Sylvie Lacombe PhD

Dr. Sylvie Lacombe is a CNRS research director at the Institute for Analytical Sciences and Physico-Chemistry for Environment and Materials (IPREM). She has been working for 20 years in the photochemistry and photocatalysis field and was interested in sol-gel chemistry for the synthesis of photosensitizers containing hybrid materials or modified TiO2 and their application for the oxygenation/mineralization of organic compounds. Current research topics are devoted to reaction mechanisms in heterogeneous photocatalytic/photosensitized reactions. She is also interested in standards in photocatalysis. She is in charge of the Photochemistry group in Pau and she is vice-president of the European Photocatalysis Federation.