Jalel Labidi

Associate Editor of Industrial Crops and Product (Elsevier)
Associate Editor of Frontiers in Energy Research: Bioenergy and Biofuel (Frontiers)
Editorial Board of Macromol (MDPI)
Senior Researcher at the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering of the University of the Basque Country, Spain

Jalel Labidi is a chemical engineer who graduated from the National Engineering School of Gabès (Tunisia) and holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the National Polytechnic Institute of Lorraine (France). He is currently a Senior Researcher in the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the University of the Basque Country (Spain).

His research focuses on the development of biorefineries within a circular economy framework. He applies green chemistry principles and process intensification strategies to improve the efficiency and sustainability of biomass fractionation and its conversion into bio-based chemicals and biopolymers. His work also addresses the technical, economic, and environmental feasibility of biorefinery processes.

Dr. Labidi has authored more than 350 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals and has an H-index of 75. He has supervised 35 PhD theses. He currently serves as Associate Editor of Industrial Crops and Products (Elsevier) and Frontiers in Energy Research: Bioenergy and Biofuels (Frontiers), and is a member of the editorial boards of several other international journals.

Jean Daou

Deputy director of the Institute of Material Science of Mulhouse (IS2M, UMR 7361)
Full Professor at the University of Haute Alsace (UHA), France

Molecular contamination in satellites has drawn attention of space industries. Indeed, once satellites are in orbit, it is impossible to control the outgassing of molecules from paints, glues or varnishes. The chemical nature of these outgassed volatile organic compounds (VOCs) has been investigated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and was identified as hydrocarbon and plasticizers derivatives. Those molecules can deposit on the surface of on-boarded equipment like optics and damage them. After testing several porous materials as molecular adsorbents to fix the molecular contamination issue, zeolites have been designed as the ideal candidates thanks to their great adsorption capacities, and especially their ability to trap the volatile organic compounds at very low concentration in the atmosphere. We have shown in collaboration with the French Space Agency (CNES) that zeolites could be successfully used to adsorb VOCs in satellites, particularly with zeolite pellets trapping pollutants within the ChemCam and SuperCam instrument on-board of Curiosity and Perseverance Rovers respectively, currently on planet Mars.

Jean Daou is Deputy Director of the Institute of Materials Science of Mulhouse (IS2M, UMR 7361) and Full Professor at the University of Haute-Alsace (UHA), France. He obtained his PhD in Materials Chemistry in 2007 from the University of Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg. In 2008, he joined the University of Haute-Alsace, where he has since developed research projects focused on the design of porous materials for applications in catalysis, adsorption, and environmental protection.

In 2018, he was appointed for a five-year term as a junior member of the prestigious Institut Universitaire de France (IUF). From 2018 to 2023, he also served as President of the French Zeolite Association (GFZ).

His research activities are structured around three main areas. The first focuses on the synthesis of porous materials with controlled size and the investigation of their textural and structural properties. The second addresses the shaping and processing of these nanoporous materials. The third explores their application in fields such as energy storage and molecular decontamination. This work has enabled him to develop broad expertise spanning nanomaterials design, synthesis methods, characterization techniques, and their integration into practical applications.

Professor Daou has coordinated more than 35 research projects funded by institutions such as the European Union, the French National Research Agency (ANR), and industrial partners including APTAR CSP Technologies. He has authored over 142 international publications and holds 18 patents. Among his distinctions, he received the 2020 Researcher Prize from the Solid-State Chemistry Division of the French Chemical Society (SCF), as well as the 2020 Science Prize of the Rhenane Academy.