Philippe Knauth is currently Professor of Materials Chemistry and Vice-President Delegate for CIVIS Alliance and International Partnerships at Aix Marseille University.
He 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 was the Director of “Laboratoire Chimie Provence” (UMR CNRS 6264) and Director of the Erasmus Mundus Master Program “Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion” and the Master Program “Thin and Divided Materials” at AMU.
He was elected member of the French National Council of Universities 2003-2015 (CNU, Materials Chemistry Division, reelected in 2007 and 2011);
He is member of the Editorial Board of several international journals: “Journal of Electroceramics” (Springer), “Journal of Nanomaterials” (Hindawi), “Frontiers in Energy Research” and “Membranes” (MDPI).
PK 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 (representing the regional sections 2012-2017).
He is member of IUPAC as national representative 2015-2019 and as titular member since 2020 (Division II: Inorganic Chemistry).
He was 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 a Fellow of the French Chemical Society (“Membre Distingué”) and recipient of the Grand Prix SCF PACA/SCI Liguria-Piemonte 2022, 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).
His main research interests are solid state ionics and ionic conduction near interfaces, nanostructured materials for energy storage and conversion and ionomers for electrochemical energy technologies.
He published more than 200 articles in international journals (nearly 10000 citations, h index = 49), 7 co-edited books, 6 patents and presented more than 80 invited, keynote and plenary talks at international conferences.
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