Dr. Marion Carrier is a young internationally recognised scientist with working experience at leading research organisations in France (IRCELyon and ICMCB) and South Africa (Stellenbosch University). Trained as an interdisciplinary researcher, she gathered an extensive knowledge in a wide range of research areas such as chemistry, analytical science, process engineering and bioprocessing, especially in the Pyrolysis field. She recently joined the Bioenergy group of the Unidad de Desarrollo technologico to actively participate and contribute to the development of pyrolysis technologies for the conversion of plant biomass in order to strengthen to the leadership of UDT in the field of thermochemical conversion in Chile.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES
2006-2007: Assistant lecturer – Analytical Chemistry, CPE Lyon (France)
2009: Assistant lecturer – Participation in the organization and implementation of a Bioenergy course - Thermochemical processes and tutorials.
Her supervisory activity was particularly useful in teaching and training postgraduate students and postdoctoral fellows on the handling of the supercritical water based reactors, pyrolysis reactors and analytical techniques such as micro gas chromatography and thermogravimetric techniques. The proposed fellow’s academic and leadership qualities in research and supervision has contributed significantly in the establishment of the new thermochemical group at Stellenbosch University, which has become internationally recognized for its numerous initiatives to stimulate the application of thermochemical processing in South Africa.

SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS
2010-present: Co-supervisor of MSc students at Stellenbosch University (South Africa)
- Angelo Ridout, 2012-2014, Valorization of paper sludge waste as fuel feedstocks via Pyrolysis.
- Jan-Erns Joubert, 2010-2012, Pyrolysis of Eucalyptus grandis
- Umit Uras, 2010-2012, Biochar from vacuum pyrolysis of agricultural residues: Characterisation and its applications.

INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
2008-present: Graduate student advisor for Stellenbosch University (South Africa) and North Carolina University (EE. UU.) at UDT (Chile):
4 PhD students:
- Dr. Wale Aboyade, 2008-2012, Co-gasification of coal and biomass: Impact on condensate and syngas production,
- Frank Nsaful, 2012-2013, Thermochemical biomass Upgrading for Co-gasification with coal,
- Ryan Barton, 2014, Depolymerization of commercial lignin via bifunctional zeolite catalysis,
- Andrew Moore, 2014, Effect of lignocellulosic composition on the ageing of fast pyrolysis bio-oil.
6 MSc students:
- Thomas Hugo, 2008-2010, Pyrolyis of sugarcane bagasse,
- Stephen Danje, 2009-2011, Fast Pyrolysis of Corn residues for Energy Production,
- Frances Bradfield, 2011-2013, Examination of the Thermal Properties of Municipal Solid Waste and the Scalability Effect on its Degradation and Pyrolysis Products,
- Charl Francois Olivier, 2010, An investigation into the degradation of biochar and its interactions with plants and soil microbial community,
- Sanjana Gunasee, 2012, TGA-MS study on pyrolysis and combustion characteristics of Municipal solid wastes.

ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
22/10/2012 – 23/10/2012: Organizer of the 1st South African workshop entitled ‘From Biomass to Bioenergy via thermochemical processes’ organized in collaboration with Aston and Cranfield Universities and sponsored by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. 65 participants and 21 oral presentations (https://udec-cl.academia.edu/MarionCARRIER/Workshop-Organization; http://processengineering.sun.ac.za/from-biomass-to-bioenergy-via-thermochemical-processes)

23/05/2013- 24/05/2013: Organiser of the Postgraduate Research Symposium 2013, Stellenbosch University, Process Engineering Department, South Africa- 50 participants and of 44 presentations. (http://processengineering.sun.ac.za/postgraduate-symposium-a-great-success).
2013: Academic coordinator of the Intra-ACP mobility program, PAFROID (www.pafroid.mg) for Stellenbosch University.