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Etienne Balan
Director, Institute of Mineralogy, Materials Physics and Cosmochemistry · France
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Etienne Balan is the CEO of Institute of Mineralogy, Materials Physics and Cosmochemistry. Balan is based in France.
Professor at Sorbonne University and mineralogist. Earned PhD in mineralogy-crystallography (2000), worked with the Institute of Research for Development (IRD) from 2002-2014, and joined Sorbonne University as Professor in 2014. Research focuses on physics and chemistry of minerals using experimental spectroscopy and quantum mechanical modeling.
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