Ange Nzihou
Principal Investigator
Ange Nzihou is a Distinguished Professor of Process Engineering at IMT Mines Albi. He is a recipient of an ERC Advanced Grant, one of Europe’s most prestigious research funding awards.
He is a Fulbright Fellow and visiting professor at Princeton University (USA), as well as a visiting professor at Zhejiang University (China), Mahatma Gandhi University (India), and the University of Pretoria (South Africa).
He holds the Nobel Prize Chairs of J. B. Goodenough, M. S. Whittingham, and A. Yoshino on sustainable energy materials at Mahatma Gandhi University.
He is Editor-in-Chief of Waste and Biomass Valorization (Springer Nature), founder and chair of the international WasteEng conference series, and Fulbright Program Ambassador for 2024–2025.
Ange Nzihou is an Officer of the National Order of Merit.
Thomas Chombart
PhD STOREHEAT project
Phd topic : Biocarbons (Biochars) carbonisation, graphitisation, multiscale characterisation and energy storage performances.
Laurie Vion-Broussailles
PhD STOREHEAT project
PhD topic: Biocarbon (Biochar)-based composites for energy storage: Feedstocks selection, decision support and modelling tools, biocarbon production and characterization
Auriane Agard
ERC Project manager
Upcoming recruitments
PhD 3
Expected start date: October 2026:
The PhD project will focus on the production, processing, and thermo-mechanical characterization of 3C materials, as well as on the evaluation of their performance for energy storage applications.
PhD 4
Expected start date: November 2026
The PhD project will focus on thermodynamic modeling to investigate the formation and corrosion of 3C materials, as well as on the calculation of environmental indicators.
Postdoctoral researcher 1
Expected start date: September 2026
The postdoctoral researcher will work on standard characterization techniques, with a focus on nanostructure and surface characterization, as well as on advanced in situ and dynamic characterization of biochar and 3C materials. The two main techniques targeted are synchrotron-based in situ topotomography and the European XFEL. This work will involve interactions with, and research visits to, the selected synchrotron facility through a competitive access process, as well as visits to Hamburg (Germany) for experiments at the XFEL.
Postdoctoral researcher 2
Expected start date: January 2027
The postdoctoral researcher will oversee modeling and simulations using pair distribution functions (PDF) and density functional theory (DFT)-based molecular dynamics to determine the activation and total energies associated with carbon atoms on metal surfaces and edges.
Research Data Engineer
Expected start date: January 2028
Laboratory Technician
Expected start date: January 2027
The STOREHEAT project is hosted within the RAPSODEE Research Center, UMR CNRS 5302.
