• Bioeconomy
  • Chemistry and Materials
  • Energy and Environment
  • Societal and economic transition & Risk management
  • Transport and Mobility

Environmental Chemistry and Life Interactions Unit (UCEIV)

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Description

UCEIV develops research activities in the fields of Environmental Sciences, Health, Sustainable Development and Energy. The unit consists of four teams representing major areas
1- Chemistry and Toxicology of Atmospheric Emissions
2- Plant-Fungal Interactions and Remediation
3- Supramolecular Chemistry
4- Catalytic Treatment and Clean Energy

Contacts

  • Stéphane Siffert
    Director

Informations

145 avenue Maurice Schumann Maison de la Recherche en Environnement Industriel 1 (MREI 1)
Maison de la Recherche en Environnement Industriel
59140 Dunkerque

https://uceiv.univ-littoral.fr/

Effectif

Effectif total : 69

Personnel de recherche : 32

Personnel d'appui à la recherche : 8

Expertises

Skills

• Environmental physico-chemical characterization
• Industrial and Environmental Toxicology
• Environmental and health impact study
• Study of biological activities of bio-sourced molecules
• Plant interactions - mycorrhizal and pathogenic fungi
• Mycological monitoring
• Plant disease biocontrol methods
• Supramolecular chemistry
• Catalytic treatment of air emissions (nitrogen oxides, VOCs, carbon particles)
• Biomass valorization - lipid analysis - PAHs and alkanes analysis

Collaborations/Partners/Scientific clients

National
Amiens, Artois, Caen, Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Lille, Nancy, Paris, Poitiers, Reims

International
Allemagne, Angleterre, Belgique, Brésil, Canada, Chine, Danemark, Espagne, États-Unis, Italie, Liban, Norvège, Sénégal, Vietnam

Services offers

Services provided

We provide services according to our skills

Consulting services

We provide consulting services according to our skills

Equipments

Chemistry and Materials Field
• Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (EPR)
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy
• Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC)
• Simultaneous Thermal Analysis (ATD-ATG)
• X-ray diffraction (DRX)
• Chromatography analysis techniques (GC, HPLC) coupled with mass spectrometry, steric exclusion chromatography
• Total Hydrocarbon and Total Organic Carbon (TOC) Analyzer
• Granulometry
• Specific surface and porosity measurement of divided solids
• Infra-red and UV-Visible spectroscopy

Plant Biology, Biochemistry and Toxicology
• Culture rooms: cellular, plant, microbial
• Controlled plant growth chambers
• RT-PCR polymerase chain reaction: gene expression
• ELISA by multiplexing (Luminex): immuno-enzymatic assays
• UV/Visible spectrophotometry: enzyme activities, protein assays and RNA/DNA
• Flow cytometry
• Fluorescence microscopy

Ecosystem

Affiliated institutions / organisations

Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale (ULCO)

Partner institution(s)

Groups/Networks/Federations

SFR Condorcet

Doctoral schools

Regional strategic areas of activity

  • Bioeconomy
    • Biobased chemistry
    • Biobased materials
    • Sustainable production and mobilization of bioresources
  • Chemistry and Materials
    • Circular economy, life cycle analysis
    • Green chemistry
    • Industrial processes engineering, efficient processes
    • Organic chemistry
    • Recycling of materials and efficient use of material resources
    • Textiles, composites, materials
  • Energy and Environment
    • Biodiversity
    • Circular economy
    • Low-carbon combustion (biofuels, hydrogen, new technologies)
    • Renewable energies
  • Societal and economic transition & Risk management
    • Industrial and territorial ecology
  • Transport and Mobility
    • Reduction of pollution and energy consumption

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Current thematics

  • Bioeconomy
    • Biobased chemistry
    • Biobased materials
    • Sustainable production and mobilization of bioresources
  • Chemistry and Materials
    • Circular economy, life cycle analysis
    • Green chemistry
    • Industrial processes engineering, efficient processes
    • Organic chemistry
    • Recycling of materials and efficient use of material resources
    • Textiles, composites, materials
  • Energy and Environment
    • Biodiversity
    • Circular economy
    • Low-carbon combustion (biofuels, hydrogen, new technologies)
    • Renewable energies
  • Societal and economic transition & Risk management
    • Industrial and territorial ecology
  • Transport and Mobility
    • Reduction of pollution and energy consumption
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Environmental Chemistry and Life Interactions Unit
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Research unit
Description

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UCEIV develops research activities in the fields of Environmental Sciences, Health, Sustainable Development and Energy. The unit consists of four teams representing major areas
1- Chemistry and Toxicology of Atmospheric Emissions
2- Plant-Fungal Interactions and Remediation
3- Supramolecular Chemistry
4- Catalytic Treatment and Clean Energy
Contact informations
Contact

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Contact name Email phone number
SIFFERT Stéphane stephane.siffert@univ-littoral.fr
URL

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https://uceiv.univ-littoral.fr/

Address

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145 avenue Maurice Schumann Maison de la Recherche en Environnement Industriel 1 (MREI 1)
Maison de la Recherche en Environnement Industriel
59140 Dunkerque
Keywords

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Atmospheric chemistry, Remediation, Heterogeneous catalysis, Hydrogen, Clean energy, Supramolecular chemistry, Biochemistry, Plant-mushroom interactions, Toxicology, Biomass
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Skills

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• Environmental physico-chemical characterization • Industrial and Environmental Toxicology • Environmental and health impact study • Study of biological activities of bio-sourced molecules • Plant interactions - mycorrhizal and pathogenic fungi • Mycological monitoring • Plant disease biocontrol methods • Supramolecular chemistry • Catalytic treatment of air emissions (nitrogen oxides, VOCs, carbon particles) • Biomass valorization - lipid analysis - PAHs and alkanes analysis
Workforce

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Nombre de chercheurs : 32
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Nombre de personnel d'appui à la recherche : 8
Effectif total : 69
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Collaborations/Partners/Scientific clients

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National Amiens, Artois, Caen, Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Lille, Nancy, Paris, Poitiers, Reims International Allemagne, Angleterre, Belgique, Brésil, Canada, Chine, Danemark, Espagne, États-Unis, Italie, Liban, Norvège, Sénégal, Vietnam
Collaborations/Partners/Private Clients

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Services offers
Training offers

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Services offers

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We provide services according to our skills
Consulting services

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We provide consulting services according to our skills
Equipments
Equipements spécifiques

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  • Nanobay type Avance III NMR spectrometer coupled to Topspin 3.1 software.
  • EMX Bruker Dual Cavity RPE Spectrometer
    EMX/ Bruker
  • UCEIV - Equinox 55 Bruker Infrared (IR) Spectrometer with Harrick DRIFT Cell
    Equinox 55/ Bruker
  • Bruker D8 Advance Diffractometer with LynxEye detector
    D8 Advance/ Bruker


Ecosystem
Affiliated institutions / organisations

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  • Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale (ULCO)
Établissement(s) partenaire(s)

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Unit(s) of attachment

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Groups/Networks/Federations

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SFR Condorcet
Doctoral schools

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Equipex/EquipEx+/ESR

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Competitive cluster

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Regional strategic areas of activity

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  • Energy and Environment
  • Circular economy, life cycle analysis
  • Chemistry and Materials
  • Green chemistry
  • Bioeconomy
  • Industrial processes engineering, efficient processes
  • Biodiversity
  • Biobased chemistry
  • Societal and economic transition & Risk management
  • Industrial and territorial ecology
  • Circular economy
  • Sustainable production and mobilization of bioresources
  • Transport and Mobility
  • Organic chemistry
  • Reduction of pollution and energy consumption
  • Low-carbon combustion (biofuels, hydrogen, new technologies)
  • Textiles, composites, materials
  • Recycling of materials and efficient use of material resources
  • Renewable energies
  • Biobased materials
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