Jullian Vittenet has extensive experience in catalysis, adsorption, and materials synthesis for applications in oil and gas and water treatment. He has worked as a postdoc fellow at KAUST on light olefin and aromatics production using modified zeolites. As an R&D team leader at Arkema, he led projects on developing molecular sieves for oil and gas applications. His PhD involved synthesizing porous oxides and zeolites for treating petrochemical wastewater using catalytic ozonation. He has authored several publications and patents in these areas.

1. Jullian Vittenet
PhD Chemical Process Engineering
- Adsorption / Catalysis
- Oil&Gas / Water
Professional Experience
Postdoc Fellow / Industrial Project November 2015 Aramco & SABIC / KAUST , Saudi Arabia
Light olefins and aromatics production using modified zeolites
Catalysis characterization by NH3/CO2-TPD, Pyridine-Adsorption, N2 isotherms
Set up reactor and GC analysis for catalytic experiments using PID® reactor and Avantium process
Modification and synthesis of zeolites using Chemspeed
R&D Team Leader / Adsorption Department May 2014 - October 2015 Arkema / CECA, France
Portfolio projects: Development and assessment of molecular sieves in Oil & Gas industry.
Project of hall extending and pilots conception (500 K€): PID, HAZOP, design and order of devices, safety and process matrix.
Customer technical support: reporting and visits .
Additional: Team management, 4 patents and R&D reports writing, safety awareness , scientific and technological surveillance.
PhD. Materials chemistry and wastewater process Mar. 2011- 2014 ICGM / IEM / Total, France
Synthesis of porous oxides and zeolites for petrochemical wastewater treatment by catalytic ozonation:
Materials synthesis with controlled size and shape by pseudomorphic transformation (zeolites, ordered mesoporous silica of MCM-41 type,
TiO2, Al2O3, silica monolith with hierarchical meso- and macroporosity). Conception of ozonation pilot (30 K€), monitoring of the pollutant
kinetic degradation, study of kinetic mineralization (TOC, COD, BOD5), evaluation of adsorption phenomena, establishment of the chemical
pathway oxidation (HPLC, GC).
Supervisors: Anne Galarneau, François Fajula (ICGM) and Stephan Brosillon (IEM) in collaboration with Nicolas Lesage (Total-PERL)
R&D engineer / Irrigation – Master project Feb. 2010 - Sep 2010 Cranfield University, UK
Impacts of climate change on irrigated potatoes in France
Farm irrigation design in Tanzania for 700 ha of tea and Irrigation water auditing of two farms (40 ha) in England
Irrigation water requirements using agronomic models, producing of the outlines designs, costs analyses.
Supervisors: Keith Weatherhead and Jerry Knox (Department advanced irrigation)
Internship 2004 - Aug. 2009 Montpellier, France
Regeneration of alkaline solution in dairy industries using a membrane pilot
Modelling of sediment transport at reach scale
Optimization of the dehydration treatment system / Technician in a waste water treatment plant
Work Study: cleaner, organizer, night security guard
Telephone: 966(0)540373398
Email: jullian.vittenet@gmail.com
Date of birth: 28 April 1985
Nationality: French
Adress: 4700 KAUST
Thuwal 23955-6900
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Education
2011/2014 - PhD in Chemical Process Engineering - University Montpellier II, France.
2009/2010 - MSc. Water Management (as third year of Engineering school) - Cranfield University, UK.
Option: Advanced Irrigation
Irrrigation system design, modelling hydrological system, soil plant water relationships, surface and groundwater hydrology.
2007/2010 - Graduate School of Engineering - Polytech Montpellier (University Montpellier 2), France.
Department of Water Sciences
Hydraulics, process engineering, hydrogeology, modelling of groundwater systems, water chemistry, legislation and water treatment process
2004/20007 - Bachelor degree in Physics - University Montpellier 2, France.
Mechanisms, mathematics, hydraulic, automatism, electricity and chemistry.

2. Referees
Dr. Cécile Lutz
Department Director
GRL / Arkema
cecile.lutz@arkema.com
Tel: +33(0) 05 59 92 69 27
Dr. Anne Galarneau
Research Director
CNRS / ICG Montpellier
anne.galarneau@enscm.fr
Tel: +33(0) 04 67 16 34 68
Key Skills
Technical
Synthesis of materials: zeolites (ZSM-5, SOD, LTA, FAU),
mesostructured silica (MCM-41, SBA-15, HMS), oxides (Al2O3, TiO2),
silica monolith with hierarchical porosity (meso- and macroporosity),
macroporous zeolite monoliths.
Development of pilots: chassis design, order and assembly of devices
for gas/liquid processes, HAZOP, PID, ATEX, safety and process matrix,
maintenance and leak detection.
Materials characterization: XRD, N2 sorption isotherms, mercury
porosimetry, SEM, EDX, TGA, LDS
Additional measurements: HPLC-MS, GC-MS, TOC meter, UV
Spectroscopy, COD, IR-ATR, Thermo-Desorption, BOD5
Software
Microsoft office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), EndNote, Matlab, Lotus
Note, SAP, Patbase
Simulations: CROPWAT, DSSAT, HEC HMS, HEC RAS, ISIS, Labview, SIG,
WaSim
Programming language: basic knowledge C++ and Java
Languages
French
English
Spanish
Publication & Communications
Publications
• Synthesis of binderless zeolite aggregates (SOD, LTA, FAU) beads of 10,
70 µm and 1 mm by pseudomorphic transformation, M. Manko, J.
Vittenet, J. Rodriguez, D. Cot, J. Mendret, S. Brosillon W. Makowski, A.
Galarneau, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 176, 2013, 145-154.
• Removal of 2,4-dimethylphenol in water by ozonation catalyzed by SOD,
LTA, FAU-X zeolites particles obtained by pseudomorphic transformation
(binderless), J. Vittenet, J. Rodriguez, E. Petit, D. Cot, J. Mendret, A.
Galarneau, S. Brosillon, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 189,
2014, 200-209.
• Catalytic ozonation with Al2O3 to enhance the degradation of refractory
organics in water, J. Vittenet, W. Aboussaoud, J. Mendret, J.S. Pic, H.
Debellefontaine, N. Lesage, K. Faucher, M.H. Manero, F. Thibault-Starzyk,
H. Leclerc, A. Galarneau, S. Brosillon, Applied Catalysis A: General, doi:
10.1016/j.apcata.2014.10.037 published online 28 October 2014.
Oral communications
• 29th Congress of the French Group Zeolites (GFZ), J. Vittenet, J.
Rodriguez, J. Mendret, A. Galarneau, S. Brosillon, Ozone combined to
porous materials: case study of 2,4-Dimethylphenol, 27-29 March 2013,
Semur en Auxois, France.
• International Ozonation Association Conference, J. Vittenet, J.
Rodriguez, J. Mendret, A. Galarneau, S. Brosillon, Petrochemical effluents
treatment by porous materials combined to ozone (PETZECO), 4-6 June
2012, Toulouse, France
Seminar and workshop
• 4th Sino-French Seminar on Water Saving and Emission Reduction for
Petrochemical and Pharmaceutical Industry, J. Vittenet, J. Rodriguez, J.
Mendret, A. Galarneau, S. Brosillon, Petrochemical effluents treatment by
porous materials combined to ozone: case study of 2,4-Dimethylphenol,
16-18 April 2013, Jiaxing, China.
• Scientific Council of Total company and Team MACS of ICGM, J.
Vittenet, J. Rodriguez, J. Mendret, A. Galarneau, S. Brosillon, Ozone
combined to porous materials: case study of 2,4-Dimethylphenol, 21
March 2013, Montpellier, France.
Posters
• 14th French Society of Process Engineering, J. Vittenet, J. Rodriguez, J.
Mendret, A. Galarneau, S. Brosillon, Decomposition of 2,4-Dimethylphenol
by coupling O3 and porous materials in aqueous media, 8-10 Oct. 2013,
Lyon, France.
• 17th International Zeolite Conference, J. Vittenet, J. Rodriguez, J.
Mendret, A. Galarneau, S. Brosillon, Decomposition of 2,4-Dimethylphenol
by coupling O3 and porous materials in aqueous media, 7-12 July 2013,
Moscow, Russia.
• 8th International Mesostructured Materials Symposium, J. Vittenet, J.
Rodriguez, J. Mendret, A. Galarneau, S. Brosillon, Decomposition of 2,4-
Dimethylphenol by coupling O3 and porous materials in aqueous media,
20-24 May 2013, Awaiji, Japon.
• 28th Congress of the French Group Zeolites (GFZ), J. Vittenet, M. Manko,
W. Makowski, J. Mendret, S. Brosillon, A. Galareau, Synthesis of binderless
zeolite partices (SOD, LTA, FAU) by pseudomorphic transformation , 21-
23March 2012, Mittelwihr, France
Dr. François Fajula
Research Director
CNRS / ICG Montpellier
francois.fajula@enscm.fr
Tel: +33(0) 04 67 16 40 14
Multimedia – Ozonation pilot
Video
Dr. Stephan Brosillon
Research Director
IEM
stephan.brosillon@univ-montp2.fr
Tel: +33(0) 04 67 14 33 24