Mickael Tharaud
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As a research engineer, I have the opportunity to make an active contribution to the design and implementation of innovative research projects linked to the challenges posed by current environmental and societal issues. Currently manager of 2 state-of-the-art inductively coupled plasma mass-spectrometers (one high-resolution and one time-of-flight ICP-MS), my research is particularly focused on the development of new methodologies for the detection, quantification and characterization of nanoparticles in environmental matrices (i.e. water, soils and organic materials) especially thanks to single-particle inductively coupled plasma time-of-flight mass spectrometry. spICP-ToF-MS is a technique used for elemental analysis of individual nanoparticles. It involves the injection of nanoparticles into an inductively coupled plasma, where they are vaporized and ionized, and the resulting ions are separated and analyzed based on their time-of-flight in a mass spectrometer, allowing for precise characterization of the elemental composition, number concentration and mass/size distribution of individual nanoparticles in a sample. Sample preparation as well as data examination are also addressed in my research activities allowing a more complete approach of the analytical procedure.Google Schoolar Researcher ID GitHub LinkedIn
Qualifications
- 2022. Data Science certification (LeWagon, France)
- 2021. PhD. in Earth and environmental Science (Université Paris Cité - IPGP, France)
- 2008. MSc. in environmental chemistry (Université de Limoges, France)
Experience
- 2023 – Pres. Research Engineer (IPGP - Université Paris Cité)
- 2018 - Pres. Technical manager of PARI
- 2011 - 2023. Engineer in analytical chemistry (IPGP - Université Paris Cité)
- 2009 - 2011. Engineer in geochemistry (IPGP - CNRS)
PhD supervision
- 2022 - 2025. M. Gelin (co-supervision 30%): The role of nanophase formation and transport in critical zone dynamics
- 2021 - 2024. F. Wang (co-supervison 50%): The cycle of nanoparticle within the critical zone
Teaching
- 2018 - Pres. Advanced plasma source Mass-Spectrometry (Doctoral school STEP'UP)
- 2015 - Pres. Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass-Spectrometry (Licence professionnelle in analytical chemistry)
Projects
PIREN Seine: transfers of nanoparticles to watercourses in drained agricultural basins
Characterising nanoparticles from agricultural catchments to better understand their origin and fate in the critical zone.
Post-FIRE pollutants mobilisation into surface water resources
This multi-faceted approach aims to fully understand the environmental consequences of wildfires and their impact on the contamination of water resour...
TOF-COL
The formation of nano-sized (between 1 nm and 1 µm) particles is one of the most under-constrained processes of soil formation, while their export by ...