Alexandra Bertron
Présentation
Current position (2015 to present): Professor of Civil Engineering, LMDC, INSA Toulouse, France. Previous position: 2006-2015: Lecturer of Civil Engineering, IUT Toulouse III. · - Habilitation to supervise research – HDR (2013) – Civil Engineering. Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse · - Ph.D (2004) Department of Civil Engineering, Laboratory of Materials and Durability of Constructions, INSA Toulouse · - Master of Science in Engineering (2001) Department of Civil Engineering, Laboratory of Materials and Durability of Constructions, INSA Toulouse · - Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan (1996-2000) – Agrégation de Génie Civil (2000) · Institut Universitaire de France, Junior Member (2016-2021) · International RILEM Robert L’Hermite Medal (2014) · AFGC Award (2014) – French National Association for Civil Engineering · Novela Award (2014) Microorganisms-Cementitious materials interactions in various contexts: · Biodeterioration of concrete in aggressive environments (sewer networks, biogas systems, etc.) · Bioreactivity of chemical compounds in nuclear waste repository · Proliferation of microorganisms on indoor materials and indoor air quality · - Ongoing supervision of 6 PhD students, 2 postdoc. 8 ongoing contracts and research projects · - Coordinator of several multidisciplinary teams (material science and microbiology/bioprocess) and international collaborations · - RILEM Officer Member (largest international association of researchers in civil engineering materials) · Chair of RILEM 253-MCI International Technical Committee Microorganisms-Cementitious materials Interactions (43 members, 17 countries) (2014-2019) · - Chair of French AFGC Technical Committee Concrete & microorganisms: biodeterioration, biohealing · -·Member of Editorial Committee Cement and Concrete Research, Associate Editor of Materials & Structures, Springer, RILEM Technical Letters, RILEM · - Expert Member of standardization committees (European CEN TC 165/WG13, French FP D 18-011)
Publications
Publications
Short-term investigation of interactions of plain concrete, marine microorganisms, and sea water for the application of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (FOWTs)10th International Conference on Concrete Under Severe Loading Conditions – Environment & Loading, CONSEC, Sep 2024, Chennai, India |
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Design and implementation of an aerosolization experimental bench to investigate the release of particles from surfaces of materials into air under controlled conditions78th RILEM Annual Week & RILEM Conference on Sustainable Materials & Structures, Aug 2024, Toulouse, France |
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Durability of Innovative Cementitious Coatings for Concrete Wastewater Treatment Plants: Impact of Cracks on Biodeterioration78th RILEM Annual Week & RILEM Conference on Sustainable Materials & Structures, Aug 2024, Toulouse, France |
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Study of Early-Age Phenomena at the Concrete-Marine Biofilm Interface in Seawater for the Construction of Eco-Friendly Fowt’sRSCC 2024 - RILEM Spring Convention and Conference 2024, Apr 2024, Milan, Italy. pp.321-329, ⟨10.1007/978-3-031-70277-8_37⟩ |
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Durability of Innovative Cementitious Coatings for Concrete Wastewater Treatment Plants: Coupling of Biodeterioration and Cracking7th International Conference on Concrete Repair, Rehabilitation and Retrofitting, ICCRRR, Nov 2024, Cape town, South Africa |
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Investigation of cathodic protection of reinforced concrete in marine environment for the application of floating offshore wind turbineCONSEC 24 - 10th International Conference on Concrete under Severe Conditions, Sep 2024, Chennai, India |
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Durability of slag and sulfoaluminate cements exposed to organic acid, ammonium and magnesium16th International Congress on the Chemistry of Cement (ICCC), 2023, Bangkok, Thailand |
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Tio2 Photocatalytic Biocidal Activity on Escherichia Coli and On Aspergillus Niger under Different Methodological ConditionsWorld Congress on Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering, CSEE 2023, Mar 2023, Lisbonne, Portugal. ⟨10.11159/iceptp23.154⟩ |
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Effet d'une eau contenant du magnésium sur les propriétés chimiques et mécaniques d'une pâte de ciment à faible rapport C/SNOMAD 2022 - 4e conférence internationale francophone Nouveaux Matériaux et Durabilité, IMT Mines Alès; LMGC; LIFAM, Nov 2022, Montpellier, France |
Photocatalytic Nanomaterials for Indoor Air Quality: Comparison Study of TiO2, ZnO, Au/TiO2 and Au/ZnO for NOx Degradation11th European Conference on Solar Chemistry and Photocatalysis: Environmental Applications (SPEA), 2022, Turin, Italy |
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Chemo-mechanical characterization of cement pastes placed in magnesian solutionNuwCem, 2022, Avignon, France |
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Stability of synthetic Calcium Silicate Hydrates (C-S-H) in chemically aggressive conditions6th International Conference on Concrete Repair, Rehabilitation and Retrofitting (ICCRRR), 2022, Cape Town, South Africa |
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Contribution of Thermodynamic Modeling to the Understanding of Interactions Between Hydrated Cement Pastes and Organic AcidsRSCC2020, RILEM, Mar 2020, Guimarães, Portugal. pp.279-289, ⟨10.1007/978-3-030-76465-4_25⟩ |
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Interactions géochimiques entre matériaux cimentaires et eaux dans un contexte d'adduction d'eau potableNOMAD 2022 - 4e conférence internationale francophone Nouveaux Matériaux et Durabilité, IMT Mines Alès; LMGC; LIFAM, Nov 2022, Montpellier, France |
Design and chemo-mechanical characterization of M-S-H hardened pastesClayConference, 2022, Nancy, France |
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Nano-gold decorated TiO2, ZnO and WO3 for NO degradation: new photocatalytic materials for the improvement of the Indoor Air qualityC’Nano 2020 The Nanoscience meeting, 2021, Toulouse, France |
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Biodeterioration of sustainable binders in anaerobic digestion systems11th ACI/RILEM International Conference on Cementitious Materials and Alternative Binders for Sustainable Concrete, 2021, Toulouse, France |
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Matériaux photocatalytiques pour l’abattement de polluants gazeux (NOx, formaldéhyde) et capteurs de gaz miniaturisésAtelier « Mesure de la Qualité de l’air », Instrumentation pour le suivi environnemental Cycle d’ateliers nationaux, Institut des Sciences de l’Ingénierie et des Systèmes et l’Institut National des Sciences de l’Univers du CNRS, 2021, Distanciel, France |
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Nano-gold decorated TiO2, and ZnO for NOx degradation: new photocatalytic materials for the improvement of air qualityThe 11th Interfaces Against Pollution, May 2021, Wuhan, China |
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Understanding concrete biodeterioration mechanisms and resistance in sewer environments: recent1st International Conference on Microbial Biotechnology in Construction Materials and Geotechnical, 2020, Nankin, China |
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Indoor air NO2 depollution by photocatalysis – Comparing reactor and experimental chamber resultsAir Pollution 2019 - 27th International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution, Jun 2019, Aveiro, Portugal. pp.44-55, ⟨10.2495/EI-V3-N1-44-55⟩ |
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A critical review on the effect of organic acids on cement-based materials5th International Conference on MODELING AND SIMULATION IN CIVIL ENGINEERING, Dec 2019, Kerala, India, India. pp.012045, ⟨10.1088/1755-1315/491/1/012045⟩ |
Biodétérioration de pâtes de ciments CEM III, CAC et métakaolin alkali-activé exposés au milieu de la méthanisation en laboratoire15ème Forum Jeunes chercheurs Biodétériation des matériaux, May 2019, Paris, France |
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Modélisation numérique de la dégradation des matériaux cimentaires par l’acide sulfuriqueXVème Forum Jeunes chercheures - Biodéterioration des matériaux, May 2019, Paris, France |
Numerical modelling of sulfuric acid attack on OPC and CAC materials15th International Congress on the Chemistry of Cement, Sep 2019, Prague, Czech Republic |
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Biodeterioration mechanisms and durability of SCM based cements and AAM in anaerobic digestion systems15th International Congress on the chemistry of cement, Sep 2019, Prague, Czech Republic |
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Efficiency assessment of a commercial photocatalytic coating to degrade NO under real-world conditions in an equipped experimental chamberINDOOR AIR 2018, Jul 2018, Philadelphia, United States |
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A study on the valorization of titanium from chemical milling baths to design photocatalytic coatings for air depollution applicationsINDOOR AIR 2018, Jul 2018, Philadelphia, United States |
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Evaluation of formaldehyde degradation in a standardized photoreactorHealthy Buildings 2017 Europe, Jul 2017, Lublin, Poland |
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Démonstration de l’efficacité d’un revêtement photocatalytique commercial à abattre le NO en conditions réelles dans une chambre expérimentale instrumentéeAtmos’Fair, Oct 2017, Lyon, France |
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Physico-chemical interactions at the concrete-bitumen interface of nuclear waste repositories3rd International Workshop on NUCPERF, Nov 2012, Cadarache, France. pp.10, ⟨10.1051/epjconf/20135601002⟩ |
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Nitrate reducing bacterial activity in concrete cells of nuclear waste disposal3rd International Workshop on NUCPERF, Nov 2012, Cadarache, France. pp.9, ⟨10.1051/epjconf/20135601003⟩ |
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Revêtements photocatalytiques pour les matériaux de construction : formulation, évaluation de l’efficacité de la dépollution de l’air et de l’écotoxicité.Congrès Nouveaux Matériaux et Durabilité (NoMaD 2012), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA de Toulouse). Toulouse, FRA., Nov 2012, Toulouse, France. 117 p |
Catalyse biotique et abiotique de la réduction des nitrates en milieu alcalin dans le contexte du stockage profond des déchets radioactifsForum Biodétérioration des Matériaux, Jun 2013, Saint-Etienne, France |
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Physico-chemical interactions at the concrete-bitumen interface of nuclear waste repositoriesInternational Workshop NUCPERF 2012, Nov 2012, Cadarache, France |
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Deterioration of cementitious materials by organic acids in agricultural effluents: experiments and modelling7th International Symposium on Cement Based Materials for a Sustainable Agriculture ; CIGR International Symposium, Sep 2011, Québec, Canada. pp.38-46 |
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Air purification and emission of VOC by photocatalytic TiO2-bearing coatings applied on mortarsFuture Concrete 2011, 2nd International Conference and The Environmental Construction Exhibition, Advanced Construction Technology Services (ACTS). LBN., Dec 2011, Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
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Microbial catalysis of red-ox reactions in concrete cells of nuclear waste repositories : a step-wise experimental approach for nitrate reductionNUWCEM 11, Oct 2011, Avignon, France |
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Etude multi-échelle de l'influence de la précipitation de M-S-H sur le comportement chemo-mécanique de matériaux cimentairesJournée des thèses 2020, JTT2020, 2020, Pornichet, France. 2020 |
Photocatalytic Nanomaterials for Indoor Air Quality: Comparison between TiO2 and ZnO Au-dopedWorkshop L'Or en Occitanie, Dec 2019, Montpellier, France |
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Photocatalytic degradation of NO/NO2 gas injected into a 10-m3 experimental chamber9th European meeting on Solar Chemistry and Photocatalysis: Environmental Applications (SPEA9), Jun 2016, Strasbourg, France |
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Measurement of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and O, M, P-xylene by photocatalytic tio2- bearing coatings applied on mortarsInternational Symposium on Environmental Analytical Chemistry (ISEAC 37), May 2012, Anvers, Belgium. International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 2012, Manuscripts presented at the 37th International Symposium on Environmental Analytical Chemistry (ISEAC-37) |
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Degradation of NO and BTEX using photocatalytic coatings2. Journées Européennes de Photocatalyse (JEP 2011), Sep 2011, Bordeaux, France. 2011 |
Methods for Analyzing the Chemical Mechanisms of Bitumen Aging and Rejuvenation with FTIR SpectrometryCanestrari, F. and Partl, M. N. 8th Rilem International Symposium on Testing and Characterization of Sustainable and Innovative Bituminous Materials, 11, Springer, pp.203--214, 2016, 978-94-017-7342-3 978-94-017-7341-6 |
Dispositif de protection cathodique d’une structure métallique contre la corrosionFrance, N° de brevet: FR2106008. 2021 |
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Dispositif de Prévention ou de Protection Cathodique Biogalvanique des métaux contre la corrosionFrance, N° de brevet: DSO 2020004648. 2020 |