European Membrane Institute (IEM)
The European Membrane Institute (IEM) was founded in 2000. The unit brings together around 75 permanent staff and around 100 non-permanent staff (master's students, doctoral students, post-doctoral researchers, and visiting professors) to work on research, development, and training projects in the field of membrane materials and processes.
IEM by the École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier (ENSCM), the University of Montpellier (UM), and the Centre National de la Research (CNRS) and is located on the Triolet campus (UM).
The objective ofIEM to develop membranes and membrane processes that could have significant societal implications in the fields of energy, water treatment, environmental protection, health, and food. It therefore calls on scientists from complementary disciplines to conduct multidisciplinary research that draws on highly specific skills in:
- understanding the nature and structure of membranes, in terms of the materials used, their morphology, and the configuration employed;
- identification and control of interactions between the membrane surface, the environment, and the solutes to be separated;
- the development of a process engineering and membrane engineering approach to model phenomena and achieve scale changes.
IEM structured into three scientific departments:
- "Design of Membrane Materials and Multifunctional Systems – DM3";
- "Membrane Process Engineering – GPM ;
- "Interfaces, Physical Chemistry, Polymers – IP2."
The DM3 and IP2 departments are affiliated with the Balard Doctoral School of Chemical Sciences (ED SCB 459), and the GPM department GPM affiliated with the Doctoral School of Biodiversity, Agriculture, Food, Environment, Earth, and Water (ED GAIA 584).
In addition,IEM various analysis services (see website).
Label:Joint Research Unit Research UMR)
Main supervisory bodies:CNRS, UM, ENSCM
Research cluster:Chemistry
Doctoral schools:Chemical Sciences Balard;Biodiversity, Agriculture, Food, Environment, Earth, Water
HAL portal: publications by the organization
