Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. Mgr. Olivier Monfort, PhD.
Document type:
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:
Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:
Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Monfort
I.2 - Name
Olivier
I.3 - Degrees
Assoc. Prof., MSc., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1990
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Ilkovičova 6, Mlynská dolina, 842 15 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
Associate Professor
I.8 - E-mail address
monfort1@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/31931
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Inorganic Chemistry
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2992-8155

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Université de Rennes 1 (France)
II.b - Year
2011
II.c - Study field and programme
Chemistry
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University Bratislava
II.b - Year
2013
II.c - Study field and programme
Inorganic Chemistry
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave
II.b - Year
2017
II.c - Study field and programme
Inorganic Chemistry
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University Bratislava
II.b - Year
2023
II.c - Study field and programme
Inorganic Chemistry
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
University Teacher - Assistant Professor Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave 2019 - 2023
Researcher Université Clermont Auvergne (France) 2018-2019
Researcher Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes (France) 2017-2018
Associate Professor Comenius University Bratislava 2023 - present

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Material Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry II. Chemistry
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
Inorganic Chemistry III. Chemistry
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
0
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
0
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
3
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
4
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
1
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Chemistry I. Chemistry
Chemical Calculations 1 Chemistry I. Chemistry
Colloquium in Inorganic Chemistry Chemistry I. Chemistry
New Trends in Material CHemistry Chemistry I. Chemistry
Advanced Laboratory exercises in Inorganic Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry II. Chemistry
Material Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry II. Chemistry
Photochemical Processes Inorganic Chemistry II. Chemistry
Characterization Methods of Inorganic Compounds and Materials 2 Inorganic Chemistry II. Chemistry
Academic Research and Communication Inorganic Chemistry II. Chemistry
Doctoral Seminar in Inorganic Chemistry 1 Inorganic Chemistry III. Chemistry

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
52
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
43
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
46
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
34
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
232
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
184
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
731
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
619
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
4
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
4
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

V3 - O. Monfort*, A. Madhusudhan, M. Motola, Controversial mechanism of simultaneous photocatalysis and Fenton-based processes: additional effect or synergy?, Chemical Communications 60 (2024) 374-383

2

V3 - M. Cai, S. Gowrisankaran, M. Gregor, H. Makarov, T. Roch, J. Li, F. Wu, G. Mailhot, M. Brigante, O. Monfort*, Unravelling the activation mechanism of oxidants using copper ferrite nanopowder and its application in the treatment of real waters contaminated by phenolic compounds, Chemical Engineering Journal 481 (2024) 148623

3

ADC - O. Monfort*, G. Voyard, M. Brigante, G. Mailhot, Innovative depollution treatment using multi-valent iron species: from fundamental study to application in municipal wastewater, Environmental Science and Pollution Research 27(16) (2020) 19736-19745


4

ADC – Olivier Monfort, Lucian-Cristian Pop, Stavroula Sfaelou, Tomas Plecenik, Tomas Roch, Vassilios Dracopoulos, Elias Stathatos, Gustav Plesch, Panagiotis Lianos*, Photoelectrocatalytic hydrogen production by water splitting using BiVO4 photoanodes, Chemical Engineering Journal 286 (2016) 91-97


5

ADC - Olivier Monfort*, Gustav Plesch, Bismuth vanadate-based semiconductor photocatalysts: a short critical review on the efficiency and the mechanism of photodegradation of organic pollutants, Environmental Science and Pollution Research 25(20) (2018) 19362-19379


VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1

V3 - O. Monfort*, A. Madhusudhan, M. Motola, Controversial mechanism of simultaneous photocatalysis and Fenton-based processes: additional effect or synergy?, Chemical Communications 60 (2024) 374-383

2

V3 - M. Cai, S. Gowrisankaran, M. Gregor, H. Makarov, T. Roch, J. Li, F. Wu, G. Mailhot, M. Brigante, O. Monfort*, Unravelling the activation mechanism of oxidants using copper ferrite nanopowder and its application in the treatment of real waters contaminated by phenolic compounds, Chemical Engineering Journal 481 (2024) 148623


3

V3 - S. Gowrisankaran, G. Karthikeyan Thirunavukkarasu, H. Makarov, T. Roch, G. Plesch, M. Motola, G. Mailhot, M. Brigante*, O. Monfort*, New insights into the mechanism of coupled photocatalysis and Fenton-based processes using Fe surface-modified TiO2 nanotube layers: the case study of caffeine degradation, Catalysis Today 413-415 (2023) 114027

4

V3 - V. V. Kusumkar, S. Atri*, S. Inan, M. Gregor, T. Roch, H. Makarov, M. Caplovicova, M. Galambos, E. Viglasova, G. Plesch, O. Monfort*, Application of MXene for remediation of low-level radioactive aqueous solutions contaminated with 133Ba and 137Cs, Chemical Communications 59 (2023) 12007-12010

5

ADC - O. Monfort*, G. Voyard, M. Brigante, G. Mailhot, Innovative depollution treatment using multi-valent iron species: from fundamental study to application in municipal wastewater, Environmental Science and Pollution Research 27(16) (2020) 19736-19745

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1

V3 - M. Cai, S. Gowrisankaran, M. Gregor, H. Makarov, T. Roch, J. Li, F. Wu, G. Mailhot, M. Brigante, O. Monfort*, Unravelling the activation mechanism of oxidants using copper ferrite nanopowder and its application in the treatment of real waters contaminated by phenolic compounds, Chemical Engineering Journal 481 (2024) 148623


[o1] A. L. Magdaleno et al., Unlocking the Potential of Nanobubbles: Achieving Exceptional Gas Efficiency in Electrogeneration of Hydrogen Peroxide, Small 20 (2024) 2304547 (2022: IF - 13.3; JCR - Q1)

2

ADC - O. Monfort, G. Plesch, Bismuth vanadate-based semiconductor photocatalysts: a short crucial review on the efficiency and the mechanism of photodegradation of organic pollutants, Environmental Science and Pollution Research 25(20) (2018) 19362-19379                                                                                                                                                         


[o1] N. Österbacka et al., Spontaneous Oxygen Vacancy Ionization Enhances Water Oxidation on BiVO4, ACS Energy Lett. 9(1) (2024) 153–158 (2022: IF - 22.0, JCR - Q1)

3

ADC - O. Monfort, G. Plesch, Bismuth vanadate-based semiconductor photocatalysts: a short crucial review on the efficiency and the mechanism of photodegradation of organic pollutants, Environmental Science and Pollution Research 25(20) (2018) 19362-19379                                                                                                                                                        


[o1] A. Pethala et al., Immobilized Ag3PO4 photocatalyst for micro-pollutants removal in a continuous flow annular photoreactor, Catalysis Today 328 (2019) 223-229 (2018: IF - 4.888, JCR - Q1)

4

ADC - O. Monfort, L.-C. Pop, S. Sfaelou, T. Plecenik, T. Roch, V. Dracopoulos, E. Stathatos, G. Plesch, P. Lianos, Photoelectrocatalytic hydrogen production by water splitting using BiVO4 photoanodes, Chemical Engineering Journal 286 (2016) 91-97             


[o1] R.-B. Song et al., Electrode materials engineering in electrocatalytic CO2 reduction: Energy input and conversion efficiency, Advanced Materials 32(27) (2020) 1903793 (2019: IF – 27.398, JCR – Q1) 

5

ADC - O. Monfort, L.-C. Pop, S. Sfaelou, T. Plecenik, T. Roch, V. Dracopoulos, E. Stathatos, G. Plesch, P. Lianos, Photoelectrocatalytic hydrogen production by water splitting using BiVO4 photoanodes, Chemical Engineering Journal 286 (2016) 91-97


[o1] M. Sanna et al., The unexpected photoelectrochemical activity of MAX phases: the role of oxide impurities, J. Mater. Chem. A, 11 (2023) 3080-3090 (2022: IF - 11.9, JCR - Q1)

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

PI of the project No. APVV-21-0039 "Photochemically Versatile Materials for Water Treatment" financed by the Sloval Research and Development Agency (SRDA) - 170k EUR

2

PI (on Slovak side) of the project PARCECO 2021 "Inorganic compounds for environmental applications: synthesis, characterization and analysis" financed by the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation (MESRI) - 3k EUR

3

PI of the Slovak-French bilateral project No. SK-FR-22-0002 "Solar-active nanostructured materials for innovative remediation of water contaminated by pharmaceuticals" financed by the Sloval Research and Development Agency (SRDA) - 5k EUR

4

PI (on Slovak side) of the project ACCESS 2021 "Analysis, characterization and remediation of contaminated waters and soils" financed by the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation (MESRI) - 2k EUR

5

PI of the Slovak-Chinese bilateral project No. SK-CN-23-0002 "Innovative iron-based photoactive materials for sustainable wastewater treatments" financed by the Sloval Research and Development Agency (SRDA) - 14k EUR

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
elected member of the Scientific Council Institut de Chimie de Clermont-Ferrand (ICCF) 2018-2019
elected member of the Academic Senate Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University Bratislava 2022 - present

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
University of Patras Caratheodory 1, University Campus, 265 04 Patras, Greece 1.2015 - 7.2015 SAIA grant
Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes (ENSCR) 11 Allée de Beaulieu, 35708 Rennes, France 10.2017 - 10.2018 postdoctoral fellowship - French Environmental Agency (ADEME)
Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA) 24 Avenue Blaise Pascal, 63178 Aubière, France 11.2018 - 12.2019 postdoctoral fellowship - UCA

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

2021: 2nd place at Falling Walls Slovakia ("Breaking the Walls of Environmental Photochemistry")    

from 2020: Editorial Board Member of the journal "Processes" (MDPI; IF 2.753) 

2016: Price of the Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava in the category "Chemical and Biological Sciences"  

2017: "Top 3 Oral Flash Communication" in the category "Semiconductor Photocatalysis"at the EAAOP5, Prague (5th European Conference on Environmental Applications of Advanced Oxidation Processes)

Date of last update
2023-09-13