Prof. Dr. Thomas Nicolas Zemb

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsPhysical Chemistry at Surfaces
KeywordsSeparationschemie, Streumethoden, Emulsionen, Nanostrukturen

Current contact address

CountryFrance
CityBagnols/Ceze Cedex
InstitutionUniversite de Montpellier
InstituteEcole Nationale Superieure de Chimie, Institut de Chimie separative UMR 5257

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Helmuth MöhwaldAbteilung Grenzflächen, Max-Planck-Institut für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenforschung, Golm
Prof. Dr. Helmuth MöhwaldAbteilung Grenzflächen, Max-Planck-Institut für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenforschung, Potsdam
Prof. Dr. Roland R. NetzFachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Werner KunzInstitut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/2010

Program(s)

2009Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Zemb is an international authority in colloid science. His work is distinguished by thorough and detailed experiments complemented by theory. He has developed sophisticated scattering techniques to resolve the structure of complex fluids and has worked out a self-assembly method to construct nanocontainers trom surfactants. During his stay in Germany he will focus on sonochemistry, ions at interfaces and ion separation with emulsions, key topics of collaboration with the institute of separation chemistry in Marcoule, France, that he is leading.