Education and professional experiences
2016 French diploma to conduct researches (HDR), “Structural and functional diversities in hybrid materials based on Gold Thiolates”, Lyon 1 University, France.
From 2010 CNRS Researcher, Institute of Researches on Catalysis and Environment of Lyon (IRCELYON), Lyon 1 University, France.
2008 – 2010 Postdoctoral Associate (Advisors: Dr. Christian SERRE and Dr. Clément SANCHEZ), Institute Lavoisier of Versailles, Versailles University and Collège de France, Sorbonne University, Paris, France. Grants from C’Nano and Macademia European Project. “Nanoparticles and Thin Films of Porous Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs)”.
2006 – 2008 Postdoctoral Associate (Advisor: Pr. Jeffrey R. LONG), University of California, Berkeley, USA. Grants from General Motors and Berkeley University. “New MOFs for Hydrogen Storage, Carbon Dioxide Capture and Selective Gas-Adsorption”.
2003 – 2006 PhD in Materials Chemistry, “Multifunctional Hybrid Materials: Elaboration of Lamellar Transition Metal Hydroxides and Study of their Luminescent and Magnetic Properties”, PhD Supervisor: Dr. Pierre RABU, Institute of Physics and Chemistry of Materials of Strasbourg (IPCMS), Strasbourg University, France. Involved in the European Network of Excellence MAGMANet.
2003 Master 2 degree in Transition Metals Chemistry and Molecular Engineering (Supervisor: Dr. Pierre BRAUNSTEIN), Strasbourg University, France.
Awards
- 2018-2021: CNRS Excellence Scientific Award in chemistry from the CNRS (PEDR).
- Selected by Chemical Communication journal as among the international Emerging Investigators 2016 (Chem Commun., 2016, 52, 8897).
Fellowships
2015 Visiting Researcher (3 months) at the Indian Institute of Technology of Bombay (IITB), Mumbai, India, host: Pr. Ramaswamy MURUGAVEL. Fellowships: iMUST labex and IITB.
2014 Laureate for a short-term grant from the Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) (2 months), host: Pr. Susumu KITAGAWA, Kyoto University, Japan.
2002 Erasmus fellowship (4 months). Department of Inorganic Chemistry (Supervisor: Pr. Miguel JULVE OLCINA), Valencia University, Spain.
Awarded Research Support
2019 Laureate of an EMERGENCE project in 2019 from CNRS (1 year postdoc + 15 k€).
2019 Laureate for a postdoc grant from Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie.
2017 PI of a young researcher grant from Institute of Chemistry of Lyon (7.5 k€).
2017 Project leader for access to the ESRF synchrotron beamline.
2016 – 2020 PI of a France (ANR)/Japan (JST) project on Molecular Technology (250 k€).
2016 – 2019 Laureate for a PhD student funding from Rhône-Alpes region.
2016 Project leader for access to the SOLEIL synchrotron beamline.
2013 – 2017 PI of an ANR project for young researchers (180 k€).
2013 PI of a young researcher grant from Institute of Chemistry of Lyon (10 k€).
Organisation of scientific meetings
2018 Member of the national scientific committee of the international Gold 2018 conference, July 15-18, 2018, Paris, France.
2018 Member of the local organization committee of the national conference of the French Association of Crystallography (AFC 2018), July 10-13, 2018, Lyon, France.
2015 Member of the local organization committee of the national meeting on Molecular and Coordination Chemistry (GECOM-CONCOORD), May 26-29, 2015, Lyon, France.
2006 Member of the local organization committee of the first day of communications of the PhD students from Strasbourg University, May 4, 2006, Strasbourg, France.
Institutional responsabilities
From 2016 Secretary-elect of the Council of the Institute of IRCELYON, France.
2015 – 2016 Member-elect of the Council of the Institute of IRCELYON, France.
2011 – 2014 Responsible of the scientific animation at the IRCELYON, France
2007 – 2008 In charge of the X-Ray crystallography single crystal beamline at the Advanced Light Source at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab for the department of Chemistry.
2004 – 2006 President of the Young Chemists Club, Alsace section, of the French Chemistry Society.
2004 – 2006 Representative of the non-permanent staff at the Council of the Institute of IPCMS, France.