I am an environmental physico-chemist. I hold expertise in benefit/risk of nanotechnology for the environment with a deep background in material characterization.
March 2019-present: LEITAT, Technological Center (Barcelona, Spain)
Senior Researcher
Professional experiences
March 2019-present: LEITAT, Technological Center (Barcelona, Spain)
Senior Researcher
- European projects grant-writing
- Task leader on European projects: MIDES, GRACIOUS, NanoCommons
2015-2019: Duke University, Civil Environmental Engineering (Durham, NC - USA)
Postdoc Research Associate
- Grant-writing
- Lab and field experiments
- Undergraduate and Graduate Students supervision
- Scientific communication
2018-present: Administrator for the Young Nano Scientists Group
(80 members : PHD students, post-docs in the nano safety area)
- Networking & webinars
Education
Ph.D. in environmental sciences, Aix Marseille University and INERIS, 2015
Thesis: “Cement photocatalytics: Behaviour of TiO2 nanomaterials during cement life Cycle” Advisors : Perrine Chaurand, Olivier Aguerre Chariol, Jerome Rose
M.S. Soil, Water, and wastes (environmental management) - Aix Marseille University, 2011
BSc in surface water University of Avignon, 2009
Teaching experiences
2015-2019: students (from Duke University) supervising
- Undergrad students in training and working with me on specific tasks, mainly lab work
- Graduate students working with me on lab work and preparing their thesis project
- PH. D. students writing papers and scholarship and in need of technical support and assistance
2011-2015: Practicals teaching - (life sciences bachelor) University of Aix-Marseille
Classes about colloidal aggregation and sedimentation processes for water treatment
Volunteering teaching – science fairs
Teaching middle school kids about the uses and methods of nanotechnology
Journal & Book publications
Incorporation of Cellulose Nanocrystals (CNCs) into the Polyamide Layer of Thin-Film Composite (TFC) Nanofiltration Membranes for Enhanced Separation Performance and Antifouling Properties.
L.Bai, Y. Liu, N.Bossa, A.Ding, N.Ren, G. Li, H.Liang, M.R. Wiesner. Environmental Science and Technology. 2018.
Thin-film nanocomposite nanofiltration hollow fiber membrane fabrication and characterization by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy.
G. M. Urper-Bayram; B.Sayinli; N. Bossa; E. Ngaboyamahina; R. Sengur-Tasdemir; E. Ates-Genceli; M. Wiesner; I. Koyuncu, Polymer Bulleting, 2019
Impact of Sodium Humate Coating on Collector Surfaces on Deposition of Polymer-Coated Nanoiron Particles.
V. Micic, D. Schmid, N. Bossa, A. Gondikas, M. Velimirovic, F. V. der Kammer, M. Wiesner, T. Hofmann, Environmental Science and Technology. 2017.
Cellulose Nanocrystal-Zero Valent Iron Nanocomposites For groundwater remediation.
N. Bossa, A. W. Carpenter, N. Kumar, C. F De Lannoy, M.Wiesner, Environmental science. Nano. 2017.
Modeling the Concentration of Volatile and Semi-Volatile Contaminants in Direct Contact Membrane Distillation (DCMD) Product Water.
J. Winglee, N. Bossa; D. Rosen, J. Vardner, M. Wiesner, Environmental Science and Technology. 2017
Enhanced transportability of zero valent iron nanoparticles in aquifer sediments: surface modifications, reactivity, and particle travelling distances.
N.Kumar, J. Labille, N. Bossa, M. Auffan, P. Doumeng, J. Rose, JY. Bottero, Environnemental Science and Pollution Research. 2017
Comparison of hydrophilicity and mechanical properties of nanocomposite membranes with cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs).
L. Bai, N. Bossa, F, Qy, J. Winglee, G. Li, K. Sun, H. Liang and M. Wiesner, Environmental Science and Technology. 2016
Mechanisms limiting the release of TiO2 nanomaterials during photocatalytic cement alteration. N. Bossa, P. Chaurand , C. Levard, D. Borschneck, H. Miche, J. Vicente, C. Geantet, O. Aguerre-Chariol, F.M. Michel, J. Rose, Environmental Science Nano. 2019
Micro and nano X-ray computed-tomography: a step forward in the characterization of the pore network of a leached cement paste. N. Bossa, P. Chaurand, J. Vicente, D. Borschneck, C. Levard, O. Aguerre-Chariol, J. Rose, Cement and Concrete Research. 2016
Formulation and Validation of a Functional Assay-Driven Model of Nanoparticle Aquatic Transport. N. Geitner; N. Bossa; M. Wiesner, Environmental Science & Technology, 2019
Gold nanoparticle biodissolution by a freshwater macrophyte and its associated microbiome. Avellan, M. Simonin, E. McGivney, N. Bossa, E. Spielman-Sun, J.D. Rocca, E.S. Bernhardt, N.K Geitner, J.M Unrine, M.R. Wiesner, G.V. Lowry. Nature nanotechnology. 2018
Size-Based Differential Transport, Uptake, and Mass Distribution of Ceria (CeO2) Nanoparticles in Wetland Mesocosms. N.K. Geitner, J.L. Cooper, A. Avellan, B.T. Castellon, B.G. Perrotta, N. Bossa, M. Simonin, S.M. Anderson, S. Inoue, M.F. Hochella Jr, C.J. Richardson, E.S. Bernhardt, G.V. Lowry, P.L. Ferguson, C.W. Matson, R.S. King, J.M. Unrine, M.R. Wiesner, H. Hsu-Kim. Environmental Science and Technology. 2018
Non-linear release dynamics for a CeO2 nanomaterial embedded in a protective wood stain, due to matrix photo-degradation. L. Scifo, P. Chaurand, N.Bossa, M.Auffan. A. Masion, B. Angeletti. I. Kieffer, JY. Bottero, J.Rose. Environmental pollution. 2018
Application and Testing of Risk Screening Tools for Nanomaterial Risk Analysis. K. Grieger, N. Bossa, J. W. Levis, K. J. Felicitas von Borries, P. Strader, M. Cuchiar, C. Ogilvie Hendren, S. Foss Hansen and Jacob L. Jones, Environmental science. Nano, 2018
Biochar and activated carbon act as promising amendments for promoting the microbial debromination of tetrabromobisphenol A. E. Lefèvre, N. Bossa, C. M. Gardner, G. E. Gehrke, E. M. Cooper, H.M. Stapleton, H. Hsu-Kim, and C. K. Gunsch, Water Research. 2018
Environmental exposure to TiO2 nanomaterials incorporated in building material. N. Bossa, P. Chaurand , C. Levard, D. Borschneck, H. Miche, J. Vicente, C. Geantet, O. Aguerre-Chariol, F.M. Michel, J. Rose, Environmental Pollution. 2017
A review of the environmental implications of in situ remediation by nanoscale zero valent iron (nZVI): Behavior, transport and impacts on microbial communities. E. Lefevre, N. Bossa, M. Wiesner. C. Gunsch, Science of the Total Environment. 2016
Impacts des produits résiduaires organiques sur la teneur et le comportement des éléments-traces dans les sols. Le point de vue du géochimiste. E. Doelsch, P. Cambier, M. Bravin, N. Bossa, P. Cazevieille, S. Chataing, C. Chevassus-Rosset, M. Tella, Book chapter of le recyclage des residues organiques. 2016
Differential Reactivity of Copper- and Gold-based Nanomaterials Controls their Seasonal Biogeochemical Cycling and Fate in a Freshwater Wetland Mesocosm. Avellan; M. Simonin; S. Anderson; N. Geitner; N. Bossa, E. Spielman-Sun; E. Bernhardt; B. Castellon; B. Colman; J. Cooper; Ho. Mengchi; M. Hochella; H. Hsu-Kim, S. Inoue; R. King; S. Laughton; C. Matson; B. Perrotta; C. Richardson; J. Unrine; M. Wiesner; G. Lowry. Environmental Science and Technology. Environmental Science and Technology, 2020.
Kinome screen of ferroptosis reveals a novel role of ATM in regulating iron metabolism. P-H. Chen; J. Wu; C-K Cornelia Ding; C-C Lin: S. Pan; N.Bossa, Y. Xu; W-H. Yang; B. Mathey-Prevot and J-T. Chi, Cell Death and Differentiation. 2019
Collaborators
- Senior scientists
Mark Wiesner (Duke Univ), Jerome Rose (CNRS), Thilo Hofmann (Vienna Univ), Jean Yves Bottero (CNRS), Alan Kennedy (Army core engineering), Greg Lowry (Carnegie Mellon Univ), Jeff Glass (Duke Univ), Khara Grieger (RTP), Nick Geithner (Duke Univ), Socorro Vazquez Campos (LEITAT), Christine Hendren (Duke Univ.), Lee Ferguson (Duke Univ), Olivier Aguerre Chariol (INERIS), Emmanuel Doelsch (CIRAD), Emilie Lefevre (Duke Univ), Edgard Ngaboyamahina (Duke Univ), Zackary Hendren (RTI, Int’l), Marie Simonin (Duke Univ), Clement Levard (CNRS), Vesna Millic (Vienna Univ), Astrid Avellan (Carnegie Mellon Univ), Naresh Kumar (Standford Univ), Langming Bai (Harbin Institute of Tech), TGP), Charles-Francois de Lannoy (McMaster Univ), Jerome Vicente (CNRS).
- Graduate and undergraduate students supervised
Marielle Dutoit (GRAD), Judy Winglee (GRAD), Jingjing Li (GRAD), Joana Sipe (GRAD), Jenna Read (Undergrad), Matthew Ruiz (GRAD), Nesrine Cherni (Undergrad), Thibaut Hyvernat (Undergrad), Doris Smith (GRAD):
