Melinda Desse

Desse MelindaAssociate Professor
STERHEO, DEFI
Membership : Université Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne
Location : UJM St Étienne

Biobased polymers / energy storage / dispersion / fillers / extrusion

Research themes/centers of interest

The research themes I have been working on currently (when I started at IMP University Jean Monnet) are mainly physico-chemistry of polymer materials, the link between propoerties and structure of filled polymers, dispersion of fillers in continuous process (extrusion). These research themes can be found in the two axes i develop at IMP : (1) polymers for energy storage and (2) biobased polymers.

Major publications

  • M. Desse, T. Budtova, J.R. Mitchell, B. Wolf. Journal of Rheology, 2009, 53(4), pp. 943-955
  • K.Verilhac, M. Desse, F. Fenouillot, C. Carrot. Journal of Rheology, 2016, 60, pp 1121-1135.
  • M. Keskes, M. Desse. M. Jaziri, C. Carrot. J Thermoplast Compos Mater, 2022; in press, First published online October 18th, 2022. doi : 1177/08927057221129997.
  • D. Nguyen, M. Desse, C. Jegat. Polymer, 2022, 262, pp. 125442.
  • M. Keskes M Desse, C. Carrot, M. Jaziri. J Thermoplast Compos Mater. doi:10.1177/08927057231162833.

Brief CV

2005 Master’s Degree “Polymers and Surfaces”, University of Rouen
2008: European Ph.D ( with EPNOE), From a swollen granule to a suspension: shear flow behaivour of a physically modified starch, co-tutelle CEMEF (Mines Paristech) and University of Nottingham
2010-2011: Post-doctoral fellow, “Solid-Solid transition in polypivalolactone”, University of Montreal (Team of Robert E. Prud’homme)
2011 Assistant professor at IMP