Bruno Georges Pollet

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Bruno G. Pollet
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Pollet in 2019
Born1969 (age 55–56)
Orléans, France
CitizenshipFlag of France.svg France
Education Université Joseph Fourier (Université Grenoble Alpes)(DUT)
Coventry University (BSc(Hons))
The University of Aberdeen (MSc)
Coventry University (PhD)
The University of Birmingham (AHEA)
Known for Hydrogen and Sonoelectrochemistry
AwardsFellow of the IAHE (International Association for Hydrogen Energy) (2024)
SCI Canada International (Society of Chemical Industry) (2024)
IAHE Sir William Grove (2022)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2010)
Scientific career
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Thesis The Effect of Ultrasound on Electrochemical Processes sonoelectrochemistry
Doctoral advisors Timothy J. Mason and J. Phil Lorimer

Bruno Georges Pollet BSc(Hons) MSc PhD FIAHE FRSC (born in 1969, French national and Canadian permanent resident), is an electrochemist and electrochemical engineer, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, a Fellow of the International Association for Hydrogen Energy, a full professor of chemistry, director of the Clean Hydrogen Lab and co-director of the Hydrogen Research Institute (Institut de recherche sur l'hydrogène) at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières in Canada. He has worked on Hydrogen Energy in the UK, Japan, South Africa, Norway and Canada, and has both industrial and academic experience. He has been involved in Hydrogen strategies in various countries. He is a prolific scholar, collaborator, and mentor. He is also regarded as one of the most prominent Hydrogen experts and one of the Hydrogen "influencers" in the world.

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Early life and education

Bruno G. Pollet was born in Orléans and grew up in Grenoble, France. He was educated in France, England (through the Erasmus Programme) and Scotland. Prior to entering the French university system, he did his Terminale C (baccalaureat C - mathematics and physical sciences) at the Lycée Pierre du Terrail (high school), where he studied with the French researcher and infectiologist, specialist in HIV, hepatitis and Covid-19, Karine Lacombe. He received a Diploma in Chemistry and Materials Science at the Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France (1991), a Bachelor's Honours Degree in Applied Chemistry at Coventry University, England (1992), a Masters Degree in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland (1994) and a Ph.D. Degree in electrochemistry with the dissertation "The Effect of Ultrasound on Electrochemical Processes" at the Sonochemistry Centre of Excellence, School of Chemistry, Coventry University in England (1998) under the supervision of Professors Tim J. Mason (sonochemist) and John P. Lorimer (physical chemist). He was also a Postdoctoral researcher in Electrocatalysis at the University of Liverpool Electrochemistry Group led by Professor David J. Schiffrin (2001) in the UK. He was offered and turned down a 3-year Postdoctoral Research Assistant (PDRA) position at the Compton Electrochemistry Group at Oxford University in the UK (1998), a 2-year Postdoctoral researcher position at The Australian National University Electrochemistry Group in Australia (2001) and a 1-year Postdoctoral researcher position at the Allen J. Bard Electrochemistry Group at the University of Texas at Austin in the US (2001).

Memberships, Awards and Invitations

He is a member of the Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition (CEET): An Independent Advisory Council to the United Nations’ Secretary-General and CEET Hydrogen Task Force leader. He is also member of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Hydrogen Task Force, the “Renewable Hydrogen” task of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Hydrogen Technology Collaboration Program (TCP) and the IEA Technology Collaboration Programme on Advanced Fuel Cells. He also has the role of “Ambassador” for the IEA H2-TCP/Task 45 in IEA AFC-TCP/Task 30. He is President of the Clean Hydrogen Division (previously Green Hydrogen Division) of the International Association for Hydrogen Energy, member of the Board of Directors and Executive Vice President of the International Association for Hydrogen Energy (IAHE), member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Hydrogen Association (CHA), member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Hydrogen Safety Centre (CH2SC), member of the Advisory Board of the National Research Council Canada (NRC)'s Clean Energy Innovation (CEI), leader of H2CAN 2.0 (a cluster of hydrogen R&D groups in Canada), Canadian leader of the CNRS International Research Network (IRN) on Clean Hydrogen between France and Canada, [1] member of the Global Hydrogen Production Technologies (HyPT) Center [2] and member of the Strategy Board of HyCentA (Hydrogen Research Centre Austria). Since August 2025, he is a member of the International Technical Advisory Board of the Institute of Catalysis and Energy Solutions, The University of South Africa and a member of the Advisory Board of the Horizon Europe project called “Research Infrastructure Services for Renewable Energy RISEnergy”, funded by the European Commission. He was member of the Board of Directors of Hydrogène Québec from 2022-2024, member of PROMICON (EU Horizon 2020 project) Innovation Board from 2024-2025 [3] and member of the High Level Expert group of STORMING (STructured unconventional reactors for CO2 -fRee Methane catalytic crackING, EU Horizon 2020 project) from 2022-2025. [4] He is member of the Electrochemical Society, member of the International Society of Electrochemistry and member of the Board of the European Society of Sonochemistry. He is also a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Canadian electrolyzer company, Hydrogen Optimised, led by the Stuart family, which builds on a heritage of more than 100 years in the design of unipolar alkaline water electrolysis cells and plants, that has delivered 1 billion operating hours in approximately 1,000 hydrogen plants in 100 countries. [5] [6] [7] [8] He was Scientific Advisor of TES Canada H2 Inc., one of the largest producers of renewable hydrogen and natural gas in Canada [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] and Scientific Advisor of Cipher Neutron Inc., the only Canadian technology company focussing on disruptive AEM electrolyser technologies. [14] [15] [16] He is also Scientific Advisor at Innovation et Développement économique Trois-Rivières (IDETR). He was "Hydrogen Champion" and Scientific Committee member of the Energy Transition Valley (Vallée de la Transition Énergétique - VTÉ)from 2023-2024. [17] He was awarded two prestigious research chairs: NSERC Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Clean Hydrogen (previously known as Green hydrogen Production), and the Innergex Renewable Energy Research Chair (partly funded by the Québec Ministère de l'Économie, de l'Innovation et de l'Énergie) focussing on the next generation of hydrogen production and water electrolyzers (electrolysis of water). He was awarded the "IAHE Sir William Grove Award" in recognition of his leadership and his groundbreaking works in hydrogen, fuel cell and electrolyser technologies by the International Association for Hydrogen Energy (IAHE) as well as the "SCI Canada International Award" by the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) in recognition of outstanding service and contributions in the international sphere to an industry that is based on Chemistry, for its processes and/or services. During his time at the University of Birmingham Centre for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research, he was named as "Birmingham Hero" for his hydrogen and fuel cell works. [18] In Norway, together with Torstein Dale Sjøtveit, he was a member of the foundation group for the establishment of FREYR Battery (lithium-ion battery manufacturer). In 2022, Bruno G. Pollet was invited to witness at the Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources [19] [20] and the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development, the House of Commons [21] in Canada. In 2024, he initiated and was the catalyst for the establishment of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Hydrogen Europe and the Canadian Hydrogen Association to accelerate hydrogen deployment and facilitate trade in clean molecules. [22] [23] In June 2024, he was awarded Fellow of the IAHE for his persistent promotion of Green hydrogen Technologies. In October 2024, he led the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières to be the first transatlantic university to join Hydrogen Europe Research, a hydrogen association that brings together the best leading universities, research organisations and R&D labs in Europe. [24] [25] [26]

Research and Teaching

His research field covers a wide range of areas within electrochemistry, electrochemical engineering, electrochemical energy conversion and sonoelectrochemistry (use of ultrasound in electrochemistry). This includes the development of new energy materials (storage of hydrogen, electrolyzer, fuel cells, batteries and supercapacitors); water treatment / disinfection; demonstrators and prototypes. He pioneered the use of ultrasound in the area of hydrogen science and technology. Since 1995, he has worked closely with the chemical engineer, Professor Jean-Yves Hihn (Marie and Louis Pasteur University) in the area of sonoelectrochemistry. In their 2007 paper in the Journal of the Electrochemical Society, they proposed an equation as a tool for sonoelectrochemical research, [27] known as the "Pollet-Hihn equation". [28] During his time in the UK, he worked for several companies that include Johnson Matthey on fuel cell components and testing. He also worked closely with the British physicist and Fellow of the Royal Society, Kevin Kendall who both co-founded the University of Birmingham Centre for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research. In 2010, together with Kevin Kendall FRS, he developed the first Master and PhD programmes with integrated studies in hydrogen, fuel cells and their applications under the £5.5m UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Doctoral Training Centre that included the University of Birmingham, the University of Loughborough and the University of Nottingham. He is a member of several international academic journals' editorial boards, e.g. the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (Elsevier), Current Opinion in Electrochemistry (Elsevier), Hydrogen (MDPI) and Johnson Matthey Technology Review (previously known as Platinum Metals Review). According to ResearchGate, Bruno G. Pollet has over 400 publications that include peer-reviewed articles, conference articles, book chapters and authored/edited books. According to Google Scholar, his works have been highly cited (more than 17,000 times), with an h-index of 66 as of October 2025. According to the prestigious list published by Stanford University and the Scopus database, which brings together 9 million scientists, Bruno G. Pollet is among the 2% of most cited research experts across the planet in 2021, 2022 and 2023. [29]

Career

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References

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  2. ↑ "L'UQTR mettra son expertise au service du nouveau Centre international des technologies de production d'hydrogène". 19 September 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "PROMICON: Revolutionizing biotechnology with nature-inspired microbial consortia". 8 May 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  4. ↑ "STORMING: breakthrough and innovative structured reactors heated using renewable electricity, to convert fossil and renewable CH4 into CO2-free H2 and highly valuable carbon nanomaterials for battery applications". 27 August 2025. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "Hydrogen Optimized Appoints Industry Leaders to Newly Created Scientific Advisory Board". 29 June 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
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  8. ↑ "Hydrogen Optimized establishes scientific advisory board to develop electrolysis tech". 28 June 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  9. ↑ "TES Canada investit 4 milliards pour un "premier projet d'hydrogène vert" au pays" . Retrieved 17 November 2023.
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  27. ↑ Pollet, B. G.; Hihn, J. -Y.; Doche, M. -L.; Lorimer, J. P.; Mandroyan, A.; Mason, T. J. (2007). "Transport Limited Currents Close to an Ultrasonic Horn: Equivalent Flow Velocity Determination" . Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 154 (10). Bibcode:2007JElS..154E.131P. doi:10.1149/1.2766645 . Retrieved 26 July 2023.
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