Stéphane LUCAS
- Faculties/Departments/Services
- Physics Department
- Research groups
- Namur Institute of Structured Matter (NISM)
- Namur Research Institute for Life Sciences (Narilis)
- Namur Nanosafety Center (NNC)
- Committees
- Conseil de la Faculté des Sciences
Introduction
Director of the LARN (Laboratory for analysis by nuclear reactions) (2007-...)
Mechanical Workshop Director
Member of the Board of the Faculty of Science
Member of the Council of the Faculty of Medicine and Science
Management of access to the University's laboratories during the Covid lock down period
Certified Radiation Safety Officer (until 2019)
Director of NARILIS (Namur Research Institute for Life Science) (until 2014)
Awards
Triennial Award of the Belgium Aluminium Association, 1992
Namurois of the Year 2011 - Confluent
Areas of expertise
*Materials science:
Surface treatment of 1D, 2D, 3D material with Ion beam, Physical Vapor Deposition, Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD).
Chemical surface analyses (XPS, RBS, NRA, …)
Mechanical investigations of surfaces (Nanohardness, wear, ….)
Monte-Carlo simulation of plasma processes and films growth (NASCAM)
* Life Science
In-Vitro radiobiology with photons, and charged particles
MCPNX simulations
Theranostics with nanoparticles based biological vectors
* Radiation protection: Interaction of ionizing radiation with inert and biological material
* Others: Business management (Business Plans, CA, ...), Accelerator technology (Linear, Cyclotrons), Coaching of company projects
External responsibilities
Appointed Scientific Expert to the Governor of the Namur Province for matters related to nuclear materials.
Reviewer for many journals
Creation of the spin-off Innovative Coating Solutions (ICS, 2017)
Scientific Advisor for Ion Beam Application (IBA), Belgium
Scientific Advisor for the IRE company (Institut National des Radioéléments), Fleurus, Belgium
Elected member of the MOL/SCK-CEN (Studiecentrum voor Kernenergie – Centre d’étude de l’énergie nucléaire) Scientific Council (until 2019)
Representative of the Académie Louvain on the steering committee of the Marshall Plan, Mirage Project (until 2019)
Member of the Committee for the Promotion of Research of Mont-Godinne (equivalent to the Research Council), until 2014.
Holder of the training course "introduction to industrial plasmas", Mirage project
Board member of Mecatech (until 2019)
Board member of BHTC (Belgian Hadron Therapy Centre) (until 2020)
Visiting professor at the University of Columbia, NY, USA (2009-2010)
Degrees
Doctor of Physical Sciences (with thesis)
Degree in Business Management Sciences
Certificate from the SBPA (Belgian Society for Business Development)
