Invited lectures

 

Invited lectures

 

  • Nzihou A., “Integrated Biorefinery Concept with Biohydrogen and Biochar as Pillars.”, ICAFEE 2023, Faculty of Engineering, Erciyes University Kayseri, Türkiye, October, 2023
  • Nzihou A., “CO2 capture, utilization, and storage as a lever for the deployment of green Hydrogen from Bioresource”, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), US Department of Energy (DOE) – Princeton University, USA, October 5, 2022
  • Nzihou A. “Non-conventional catalysts and multiscale approach for the thermo-chemical synthesis and investigation of bio-graphene”. Invited lecture – Division of Physical Chemistry.  ACS National meeting, Chicago, USA, August 23, 2022
  • Nzihou A., “Standard and advanced characterization techniques for biochars towards energy and environmental applications”; University of British Columbia, Canada, June 1, 2022
  • Nzihou A., “Engineering Sustainable Carbon-based Materials for Energy Storage”, Sustainable Energy Materials Chair Seminar, India, May 24, 2022
  • Nzihou A., “The Production of Hydrogen from Biomass, Biowaste and Water: Sustainable?”; Stanford University, Spring 2021 – 2022, CEE 269C: Environmental Engineering Seminar Series, Stanford University, USA, April 4, 2022
  • Nzihou A., “Insights on nanostructured biocarbon materials and their sustainable production”; PRISM/PCCM, Seminar Series Spring 2022, Princeton University, USA, February 9, 2022
  • Nzihou A., “Recycled Critical Elements from Batteries as Catalysts for Hydrogen-Rich Gas and Biofuel Production”; MRS Fall meeting, Boston, USA, December 1, 2021
  • Nzihou A., “Unravel mechanisms between the carbon and metal species towards biographenic-like materials”; Nature Journals Conference: Waste Management and Valorisation for a Sustainable Future, Seoul, South Korea, October 26-28, 2021
  • Nzihou A., “Biomass, Biowaste in Thermochemical reactions towards valuable: should we rather focus more on composition and characteristics than on catalysts?”; Abo Akademi University, Turku, Finland, 1st October 2021
  • Nzihou A., “Insights on ceramics for thermal energy storage using incinerator bottom ash”, 7th International Slag Valorisation Symposium; Virtual conference 27-29 April 2021
  • Nzihou A.,” Sludges into added-value products for environmental remediation”, International Congress On Membranes And Membrane Assisted Processes (ICMMAP), Online, India, February 2021
  • Nzihou A.,” New Insights on Materials for energy from biomass and waste”,Imperial College, London, February 2020
  • Nzihou A., “Biomass and waste valorisation in materials for thermal energy storage (TES)”, 10th International Conference of the African Materials Research Society (AMRS2019), Arusha, Tanzania, 10 – 13 December 2019
  • Nzihou A., “New Insights on Phosphate-based Materials for Energy”, 5th International Symposium on Innovation and Technology in the Phosphate Industry (SYMPHOS), Benguerir, Morocco, October 7-9, 2019
  • Nzihou A., “Why and how inherent metal species can impact the pyrolysis and gasification efficiency of biomass and biowaste”, Wastes2019 Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, September 4-6, 2019
  • Nzihou A., “The catalytic effect of inherent and adorbed metals on the pyrolysis and gasification of biomass”, 7th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management, Heraklion, 26-29 June 2019
  • Nzihou A., “Unraveled mechanisms in the thermochemical conversion of biowaste and biomass. Insight on the role of inorganics”, 15th edition of the International Conference on Renewable Resources & Biorefineries, Toulouse, France, 3th June, 2019
  • Nzihou A., « Syngas cleaning and characterization», 13th International Congress on Biofuels and Bioenergy, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 19th October, 2018
  • Nzihou A., « Role of inorganics in the thermochemical conversion of biomass and waste to energy and added value materials », Académie des Sciences, Institut de France, Paris, 16 Octobre 2018
  • Nzihou A., « French perspective on waste management and valorization», WTERT Bi-Annual Conference, CCNY, New York, USA, 4th October, 2018
  • Nzihou A., “Unravel the structure and reactivity of wood and biowaste biochars”, 6th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management, Naxos Island, Greece, 13-16 June, 2018
  • Nzihou A., “Advanced in Clean Gas Cleaning” 5th International Conference on Renewable Energy Gas Technology, REGATEC 2018, Toulouse, France,3-4 May, 2018
  • Nzihou A.,” Nanostructured Carbon and Phosphate based Materials for Energy production”, International Conference on Advanced Nanostructures, Plenary Lecture, Pattanamthitta, Kerala, India, 13th March, 2018
  • Nzihou A., “Biochars: Production, Characteristics and Applications”, Plenary Lecture, 4th International Conference on Recycling and Reuse of Materials (ICRM), Kerala, India, March 9-11, 2018
  • Nzihou A., “Versatile transition Metal-Phosphate catalysts and applications”, 2nd International Conference on Catalysis and Chemical Engineering, Paris, France, February 19-21, 2018
  • Nzihou A., “Biowaste as a source for nutrients, micro-elements and sustainable fertilizers (biofertilizers)”, 9th Intern. Conf. of the African Materials Research Society (AMRS2017), Gaborone, Botswana, December 11-14, 2017
  • Nzihou A., « An overview and challenges on alternative fuels and renewables », Conférence invitée- Université de Sherbrooke- Département de génie chimique et des biotechnologies, Sherbrooke- Canada- Octobrer 5, 2017
  • Nzihou A., « Innovative Catalysts for the Conversion of greenhouse gases (CO2 and CH4) from biowastes to energy and chemical », 7th International Congress on Biofuels and Bioenergy, Toronto, Canada, October 2-4, 2017
  • Nzihou A., “Conversion of greenhouse gases (CO2 and CH4) from biowastes to energy and chemical using innovative calcium phosphates catalysts”; 15th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, 31 August to 2 September, Rhodes, Greece, 2017
  • Nzihou A., “Syngas production in dry reforming of methane using phosphate-based and conventional catalysts”; 5th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management, June 21-24, Athens, Greece, 2017
  • Nzihou A., “An overview on alternative fuels and renewables”; Solvay Soda Ash Brainstorming session on Alternative Fuels; June 2, Paris, 2017
  • Nzihou A., “Calcium phosphates versus conventional catalysts: Case study of dry reforming of methane”, Catalysis and Chemical Engineering. February 22-24, Baltimore, USA, 2017
  • Nzihou A., “Phosphate and Carbon-based catalysts for the reforming of greenhouse gases”, International Symposium on Energy Challenges and Mechanics. Inverness, Scotland, UK, July 10-14, 2016
  • Nzihou A., “Composites and hybrid materials from gasification biochar and clay”, 4th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management. Limassol, June 23–25, 2016
  • Nzihou A., “Advanced in Biomass and waste valorisation: from WasteEng Conference Series perspectives”, 6th International Conference on Engineering for Waste and Biomass Valorization. Albi, France, May 23-26, 2016
  • Nzihou A., “Development of clay-biochar hybrid materials for thermal energy storage”, EUROSUNMED. Lille, France, May 2-6, 2016
  • Nzihou A., “Production and valorization of biochars from various biomasses and wastes”, 8th International Conference of the African Materials Research Society. Accra-Ghana, December 7-10, 2015
  • Nzihou A., “Energy from biomass and waste: impact of metal species”, 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management. Tinos, Greece, July 2-4, 2015
  • Nzihou A., “The co-combustion of waste biomass and coal from a perspective of aerosols not so eco-friendly”, 8th i-CPEC. Hangzhou, China, October 16-18, 2014
  • Nzihou A., “Catalysis for gasification of biomass”, LIA – LSE meeting. Shanghai, China, October 20-22, 2013
  • Nzihou A., “Purification of flue gas from biomass/coal co-gasification”, Biomass to Energy Conference. Itajuba-Brazil, May 5-9, 2013
  • Nzihou A., “Phospho-organic hybrid materials synthesis and characterization”. Third International Multicomponent Polymer Conference (IMPC). Kottayam, Kerala, India, 23-25 March 2012
  • Nzihou A., “Energy Recovery from Heavy Metal Contaminated Biomass using Pyro-Gasification Processes”, ECO-MATES 2011. Eco-Materials and Eco-Innovation for Global Sustainability, Osaka -Japan, November 28-30, 2011
  • Nzihou A., “The fate of metals during the thermal treatment of contaminated biomass”, First International Conference WASTES. Guimares – Portugal, September 12-14, 2011
  • Nzihou A., “Issues and Trends in the Processing of Biomass and Waste”, AIChE Spring Meeting & Global Congress on Process Safety. Chicago – USA, March 13-17, 2011
  • Nzihou A, “Energy and Materials from contamined Waste. Energy and Mass balances”. 3th WTERT bi-annual conference. Columbia University-USA, October7-8, 2010
  • Nzihou A., “Partitionning of heavy metals and inorganics in Particle Matters (PM1, PM2.5 and PM10) from gasification of biomass”. Tsinghua University (Beijing) and Tongji University (Shanghai). October 28-29, 2010
  • 6th “Café des Sciences” organized by Alliance Française and the French Embassady in Beijing, China, October 29, 2010
  • Nzihou A., “Fate of heavy metals and inorganics during the thermoconversion of waste biomass”. 239th National meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS). San Francisco – USA, March 21-25, 2010
  • Nzihou A., “Major issues and Trends in the recycling of Waste Materials”, African Interstate Environmental Forum 2IE. Ouagadougou”, July 9, 2009
  • Nzihou A., “Sintering and deactivation of Phosphate-based catalysts for acidic pollutants removal from flue gas”, Santiago de Chile-Chile, April 7-9, 2009
  • Nzihou A. “Use of thermal treatments for the Characterization of metal-organic Systems”, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, March 17, 2008
  • Nzihou A., “Fate and partitioning of metals in waste biomass. Detection facilities and limits”, University federal of Rio de Janeiro, March 2006

 

– Nzihou A., «Insights on nanostructured biocarbon materials and their sustainable production», PRISM/PCCM, Seminar Series Spring 2022, Princeton University, USA, February 9, 2022

– Nzihou A., «Recycled Critical Elements from Batteries as Catalysts for Hydrogen-Rich Gas and Biofuel Production», MRS Fall meeting, Boston, USA, December 1, 2021

– Nzihou A., «Unravel mechanisms between the carbon and metal species towards biographenic-like materials», Nature Conference: Waste Management and Valorisation for a Sustainable Future , Seoul, South Korea, October 26-28, 2021

– Nzihou A., «Biomass, Biowaste in Thermochemical reactions towards valuable: should we rather focus more on compositions and characteristics than on catalysts? », Abo Akademi University,, Turku, Finland, October, 2021

– Nzihou A., «Insights on ceramics for thermal energy storage using incinerator bottom ash», 7th International Slag Valorisation Symposium, Virtual conference, April27-29, 2021

– Nzihou A., «Sludges into added-value products for environmental remediation», International Congress On Membranes And Membrane Assisted Processes (ICMMAP), Online, India, February 2021

– Nzihou A., «New Insights on Materials for energy from biomass and waste», Imperial College, London, February, 2020

– Nzihou A., «Biomass and waste valorisation in materials for thermal energy storage (TES)», 10th International Conference of the African Materials Research Society (AMRS2019), Arusha, Tanzania, December 10 – 13, 2019

– Nzihou A., «New Insights on Phosphate-based Materials for Energy», 5th International Symposium on Innovation and Technology in the Phosphate Industry (SYMPHOS), Benguerir, Morocco, October 7-9, 2019

– Nzihou A., «Why and how inherent metal species can impact the pyrolysis and gasification efficiency of biomass and biowaste », Wastes2019 Conference, Lisbon, September 4-6, 2019

– Nzihou A., «The catalytic effect of inherent and adorbed metals on the pyrolysis and gasification of biomass », 7th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management, Heraklion, 26-29 June 2019

– Nzihou A., «Unraveled mechanisms in the thermochemical conversion of biowaste and biomass. Insight on the role of inorganics», 15th edition of the International Conference on Renewable Resources & Biorefineries, Toulouse, France, 3th June, 2019

– Nzihou A., «Syngas cleaning and characterization», 13th International Congress on Biofuels and Bioenergy, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 19th October, 2018

– Nzihou A., «Role of inorganics in the thermochemical conversion of biomass and waste to energy and added value materials », Académie des Sciences, Institut de France, Paris, 16 Octobre 2018

– Nzihou A., «French perspective on waste management and valorization», WTERT Bi-Annual Conference, CCNY, New York, USA, 4th October, 2018