Professor Clémence Fauteux-Lefebvre received her PhD in chemical engineering from l’Université de Sherbrooke in 2015. Her graduate studies were on catalyst synthesis and nanomaterial functionalization for environmental applications. Subsequently, she pursued her work on process and material characterization with a postdoctoral fellowship within the Pfizer Chair on Process Analytical Technologies in Pharmaceutical Engineering. She joined the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Ottawa in July 2017 as an Assistant Professor.

Professor Clémence Fauteux-Lefebvre’s current research focuses on sustainable multifunctional materials, nanostructured catalysts and reactor design for environment and clean energy applications, with emphasis on blue hydrogen production, biomass valorization and air pollution mitigation.

Prof. Fauteux-Lefebvre has supervised over 30 students from undergraduate to PhD. She is the past-Chair of the Energy Division of the Chemical Institute of Canada and an associate director of The Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Environmental Engineering.