Svetlana Mintova#
| Membership Number: | 7591 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2026 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
| Homepage(s): | https://clear.cnrs.fr |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-0738-5244 |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/svetlana-mintova-55394b12/ |
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Present and Previous Positions
- 2021 - present Head of the Center for Zeolites and Nanoporous Materials, Caen, France
- 2025 - present Research Director - Exceptional Class (DRCE), CNRS, Caen, France
- 2014 - 2025 Director of Research 1st Class (DR1) CNRS, Laboratory of Catalysis and Spectrochemistry, ENSICAEN, Normandy University, Caen, France
- 2009 - 2014 Director of Research 2nd Class (DR2), CNRS, Laboratory of Catalysis and Spectrochemistry, ENSICAEN, Normandy University, Caen, France
- 2006 - 2009 Research Scientist 1st Class (CR1), CNRS, Laboratory of Materials with Controlled Porosity (LMPC), University of Upper Alsace (UHA), Mulhouse, France
- 1999 - 2005 Docent (C2), Department of Physical Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU), Munich, Germany
- 1997 - 1999 Visiting Scholar, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA
- 1996 - 1997 Postdoctoral Researcher, Lulea University of Technology, Lulea, Sweden
- 1985 - 1998 Research Scientist, Institute of Applied Mineralogy and Crystallography, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Sofia, Bulgaria
Fields of Scholarship
- Spectroscopy
- Heterogeneous catalysis
- Separation/adsorption processes
- Colloidal chemistry
- Synthesis of zeolites and related porous materials
- Advanced characterisations
- Biomedical applications of nanozeolites
Honours and Awards
- 2025 Knight of the National Order of Merit (Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite)
- 2025 Honorary Citizen of Shandong Province, The People’s Republic of China
- 2024 Les Étoiles de l'Europe, Stars of Europe, Normandy
- 2024 The Flanigen Award in Materials Science at Honeywell UOP
- 2024 Selected to carry the Olympic flame for Paris 2024
- 2023 Honorary Award from the French Zeolite Association (GFZ)
- 2022 Laureate of the ERC Advanced Grant
- 2022 EASTMAN Foundation Distinguished Award in Catalysis
- 2019 Shandong international science and technology cooperation award
- 2019 Qingdao award in recognition for social and research contributions
- 2016 The Donald W. Breck award of the International Zeolite Association (IZA)
- 2016 Research Price “Le Prix La Recherche Chimie” France
- 2014 The Baron Axel Cronstedt award of the Federation of the European Zeolite Associations (FEZA)
- 2011 TOP 10 BREAKTHROUGH of 2011 according to the Editors of Science
- 1991 Gold Medal, EXPO'91, International Fair of Young Inventors, Bulgaria
