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Jean-Philippe Croue
Professor in Environmental Engineering – KAUST
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Jean-Philippe CROUE (50 yo) is Professor in Environmental Engineering at King
Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
since september 2009 –(Division : Chemical and Life Sciences and Engineering). He
is conducting is research at the Water Desalination and Reuse Center. He is Adjunct
Professor at the University of Curtin – Perth Australia (since 2005). He was previously
Professor at the University of Poitiers in France (from 1989 to 2009) and director
of the Laboratory of Water Chemistry and Microbiology (laboratory joint to CNRS)
when is left the University of Poitiers in 2009. He obtained is MSc in Environmental
Engineering at the University of Chambéry – France in 1983 and his PhD (in 1987)
and Habilitation (in 1990) in Water Chemistry from University de Poitiers – France. His
research activities is pertaining to drinking and reclaimed water treatment focusing
on (i) Isolation and characterization of Natural Organic Matter (NOM) and Effluent
Organic Matter (EfOM), (ii) NOM properties in the aquatic environment (interactions
with contaminants, photoinduced reactions), (iii) Removal of NOM by chemical
coagulation and sorption, (iv) Evaluation of disinfection (chlorination, chloramination
and ozonation by-products) and (v) Membrane filtration for Desalination and Reuse
i.e. characterization of organic foulant of low and high pressure membranes and
impact of pre-treatments (dual media filtration, Ultrafiltration/RO, disinfection)
Water Reuse and Desalination: Experience and Opportunity
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