Dr. Philippe Le Coustumer

Prof. Philippe Le Coustumer currently serves as an Associate Professor at the Université de Bordeaux and as a Senior Researcher at the INSERM US04 Bordeaux Imaging Center (BIC), Bordeaux, France. He obtained a Scientific DEUG from the University of Rennes in 1979, a Licence in General Geography from the University of Montpellier in 1984, a Master’s degree in Composite Materials Engineering from the University of Bordeaux in 1987, and a PhD from the Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour in 1991. He joined the geology department of the University of Poitiers in 1993 as a lecturer. In 2000, he joined the University of Bordeaux in Science and Technology to study the fate of trace elements and nanoparticles in continental waters. From 2003 to 2011, he was in charge of international relations for the Earth and Environmental Sciences Department of the University of Bordeaux. From 2015 to 2022, he was appointed as an expert of the French Standardisation System (SFN). From January 2017 to January 2022, he served as a Senior Researcher at the Bordeaux Imaging Center of the University of Bordeaux. He has been a member of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) since November 2008. His main research areas include materials science, material characterization, nanoparticles, mineralogy, geochemistry, electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and environment.