Chairs of the Conference

Nadia Yousfi Steiner is Full Professor at the University Marie & Louis Pasteur and adjunct professor at Mississippi State University. With a dual MSc in Mathematics, Fluidics & Energetics and a PhD in Engineering Science (Franche-Comté & EIFER, Germany), she has over 15 years of experience in hydrogen and fuel cell systems. Her research focuses on diagnostics, prognostics, and fault-tolerant control for fuel cells and, more recently, electrolyser reliability and durability. She held a CNRS Chair of Excellence, was awarded the CNRS Bronze Medal (2019) and the Blondel Medal (2022) and currently leads the national PEPR-H2 project DuraSyS-PAC. Nadia also directed the award-winning Master of Engineering H3E in hydrogen energy. She is a corresponding member of the Moroccan Academy of Science and Technology.

Annabelle Brisse is currently an Innovation Strategy Analyst at EDF. From 2022 to 2026, she served as Head of Research and Innovation at Hynamics, a French company developing and operating low-carbon and renewable hydrogen production projects to support the decarbonization of industry and mobility. Prior to this role, she worked at EIFER in Germany, from 2006 to 2022, where she led hydrogen research activities on Power-to-X and hydrogen mobility. Annabelle holds a PhD focused on innovative ceramic materials for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) operating at reduced temperatures. She has authored numerous publications on high-temperature electrolysis, hydrogen sustainability, and hydrogen supply chains, with a focus on renewable energy integration, making significant contributions to the advancement of the field.