The team
DeeeMines was founded by two engineers from Paris Sciences & Lettres university, alongside the three researchers who co-invented the patent at the Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris.
Kristell Riou-Nivert
An engineer from Mines Paris - PSL, specialising in environment and innovation. She leads DeeeMines' industrial structuring, its collection partnerships with recyclers and producer responsibility organisations, and its financing.
Morvan Gaudin
An engineer with a doctorate, trained at Chimie ParisTech - PSL and AgroParisTech. Author of the thesis behind the process, carried out within the Urban Mining Chair. He leads technology development and industrial scale-up.
The co-inventors of the patent
Grégory Lefèvre
Researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research, Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris. Hydrometallurgy and optimisation of the extraction process.
Frédéric Rousseau
Lecturer and researcher at Chimie ParisTech - PSL, Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris. Process engineering and industrial scale-up.
Vincent Semetey
Researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research, Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris. Polymer chemistry, head of the Urban Mining Chair.
The research team also includes Rachida Benmammar, postdoctoral researcher.
