Contact details

Full Professor at the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne

Institute of Molecular Chemistry (ICMR UMR CNRS 7312)

Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences

Building 18, BP 1039

51 687 Reims cedex 2

Phone / Fax: 00 33 3 26 91 32 43

E-Mail: emmanuel.guillon@univ-reims.fr

Website: ICMR

Research activities

Understanding of transfer processes of organic (pesticides and drugs) and inorganic (metal trace elements) pollutants

Remediation against pollutions

Multi-scale approach of surface phenomenon (from molecular to macroscopic)

Research key words

Adsorption-desorption, transfer, soil, sediment, sewage sludge, pesticide, drug, metal trace element, molecular approach, modelisation

Main activities

Head of Coordination Chemistry Group in ICMR UMR CNRS 7312 : 12 Professors/Associate professors, 3 technical staffs

Head of Environmental Chemistry team in Coordination Chemistry Group (7 Professors/Associate professors, 2 technical staffs)

Elected member of Scientific council of URCA since 2012

Elected member of Doctorate school council of URCA 2009-2013

Member of the Mobility and International Exchange Commission of URCA (CMEI, 2007-2012), and of the Commission for International Relations (2012-2017)

Head of International relations of the Reims Engineer School (ESIReims) since 2006

Elected member at the SOLEIL Users’ committee (2013-2017). Vice-president.

French partner of the EU FP7 program - KBBE, ROUTES project (www.eu-routes.org).

Member of the « Management Committee » of the COST ES-13-02 action.

Technical skills

Environmental chemistry

Metal trace elements analyses (ICP-OES, AAS)

Organic pollutants analyses (HPLC, LC-MS/MS)

Batch and column sorption experiments

Research programs

- CPER 2007-20013: AQUAL (Fight against diffuse pollution in the Vesle watershed) through “Zérophyto” et “Transmét” programs.

- FP7 - EU 2011-2014: ROUTES project (Novel processing routes for effective sewage sludge management)

- « Emergence » Champagne-Ardenne council 2013-2016: TrEcoPolEm (Transfer and ecotoxicity of emerging pollutants, impact of Reims conurbation on the Vesle quality)

Recent publications

- Can Cu fractionation trends in soils be simulated by synthetic models? S. Proffit et al., Environ. Sci. Poll. Res., 2015, 22, 7641-7652.

- Molecular properties affecting the adsorption coefficient of pesticides from various chemical families. J. Langeron et al., Environ. Sci. Poll. Res., 2014, 21, 9727-9741.

- Aging effect on zinc retention on a calcareous soil: column experiments and synchrotron X-ray. S. Sayen et al., Sci. Total Environ., 2014, 487, 545-556.

- Leaching potential of phenylurea herbicides in a calcareous soil. Comparison of column elution and batch studies. J. Langeron et al., Environ. Sci. Poll. Res., 2014, 21, 4906-4913.

- Molecular properties affecting the adsorption coefficient of phenylurea herbicides. A. Blondel et al., Environ. Sci. Poll. Res., 2013, 20, 6266-6281.

International conferences

- Fate of emerging pollutants in the environment in presence of metal cations - A zoom toward the surface. Invited speaker at Prairie View A&M University, Texas, USA, July 2014.

- Fate of heavy metals in sludge-amended soils. Pollutec fair, Villepinte, December 2013.

- Fate of antibiotics in soils in presence of metallic cations. Keynote at 3rd International Congress of Environment-2013, Xi’an, China, September 2013.