Philippe Knauth is currently Professor of Materials Chemistry at Aix Marseille University and Coordinator of Erasmus Mundus Master “Chemical Nanoengineering”
PK obtained his PhD in Physical Chemistry (Dr. rer. nat., Saarland University) in 1987 and the Habilitation in Materials Science (Aix Marseille University) in 1996.
Prior to becoming a Full Professor in 1999, he hold different positions: post-doctoral fellow (CNRS, Centre de Thermodynamique et de Microcalorimétrie, 1987-1989), laboratory head at Bayer Co. (Pigments and Ceramics Division, 1989-1990) and CNRS researcher (“Chargé de Recherche“, 1990-1999).
PK is member of the Editorial Board of several international journals: “Journal of Electroceramics” (Springer), “Journal of Materials Science: Materials for Energy” (Springer), “Frontiers in Energy Research” and “Membranes” (MDPI).
He was Vice-President (2006-2010) and President (2010-2017) of the “Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur” regional section of the Société Chimique de France (SCF) and member of the Administration Council (Board of Directors) of SCF (2012-2017). He was also National Representative (2015-2019) and Titular Member (2019-2023) of the Division II: Inorganic Chemistry of IUPAC.
Appointed visiting scholar at MIT in 1997-98 and 2013 and Invited professor at the National Institute of Materials Science (Tsukuba, Japan) in 2007 and 2010 and at the University of Rome Tor Vergata in 2009, 2011 and 2022.
PK is Fellow of the French Chemical Society (“Membre Distingué”) and recipient of the Grand Prix Franco-italien (SCF PACA/SCI Liguria-Piemonte-Valle d’Aosta, 2021), the IAAM Medal (International Association for the Advancement of Materials) 2018, the Silver Medal of the Warsaw University of Technology (2015) and the CNRS Bronze Medal (1994).
He published 220 articles in international journals (>10500 citations, h index = 50), 7 co-edited books, 6 patents and 85 invited, keynote and plenary talks at international conferences.
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