"BauxCLEAN" - CNRS 80Prime Interdisciplinary Project on the Clean Extraction of Iron from Bauxites Using Electroactive Bacteria
Following on from the MicroBaux project, we were privileged to obtain financing for a 3-year doctoral fellowship to continue this exciting research! This project, entitled BauxCLEAN, will expand the preliminary studies of MicroBAUX.
We have already recruited a motivated and hard-working PhD student, Camille Scola, who started with us in October 2025.
James A. Behan
Chargé de Recherche/Assistant Professor CNRS
I am a Chargé de Recherche (Assistant Professor) based at the Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, France. My research focuses on the areas of nanomaterial electrochemistry, bioelectrochemistry and interfacial science for energy applications. I previously worked as a Marie Curie fellow (Université de Rennes) and postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for BioNano Interactions (CBNI) in the School of Chemistry, University College Dublin and as a postdoc and lecturer in Trinity College Dublin where I completed my PhD in physical chemistry with a focus on electrochemical and spectroscopic characterisation of nitrogenated carbon materials. I completed my Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry at Trinity in 2014, when I graduated at the top of my class.