Thierry Chopin, PhD
09.28.2008
Dr. Chopin has a strong expertise in inorganic nanoparticles portfolio development and research management, acquired over the course of more than 20 years of experience at Rhodia and Lhoist. His background is based on inorganic synthesis and process. He has worked on many different technologies ( alumina, silica, titanium oxides, sodium and calcium oxides , rare-earth compounds …) and had developed many of them as nanoparticles. He is author of more than 25 patents based on inorganic product for different applications (catalysis, pigments, cosmetic , photocatalysis…) with many successes in terms of industrial development. He is the head of Corporate RD at Lhoist since mid-2006 and based in Bruxelles .
Thierry holds a Doctor of Sciences (Physics-Chemistry) from L’Université de Haute Alsace and an MBA from INSEAD-CEDEP.