Audrey Bonduelle-Skrzypczak is a graduate engineer from Chimie ParisTech (2002) and a PhD from Université Paris VI (2005, ministerial doctoral grant). She carried out her PhD in the Chimie ParisTech laboratories under the co-supervision of Didier Gourier and Sylvie Derenne, in collaboration with François Robert of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. She then joined IFPEN in 2005 as a research engineer in the Catalysis, Biocatalysis and Separation division. Since 2014, she has held the position of project leader. In parallel with her R&I activities, Audrey supervises interns and PhD students (9 PhD students, 3 post-docs, 27 interns).
From 2018 to 2020, she chaired the Groupe d'Études en CATalyse, which organizes the annual GECAT congress, and she co-chaired the organization of the international FCCat congress in 2019. She has been involved in organizing national and international events (GDR Solar Fuels 2023, ICC2024).
Since 2023, she has been co-leader of axis 4 - CO2 Storage and Valorization - of the PEPR SPLEEN.
In 2024, she received the DivCat Innovation Prize (Catalysis Division) of the SCF (Société Chimique de France).
Her bibliometric indicators are as follows: 25 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 4 book chapters, 49 patents including 1 in use, 7 catalytic formulations marketed or in production in refineries around the world.
"My career is centered on the carbon cycle. After studying, by Electron Paramagnetic Resonance, the transformation mechanisms of carbonaceous organic matter over geological ages (kerogen and oil) during my PhD, at IFPEN I developed hydrotreating and hydrocracking catalysts intended to transform this fossil resource into energy carriers, fuels. Aware of the environmental challenges and concerned with keeping carbon sequestered, I worked on the recycling of plastics and tires. Today, I am redirecting my research towards low-carbon energy production (water electrolysis) and the conversion of CO2 emitted by factories using solar energy".