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Laboratoire Interactions, Dynamiques et Lasers (LIDYL)
Groupe Dynamique Interaction en phase COndensée (DICO)
CEA Paris-Saclay, Orme des Merisiers, Building 701
91191 Gif sur Yvette, France
PERSONAL INFORMATION
EDUCATION
2004 HDR – PhD Student Supervising Ability
Chemistry Faculty, University of Paris 11, Orsay, France
1994 PhD thesis: ”Femtochemistry: Relaxation of the geometry of molecules after light excitation in an excited electronic state”
Molecular Chemistry Faculty, University of Paris 11, Orsay, France
Supervisors: Dr Thomas Gustavsson and Dr Jean-Claude Mialocq
1990 Master
Instrumentation/ University of Bordeaux 1, France
1990 Engineer degree: Physics and Chemistry
Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie et de Physique (ENSCPB), Bordeaux, France
CURRENT POSITIONS
2021 – Research Director at CEA
2018 – Group Leader – Dynamics and Interactions in COndensed phase (DICO)
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2004 – Senior expert at CEA; Interaction Radiation Matter of Saclay Institute (IRAMIS), CEA Saclay/ France
1994 – Engineer – Researcher at CEA; Interaction Radiation Matter Institute in Saclay (IRAMIS), CEA Saclay/ France
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2006 – 2007 JSPS Fellow, Professor Katsumura Laboratory/Tokyo University, Nuclear Engineering School/Japan (10 months)
1996 – 1996 Scholarship, Professor Jay-Gerin Laboratory, Sherbrooke University/Canada (3 months)
1991 – 1994 PhD Fellowship. Obtained 3 year CFR funding from CEA Saclay
CURRENT SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
2021 – 2025 I am co-supervising one PhD student (Jason Mill); Main supervisor: Pr. Dino Jaroszynki, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
2020 – 2023 I am supervising one PhD student (Julien Audouin) and a Master student per year; Chemistry Faculty/ Paris-Saclay University
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
2021 – 2022 Lecturer – EUGLOH-LAMELIS summer school “Laser in Medecine and Life Sciences”
2016 – 2021 Lecturer – Radiobiologie University Diploma for Medical Doctors / Radiation protection, Free Radicals and Antioxidants / Villejuif, Paris-Saclay University/ France
2016 – 2018 Lecturer – Master2 Cancérologie / ROS Chemistry / Villejuif, Paris-Saclay University / France
2011 – 2019 Lecturer – Master2 Biomaterials / Methodology in research / Reims University / France
2014 – 2016 Lecturer – Master1 Physics of Living Materials / UE Rayonnement et Radiobiologie / Paris-Descartes University / France
2013 – 2016 Lecturer – Master 2 SYVIC / Radiation Chemistry in Extreme Conditions / Lyon Claude Bernard University / France
2013 – 2016 Lecturer – Master 2 Radiochemistry, Radiations, Radiation protection and Radiation Chemistry in nuclear cycle / Nantes University / France
ORGANIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
2021/11/11-12 Co-chair / Workshop NanoTheRad / 120 attendees (hybride conference) / Orsay / France
2019/04/19 Co-chair / 2nd Annual Conference NanoTheRad / 50 attendees / ISMO / Orsay / France
2018/01/11 Co-chair / 1st Annual Conference NanoTheRad / 50 attendees / SOLEIL / St Aubin / France
2017/09/18-22 Chair / Summer school « Chimie sous Rayonnement et Radiochimie » / 41 attendees / Oléron / France
2011/11/14-15 Conference on Radiation Chemistry : Marie Curie’s Heritage / 70 attendees / Paris « Maison de la Chimie » / France
2010/06/26-28 15th JECR / 110 attendees / Bordeaux « Celliers des Chartrons » / France
2008/11/12-14 Winter school on Radiolysis / CEA Formation framework / 50 attendees / Domaine du Manet – Chateau fort en Yveline / France
INTERNATIONAL ADVISING SCIENTIFIC COMITTEE
2008 – Journées d’Etudes de Chimie sous Rayonnement et maintenant (JECR and now R3C)
2013 – 2015 Asia Pacific Symposium of Radiation Chemistry
INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
2020 – Institut des Sciences de la Lumière, Sterring Committee, University Paris-Saclay / France
2019 – iNanoTheRad program, co-Director, University Paris-Saclay / France
MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
2021 – Treasury, Member, Subdivision of Radiation Chemistry and Radiochemistry, Chemical Physics Division/ French Chemistry Society/ France
2016 – 2021 Founding President, Member, Subdivision of Radiation Chemistry and Radiochemistry, Chemical Physics Division/ French Chemistry Society/ France
MAJOR COLLABORATIONS
Pr. Dino Jaroszynki, Dosimetry of Laser Wakefield Electron Accelerator, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
GEANT4-DNA international collaboration (geant4-dna.org): steering committee member / chemistry activity
Pr. Frederick Currell, CLARA accelerator beamtime sharing for exploiting femtosecond electron pulses, Dalton Cumbria Facility, University of Manchester / UK
Pr. Merhan Mostafavi, ELYSE picosecond electron accelerator – Extreme conditions of temperature in radiation chemistry, Institut de Chimie Physique, University Paris-Saclay
Pr. Yosuke Katsumura, Heavy ion water radiolysis, HIMAC irradiations, University of Tokyo, Japan
10 relevant publications (h-index: 23)
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Musat, R. M.; Roujou, J.-L.; Dauvois, V.; Ferry, M.; Marchand, C.; Baldacchino, G., New insight on the simultaneous H2 and HNO2 production in concentrated HNO3 aqueous solutions under alpha radiation. RSC Advances 2021, 11 (20), 12141-12152.
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Andreola, M.-L.; Becquart, F.; Jomaa, W.; Verhoeven, P. O.; Baldacchino, G.; Hemour, S.; Consortium D-Mask, The properties of hot household hygroscopic materials and their potential use for non-medical facemask decontamination. PLOS ONE 2021, 16 (9), e0255148.
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Maury, P.; Porcel, E.; Lacombe, S.; Baldacchino, G., Comprendre et améliorer les effets cliniques de la hadronthérapie. Actualité Chimique 2021, 460-461, 76-83.
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Balanikas, E.; Banyasz, A.; Douki, T.; Baldacchino, G.; Markovitsi, D., Guanine Radicals Induced in DNA by Low-Energy Photoionization. Accounts of Chemical Research 2020, 53 (8), 1511-1519.
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R. Verlet, G. Baldacchino, K. Wolski, S. Miro, D. Gosset, K. Colas, M. Jublot, F. Jomard, M. Tupin, Influence of light ion irradiation of the oxide layer on the oxidation rate of zircaloy-4, Corrosion Science 2015, 98, 327-338.
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G. Baldacchino, L’apport des ions accélérés dans l’épopée de la chimie sous rayonnement, Histoire de la Recherche Contemporaine (Edition CNRS) 2017, VI(1), 47-55.
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G. Baldacchino, E. Brun, I. Denden, S. Bouhadoun, R. Roux, H. Khodja, C. Sicard-Roselli Importance Of Radiolytic Reactions During High-Let Irradiation Modalities: Let Effect, Role Of O2 And Radiosensitization By Nanoparticles. Cancer Nanotechnology 2019, 10, 21.
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A. Balcerzyk, I. Boughattas, S. Pin, E. Balanzat and G. Baldacchino, First Observation of HO Reactivity in Water under High Energy Ions at Elevated Temperature, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2014, 16, 23975-23984.
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M. Karamitros, S. Luan, M. A. Bernal, J. Allison, G. Baldacchino, M. Davidkova, Z. Francis, W. Friedland, V. Ivantchenko, A. Ivantchenko, A. Mantero, P. Nieminem, G. Santin, H. N. Tran, V. Stepan, S. Incerti., Diffusion-controlled reactions modelling in Geant4-DNA, Journal of Computational Physics, 2014, 274, 841-882.
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C. Sicard-Roselli, E. Brun, M. Gilles, G. Baldacchino, C. Kelsey, H. McQuaid, C. Polin, N. Wardlow, F. Currell, A new mechanism for hydroxyl radical production in irradiated nanoparticle solutions, Small, 2014, 10, 3338-3346.
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S. Yamashita, G. Baldacchino, T. Maeyama, M. Taguchi, Y. Muroya, A. Kimura, M. Lin, T. Murakami and Y. Katsumura, •OH-yield Determination in Water Radiolysis by Using a Fluorescent Probe. Chemical Mechanism, LET and Time Dependences, Free Radical Research, 2012, 46(7), 861-871.
Courses
Radiolyse de l’eau – les bases pour comprendre la Radiobiologie et l’appliquer en radiothérapie / Cours du DU de Radiobiologie – UPSud Gustave Roussy
Social and professional Network
- Member of the international consortium GEANT4-DNA (Chemistry processes) (since 2012)
- Liste de publications complètes et profil sur Research Gate , Réseau Linkedin