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Marie-Louise Saboungi

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Prof
Marie-Louise Saboungi
Alma materAix-Marseille University
Scientific career
FieldsCondensed matter physics
InstitutionsSorbonne University

Marie-Louise Saboungi is a Lebanese-born American condensed matter physicist at the Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC), Sorbonne University, Paris, France.

Early life and education

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Saboungi was born January 1, 1948, in Lebanon. She studied Mathematics and Physics at the Lebanese University in Beirut and obtained a Doctorat d’Etat in Physics at Aix-Marseille University, France in 1973, studying the statistical thermodynamics of molten salts.[1]

Career

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After her doctorate, Saboungi joined Argonne National Laboratory and worked there as Senior Scientist until 2002. Following this she was a director at the Centre de Recherche sur la Matière Divisée, CNRS until 2011.[2] From 2007 to 2011 she was also Program Officer at Agence Nationale de la Recherche.[1]

In 2011 she joined IMPMC at Sorbonne University, where she currently works.[1]

She has also been a Distinguished Professor of Physics at University of Orléans in 2002–2011, and was appointed Distinguished Visiting Professor in Soochow University in 2014.[3]

Research

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Saboungi's work focuses on complex soft materials, including ionic liquids and aqueous electrolytes, with a view to applications in energy and biotechnology.  She also studies silver chalcogenides, which display many fascinating phenomena including fast-ion conduction at higher temperatures, linear magnetoresistance over a broad range of magnetic fields, and topological insulator behavior.

Awards and honours

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Selected publications

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  • Large magnetoresistance in non-magnetic silver chalcogenides, Nature 390, 57–60 (1997), doi:10.1038/36306
  • Electron distribution in water, J. Chem. Phys. 112, 9206 (2000), doi:10.1063/1.481541
  • Improving reinforcement of natural rubber by networking of activated carbon nanotubes, Carbon, 46, 7, June 2008, 1037–1045, doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2008.03.011
  • The Structure of Aqueous Guanidinium Chloride Solutions, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 37, 11462–11470, doi:10.1021/ja040034x

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