Roles and responsibilities
Research Officer in the "Polymers and Bioproducts" team in charge of developing and leading various internal and collaborative scientific projects in the field of polymers, bioproducts, recycling, biorefinery, eco-responsible materials.
Current research and/or projects
- Biorefining
- Biosourced and compostable polymer products
- Polymer recycling
- Eco-responsable materials
- Circular economy
Education
2016: Ph.D in chemistry (Polymer chemistry), Université Laval, Québec
2007: M. Sc in Electrical Energy, Ecole Polytechnique de Dakar, Sénégal
2004: M.Sc in Chemistry and Biochemistry of Natural products, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Sénégal
2001: B. Sc in Chemistry, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Sénégal
Awards
2021:Recipient of an AST Certificate of Recognition and an Instant Award
2012: Excellence Award from the Faculty of Science and Engineering - Université Laval for Outstanding Performance in undergraduate Examination
Inventions and patents
- Hongbo Li, Adrien Faye, Sajjad Saeidlou, Minh Tan Ton-That. A facile method for producing high purity PLA stereocomplex, 2022
- Hongbo Li, Minh Tan Ton-That, Adrien Faye, Éric Patenaude, Damien Maillard, Karen Stoeffler., Extraction of chemicals from biomasses using continuous process, 2020
- Damien Maillard, Minh Tan Ton-That, Hongbo Li, Adrien Faye, Karen Stoeffler, Method for making polymer containing lignin, 2019
Key publications
- Faye, A., Leung, A. C. W., Guyot-Reeb, S., Ton-That, M.T., Chimeni-Yomeni, D., Li, H., Stoeffler, K., Maillard, D., Benali, M., J. Clean. Prod. 2021, 299, 126807
- Chimeni-Yomeni D., Faye A., Rodrigue D., Dubois C., Polym. Compos. 2021, 42, 2334-2348
- Maillard, D., Osso, E., Faye, A., Li, H., Ton-That, M.-T., Stoeffler, K., J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2021, 138, 50319
- Ajao O., Benali M., Faye A., Li H., Maillard D., Ton-That M. T., Ind. Crops Prod. 2021, 167, 113435
- Liang, H.; Gagné, J.D.; Faye, A.; Rodrigue, D.; Brisson, J., Prog. Rubber Plast. Recycl. Technol. 2020, 36, 81–101
- Faye A., Furtos A., Brisson J., Macromol. Chem. Phys. 2016, 217, 2125-2138
- Faye A., Leduc M., Brisson J., Polym. Chem. 2014, 5, 2548-2560
- Faye A., Dione G., Dieng M.M., Aaron J.J., Cachet H., Cachet C., J. Appl. Electrochem. 2010, 4, 1925-1931
Previous work experience
2008 - 2010: Head of the Division of Renewable Energy , Ministry of Energy, Sénégal
2012 - 2014: Teaching assistant in chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering - Université Laval, Québec
2007 - 2010: Teaching assistant in chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology - Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Sénégal
