Institution / Department: Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology, Hydrogeologist
Country: France
Role at SPECTROMED 2026: Plenary speaker
Lecture Title: Source-to-sink monitoring of emerging pollutants in hydrosystems after a large industrial fire : a study case of Lubrizol plume (Rouen, France, 2019)
Prof. Matthieu Fournier is Professor of Hydrogeology at Université de Rouen Normandie (France) and a member of research unit Morphodynamique Continentale et Côtière (M2C). He holds a Ph.D. in karst hydrogeology (University of Rouen, 2006) and has been involved in teaching and research in hydrogeology and karst hydrology since 2009. His research activities focus on water sciences, particularly transfer of microbiological and chemical contaminants between surface water and groundwater, as well as hydroclimatic variability and its impacts on water resources. He authored over 100 international papers and conference proceedings then supervised 14 Ph.D. and post-doctoral research.
Nicole Jaffrésic-Renault
Full Name: Nicole Jaffrésic-Renault
Academic Title: Emeritus Director of Research at CNRS.
Institution / Department: Institute UTINAM - University Marie and Louis Pasteur, Besançon
Country: France
Role at SPECTROMED 2026: Plenary speaker
Lecture Title: VOC biosniffers for food quality control and breath control
Dr Nicole Jaffrezic-Renault received her engineering degree from Chimie ParisTech, Paris, in
1971 and the Doctorat d’Etat és Sciences Physiques from the University of Paris-Saclay in 1976.
She is Emeritus Director of Research at CNRS, past president of the chemical micro sensor club
(CMC2), and past-president of the Analytical Chemistry Division of the French Chemical
Society. She was decorated as Knight of the National Order of Legion of Honor and Officer of
the National Order of Merit. Her research activities in the Institute ISA University of Lyon and
now at the Institute UTINAM University Marie and Louis Pasteur, Besançon, France, include
conception and design of (bio)chemical sensors and their integration in microsystems. She
coordinates several European and national projects for the development of microsystems for
biomedical and environmental monitoring and for food safety. She published more than 655
papers with more than 16700 citations (H index: 65).
Patrick Martin
Full Name: Patrick Martin
Academic Title: Full Prof.
Institution / Department: Head of Artois site of Unit Transformations & Agroressources (ULR7519) and Head of IUT R&D (IUT Béthune, Chemistry Dpt)
Country: France
Role at SPECTROMED 2026: Plenary speaker
Lecture Title: Polysaccharides, as raw material platform for a large range of applica1on, at center of “One Health
Prof. Patrick Martin is Professor of Chemistry at University of Artois (Béthune, France), where he serves as Head of Artois site of Unit Transformations & Agroressources (ULR 7519) and Head of R&D at IUT Béthune (Chemistry Department). His research activities focus on bio-based and sustainable chemistry, particularly extraction, transformation and valorization of agro-resources. He has an extensive record of scientific publications, patents and supervised doctoral theses.
Jaafar Gaber
Full Name: Jaafar Gaber
Academic Title: Full Prof.
Institution / Department: Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard (UTBM)
Country: France
Role at SPECTROMED 2026: Plenary speaker
Lecture Title: From Computational Chemistry to Physics-Guided AI: Modeling and Simulating Chemical Reactions and Materials with Intelligence.
Prof. Dr. Jaafar Gaber received his Ph.D. degree in 1998 from University of Lille I. He is currently a researcher at FEMTO-ST institute (UMR CNRS 6174) and UTBM. His research interests include modern distributed systems, including AI, Big Data, IoT, reconfigurable, embedded computing, and distributed/parallel algorithms. His research has been frequently supported by European grants within EU FP6 and EU FP7 and industry.
Javier Hernández-Borges
Full Name: Javier Hernández-Borges
Academic Title: Full Prof.
Institution / Department: Department of Chemistry at University of La Laguna in Tenerife - Canary Islands
Country: Spain
Role at SPECTROMED 2026: Plenary speaker
Lecture Title: Microplastics research: Challenges, evidence, and emerging questions
Dr. Javier Hernández-Borges is Full Professor of Analytical Chemistry Division of Department of Chemistry at University of La Laguna in Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain). In 2005 he obtained his PhD in Chemistry at that University. He has published around 155 papers in international journals and 34 book chapters, most of them dealing with analytical method development with determination of pesticide, antibiotic and estrogenic compounds residues in environmental and food samples by chromatographic and electromigration techniques.
Malika Trabelsi-Ayadi
Full Name: Malika Trabelsi-Ayadi
Academic Title: Professor Emeritus
Institution / Department: Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, University of Carthage - Laboratory of Application of Chemistry to Natural Resources and Substances and the Environment (LACReSNE- LR05ES09)/ http://www.fsb.rnu.tn/presentation-laboratoire-lacresne
Country: Tunisia
Role at SPECTROMED 2026: Plenary speaker
Lecture Title: Transition to a Circular Economy. Circular Economy and waste. What solutions for Tunisia.
Short Biography
Prof. Emeritus Malika Trabelsi-Ayadi is Professor of Chemistry at the Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, University of Carthage (Tunisia), the founder and a senior member of the Laboratory of Application of Chemistry to Natural Resources and Substances and the Environment (LACReSNE-LR05ES09).
Her research focuses on the designing, operating and optimizing treatment facilities for organic residues and high-strength wastewater, the promoting energy recovery through biomethanization and cogeneration and the contributing to the ecological and energy transition in Tunisia and internationally in the framework of a circular economy.
She has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications, including Environmental chemistry, Analytical chemistry, Inorganic chemistry, Physical-chemical chemistry, Green chemistry and Didactic of sciences.
Christelle Montigny
Full Name: Christelle Montigny
Academic Title: Prof.
Institution / Department: HydroSciences Montpellier (UMR 5151) - Polytech Montpellier Responsable du Parcours Sciences et Technologies de l'eau (STE)
Country: France
Role at SPECTROMED 2026: Plenary speaker
Lecture Title: Seven years of monthly monitoring in a mediterranean port: chemical and microbiological water quality to understand and act
Chrystelle Montigny is a Professor at Polytech Montpellier and a member of HydroSciences Montpellier (UMR 5151). A specialist in analytical chemistry, she holds a Ph.D. in water chemistry and microbiology from University of Pau. Since 2010, her research has focused on the chemical and microbiological quality of aquatic environments, with expertise in trace metals and organotin compounds.
Dirk Schaumlöffel
Full Name: Dirk Schaumlöffel
Academic Title: Prof.
Institution / Department: French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) - Institute of Analytical Sciences and Physicochemistry for Environment and Materials (IPREM) at University of Pau
Country: France
Role at SPECTROMED 2026: Plenary speaker
Lecture Title: Challenges and future prospects of elemental imaging at micro and nanoscale
Dirk Schaumlöffel has been a research professor at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) since 2011 working at the Institute of Analytical Sciences and Physicochemistry for Environment and Materials (IPREM) at the University of Pau, France. His scientific research focuses on analytic-chemical developments for essential and toxic trace element analysis in biological organisms.
Fabienne Séby
Full Name: Fabienne Séby
Academic Title: PhD.
Institution / Department: Director of Ultra Traces Analyses Aquitaine (UT2A) Laboratory
Country: France
Role at SPECTROMED 2026: Plenary speaker
Lecture Title: Trace Element Speciation: From Routine Analysis to Innovation / La spéciation des éléments trace: de l'analyse de routine à l'innovation
Fabienne Séby is Director and PhD at UT2A / ADERA SAS in Pau, France, a technology transfer laboratory specializing in advanced analytical chemistry and trace element analysis. She leads UT2A’s scientific activities, focusing on the speciation of trace elements and nanoparticles in complex matrices, with applications across environmental, food, pharmaceutical, and industrial sectors.
Brahim Safi
Full Name: Brahim Safi
Academic Title: Full Prof. - Vice-dean in charge of post-graduation, scientific research and external relations
Institution / Department: University M'Hamed Bougara -Boumerdes
Country: Algeria
Role at SPECTROMED 2026: Plenary speaker
Lecture Title: Using Poultry Feather Waste as an Eco-Friendly Admixture in Cement Pastes and Mortars
Brahim Safi currently is Professor at University M'Hamed Bougara -Boumerdes. He is Head of research team; Eco-Materials, Recycling and Recovery of Wastes in materials, at URMPE. He is Vice-Dean of PG, Scientific Research and External Relations. The scientific interests: Wastes recycling, Materials characterization. Construction and Building Materials, Mechanical behavior of Materials, Rheology of Fluids.
Abdennacer Boulila
Full Name: Abdennacer Boulila
Academic Title: PhD.
Institution / Department: National Institute for Research and Physico-Chemical Analysis
Country: Tunisia
Role at SPECTROMED 2026: Plenary speaker
Lecture Title: To be announced
Dr. Abdennacer Boulila is a Professor of Biological engineering and since 2023 is the Head of ‘Laboratoire des Substances Naturelles LR15INRAP02’ at ‘Institut National de Recherche et d’Analyse Physico-chimique INRAP’ in Biotech-Pole of Sidi Thabet, Tunisia. His research interest covers analysis of natural-derived products including extraction, chemical characterization, and biological properties. He has authored over 60 international papers and supervised over 20 Master’s and PhD students. He is director and participant in more than 10 collaborative projects aimed in therapeutic and agro-industrial potentialities of natural products. He is also lecturer in several scientific meetings and courses, reviewer for more than 20 international journals focusing in valorization of biomolecules and co-founder of the Tunisian Association of Genetic Resources.
