EWELS Chris

PMN - Chercheur
RCO46

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Research Director DR2 CNRS (Section 05 – Condensed Matter : Organisation and dynamics)
Researcher within the group « Physics of Materials and Nanostructures » at the Institute of Materials Jean Rouxel – Nantes (IMN)
Coordinator of the transversal action « NanoCarbon » within the IMN
Invited Researcher « Bio-Nano Electronics Centre », Toyo University, Tokyo (2013-2018)
Visiting Professor, Materials Physics, Sussex University, Brighton UK (2016-)

2011: « Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches » (higher PhD) from Nantes University, speciality Physics of Materials.
1993-97: Doctoral Thesis, Exeter University:"Density Functional Modelling of point defects in semiconductors"
1989-93: Undergraduate Degree, BA Hons, Metallurgy and Science of Materials, Keble College, Oxford University

Atomic scale modelling using DFT of carbon-based nanomaterials
Point defects (intrinsic and extrinsic) and line defects (dislocations, grain boundaries, …), their electronic structure, diffusion and aggregation
Interaction of nanomaterials with their environment (substrate, electrodes, gas absorption, …)
Spectroscopy of nanomaterials: Optical (Raman, FTIR), Electronic, X-ray, experimental and simulation
New nanostructures, their simulation and implementation
Science Communication (notably new media)

Coordinator EU H2020 International Training Network "Enabling Excellence" (eetraining.wordpress.com)
Organiser of “PhD double degree programme” between Univ. Toyo and Univ. Nantes
Committee Member « British Carbon Group » (2002-)
Committee Member « GDR-I Graphene Nanotubes » (2008-)
Member of Editorial Advisory Board « Materials Today » (2011-)
Co-organiser annual international conference « NanoteC » (1998-)
(Co-)organiser conferences: ICAMM, HeteroNanoCarb, GDRI-GNT2013, …
Science Communication : Video (public / schools / BBC), Scientific Images, school presentations, fête de la science, …

As of 1/2016 :

128 publications in internation peer reviewed journals (H-Factor : 29)
6 book chapters
Since 2006, 32 invited talks at national/international conferences, 22 oral conference presesntations, 22 invited seminars, 23 (co)organisation of conferences
Complete publication list.