Orléans, France. L Balan has published more than 140 scientific publications, 4 book chapters and 5 patents and has been serving as an editorial board member for many scientific journals and conferences in nanomaterials.