Sylvain CAMPILLO

🧪 UGA Study Engineer in Environmental Analysis

Office 146 (but greater chance to find me in the clean room or at the ICP-MS)

🔬 UGA Study Engineer specialized in trace and ultra-trace elemental analysis and carbon isotope analysis, involved in the operation, maintenance, and development of analytical platforms at ISTerre.

👉 Trace and ultra-trace elemental analyses using ICP-MS
👉 Carbon isotope analyses (δ¹³C) using CRDS
👉 Manager of the Geochemical Clean Laboratory and sample preparation facilities

🏢 ASSIGNMENTS / PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Period	Institution	Position / Activities
2013–	ISTERRE	Clean laboratory manager ; trace and ultra-trace elemental analysis (ICP-MS) ; carbon isotopy (CRDS coupled to combustion module)
2006–2013	IUT1 Grenoble	Material characterization systems
2004–2006	LGCA Grenoble	Trace elements analysis

🎓 EDUCATION

Year	Degree	Institution
2002	Science & Materials Engineer	Polytech
2000	Master in Physical Science	Université Joseph Fourier (UJF)

🧪 TECHNICAL SKILLS & EXPERTISE

🔬 Analytical techniques

Trace and ultra-trace metal & REE analysis by ICP-MS

Carbon concentration and isotopic analysis by CRDS (bulk & organic matter)

Ion Chromatography

Instrument coupling and analytical developments

⚗️ Sample preparation

Acid mineralization (HF, HNO₃, HCl, HClO₄, H₂O₂)

Non-polluting grinding techniques

Micro-sample preparation

Carbonate removal for organic matter extraction

📊 Quality & metrology

Management of international reference standards

Production of internal standards

Metrological traceability

Data processing, statistics, and analytical reporting

🛠️ Platform & infrastructure management

Clean laboratory management

Inventory and consumables management

Financial management and invoicing

Equipment maintenance (1st & 2nd level)

Risk prevention & compliance with safety standards

Technological watch and procurement (specifications, tenders)

👨‍🏫 SUPERVISION & TEACHING

Supervision of L1, L2, L3, M1, M2 students and interns

Supervision of practical work in geometric optics (IUT1)

📚 PUBLICATIONS

✔ Cossa D. et al. (2026). Trace and rare-earth elements in mussels from the St. Lawrence Estuary and Gulf (Canada) : Geological influence, hot-spots, and changes since the 1970s. Marine Pollution Bulletin

✔ Guédron S. et al. (2025). Corrigendum to “Pre-hispanic wetland irrigation and metallurgy in the South Andean Altiplano (Intersalar Region, Bolivia, XIVth and XVth century CE)” [Quat. Sci. Reviews 338 (2024) 108826]. Quaternary Science Reviews

✔ Nitschke N. et al. (2025). Post-exploitation fate of alluvial goldmines in the Amazon : soil erosion, metal(loid) remobilisation and evolution of ecological functions during restoration. Science of The Total Environment

✔ Heredia C. et al. (2025). Provenance of lead ores used for water pipes production in the ancient Roman Gaul (Vienne, France). Quaternary Science Reviews

✔ Guédron S. et al. (2025). From mine to lake : Source, fate and budget of mercury species in the high-altitude watershed of a fast-developing Andean city (El Alto, Bolivia). Science of The Total Environment.

✔ Guiter F. et al. (2025). From lake to bog : A 15 kyr record of interplay between landscape changes and mercury accumulation (Réserve Naturelle du Luitel, 1250 m a. s. l., western Alps). Quaternary Science Reviews

✔ Blommaert H. et al. (2025). Comparison of cadmium pathways in a high Cd accumulating cultivar versus a low Cd accumulating cultivar of Theobroma cacao L. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

✔ Fabien Letort et al. (2025). Calcium oxalate crystals in cacao trees and their interactions with cadmium. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

✔ Prado Freire M. et al. (2025). Are Amazonian Quaternary Ironstones Revealing Past Hydro-Geochemistry ?. SSRN

✔ Izerumugaba Peace et al. (2025). Geochemical and Mineralogical Investigation of the Connetable Islands Bauxite (French Guiana). SSRN

✔ Deville-Cavellin M. et al. (2025). Using integrated biomarkers to assess ecological risk from multi-metal and metalloid soil contamination. Chemosphere

✔ Nitschke N. et al. (2024). Evaluation of the Hg Contamination from Gold Mining in French Guiana at the Watershed Scale Using Hg Isotopic Composition in River Sediments. ACS Publications

✔ Zhanar Zhakiyeva et al. (2024). Water dynamics in calcium silicate hydrates probed by inelastic neutron scattering and molecular dynamics simulations. "Cement and Concrete Research Journal"

✔ Guédron S. et al. (2024). Pre-hispanic wetland irrigation and metallurgy in the South Andean Altiplano (Intersalar Region, Bolivia, XIVth and XVth century CE). Quaternary Science Reviews

✔ Guédron S. et al. (2024). Evaluation of the Hg Contamination from Gold Mining in French Guiana at the Watershed Scale Using Hg Isotopic Composition in River Sediments. ACS Publications

✔ Zhakiyeva Z. et al. (2023). How much water is there within calcium silicate hydrates ? Probing water dynamics by Inelastic Neutron Scattering and Molecular Dynamics Simulations. chemrxiv.org

✔ Blommaert H. et al. (2022). From soil to cacao bean : Unravelling the pathways of cadmium translocation in a high Cd accumulating cultivar of Theobroma cacao. Frontiers in Plant Science.

✔ Heredia C. et al. (2022). Anthropogenic eutrophication of Lake Titicaca (Bolivia) revealed by carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes fingerprinting. Science of the Total Environment.

✔ Tisserand D. et al. (2022). Mercury, organic matter, iron, and sulfur co-cycling in a ferruginous meromictic lake. Applied Geochemistry.

✔ Zhakiyeva Z. et al. (2022). Structure of Water Adsorbed on Nanocrystalline Calcium Silicate Hydrate Determined from Neutron Scattering and Molecular Dynamics Simulations. J. Phys. Chem. C.

✔ Cossa D. et al. (2021). Mercury accumulation in the Western Mediterranean abyssal plain. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

✔ Guédron S. et al. (2021). Reconstructing two millennia of copper and silver metallurgy in the Lake Titicaca region (Bolivia/Peru) using trace metals and lead isotopic composition. Anthropocene.

✔ Wiggenhauser M. et al. (2021). Cadmium transfer in contaminated soil-rice systems : Insights from solid-state speciation analysis and stable isotope fractionation. Environmental Pollution.

✔ Gourlan A.T. et al. (2020). The marine record of the onset of farming around the Arabian Sea at the dawn of the Bronze Age. The Holocene.

✔ Guédron S. et al. (2020). Diagenetic production, accumulation and sediment-water exchanges of methylmercury in contrasted sediment facies of Lake Titicaca (Bolivia). Science of the Total Environment

✔ Batanova et al. (2019). New Olivine Reference Material for In Situ Microanalysis, Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research

✔ Batanova et al. (2018). MongOL Sh11-2 : Olivine Reference Material for In-situ Microanalysis. SciX

✔ Garçon M. et al. (2012). Silver and lead in high-altitude lake sediments : Proxies for climate changes and human activities. Applied Geochemistry.

✔ Chauvet F. et al. (2011). Triassic alkaline magmatism of the Hawasina Nappes. Lithos.

🎤 SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS

✔ Heredia C. et al. (2025). Pollution au plomb et état sanitaire dans la Vienne antique : une approche isotopique. Congrès.

✔ Heredia C. et al. (2025). Un plomb venu de loin : sources et acheminement du métal à Vienne durant la période romaine. Congrès.

✔ Tisserand D. et al. (2019). Mercury partitioning at the oxic/anoxic transition of Lake Pavin. ICMGP – Krakow, Poland

✔ Gourlan A.T. (2019). Onset of Farming Around Arabian Sea at the Dawn of Bronze Age Revealed by Marine Record. Congrès.

✔ Wiggenhauser M. et al. (2019). Combined Cadmium Stable Isotope and Solid State Speciation Measurements in Contaminated Soil-Rice Systems. Congrès.

✔ Asta M.P. et al. (2019). The Role of Polyaspartic Acid on the Kinetic Persistance of Amorphous Calcium Carbonate. Congrès

✔ Tisserand D. et al. (2018). Mercury speciation at the oxic/anoxic transition of Lake Pavin. Poster – Lake Pavin Internship

✔ Picard C. et al. (2006). Géochimie des péridotites et cumulats ophiolitiques ultra-déprimés en elements HFS de Nouvelle Calédonie : apports pour la modélisation des processus pétrologiques. Congrès.

⭐ Profile Highlights

✔ Expert in trace and isotopic geochemistry
✔ Clean lab & platform manager
✔ Strong involvement in research projects
✔ Interface between analytical development, safety, and scientific users