Daniel R. Thévenot
Curriculum Vitae

 

Last update on 8-04-2008

Affiliation and Address

Emeritus professor at Cereve:

Cereve, Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherche sur l'Eau, la Ville et l'Environnement (Education and Research Center on Water, City and the Environment), UMR-MA 102
Common research centre at universite Paris-Est (University Paris 12-Val de Marne and Ecole des ponts) and AgroParisTech
(Web page: http://www.enpc.fr/cereve/ )

Contact

thevenot@cereve.enpc.fr

Cell phone: +33 (0)6 73 69 41 18

Personnal Web page: http://www.enpc.fr/cereve/HomePages/thevenot/thevenot.html

Research interests

Urban Hydrology

Urban drainage source control: decision support system for selecting, planning and assessing Best Management Practices (BMPs), either structural  (terrace roofs, infiltration, storage basins...) or non structural (street cleaning, urban runoff taxes...), in all Europe countries.

Europe research programme DayWater (10 partners from 8 countries, coordinated from 2002 to 2005)
Europe research cluster programme CityNet (48 partners, participant from 2003 till 2007)

Water physics & chemistry

Critical budget of metal sources and pathways in the Seine River basin for Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb and Zn: present situation and evolution since ca. 50 years.
Sampling of dry, wet and total atmospheric deposits for assessing their metal contamination either in rural or urban areas; development of polymetalic tracors of major urban atmospheric sources.

Research programme on River Seine basin: PIREN Seine
Cooperation with US 
Long Term Environmental Research sites (LTER)

Analytical Bioelectrochemistry

Membrane electrochemical biosensors for medical or environmental applications, pesticide biosensors using acetyl choline esterase.
Redox potential measurement in natural and waste water: application to biological waste water treatment.

Industrial development in the USA by  iSense (National Applied Science) of a subcutaneous glucose biosensor developed together with  G.S. Wilson, G. Reach & J.C. Klein.

Major research activities (link)

Coordination of publication and applied national (PIREN Seine, Journées Scientifiques de l’Environnement) and international (DayWater, CityNet) research operations:

Major teaching activities (link)

High education

Institution Degree Year Field of study
University Paris 6 (P. et M. Curie) PhD 1971 Bioelectrochemistry
University Paris 6 (P. et M. Curie) MSc 1968 Electrochemistry
Physic & Chemistry Engineering School (ESPCI) Engineer 1965 Physics & chemistry
University Paris 6 (P. et M. Curie) Bachelor of Sciences 1965 Chemistry

Professional Employment

2006- Emeritus professor, University Paris 12-Val de Marne-Val de Marne, Creteil
1993-06 1st class Professor, Faculty of Sciences, University Paris 12-Val de Marne, Creteil
1981-93 2nd class Professor, Faculty of Sciences, University Paris 12-Val de Marne, Creteil
1972-81 Assistant Professor, Faculty de Sciences, University Paris 12-Val de Marne, Creteil
1967-72 Assistant, Faculty de Sciences, University Paris 6 (P. et M. Curie), Paris

Honours/Service

2006- External expert for the European Union FP6 Programme "Modelkey Models for Assessing and Forecasting the Impact of Environmental Key Pollutants on
Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems and Biodiversity"
2006- Member of the French terminology commission for chemistry, General Delegation for the French Language
2006 Expert for the French embassy in Singapour on water management and treatment in Singapour
2004- Scientific council member for the 'Syndicat Interdépartemental d'Assainissement de l'Agglomération Parisienne' (SIAAP), i.e. the Paris water sanitation authority
2004- Scientific council member for the 'Laboratoire Central de la Préfecture de Police de Paris' (LCPP), i.e. the Paris Prefecture Central Laboratory
2002-2006 Coordinator of the European Programme DayWaterAn Adaptive Decision Support System (ADSS) for the Integration of Stormwater Source Control  into Sustainable Urban Water Management Strategies (EVK1-2002-00111)
2003-2006 Partner of the European Cluster Programme CityNet: Urban Water Management
2005-2006 Steering Board member of the "Master de Sciences et Génie de l’Environnement", i.e. MSc in Environmental Science and Engineering (University Paris 12-Val de Marne, University Paris 7 and École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées)
1998- Co-moderator of PIREN Seine theme on urban  micropollutants
1993- Steering Board member of the PIREN Seine research programme on River Seine basin (French CNRS research cluster)
1982-2005 Head of the "DEA Sciences et Techniques de l’Environnement", i.e. MSc in Environmental Science and Technology (University Paris XII-Val de Marne, École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées et École Nationale du Génie Rural des Eaux et des Forêts)
1996-1998 Associated member of  IUPAC Commission I.7 Biophysical Chemistry
1996-1999 Steering Board member of the European Concerted Action on Biosensor stability
1992-1995 Steering Board member of IUPAC project in Biophysical Chemistry
1992 Expert for the European Union Programme on Novel Forms of Instrumentation
1989-1992 Steering Board member of the European Concerted Action on Chemical sensors for in vivo monitoring
1988-1993 Chairman of Division 8 "Bioelectrochemistry" of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE)
1982-1996 General Secretary of the French Group of Bioelectrochemistry (GFB)

Scientific activity