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France

Greater Paris Metropolitan Region

Division of Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning Groups: - Thermochemical Database Joint Project (TDB)- Expert Group on the Application of Robotics and Remote Systems in the Nuclear Back-end (EGRRS)- Expert Group on a Holistic Process for Decision Making on Decommissioning and Management of Complex Sites (HDCS)Events: - Management of Spent Fuel, Radioactive Waste and Decommissioning in SMRs and Advanced Reactor Technologies- Extended Storage and Transportation of Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste from Current and Future Reactor Technologies- Role of Innovation in the Nuclear Back-End: Harnessing Robotics and Advanced Technologies for Safer, More Efficient Activities- TDB Courses

Scientific & Environmental Consulting.- Setting up labs, experiments, and quality assurance protocols- Auditing supply chains- Regulation research and compliance- Prototyping and testing - Outsourcing tasks to analytical and formulation labs

Copenhagen Metropolitan Area

- Optimisation of instrumentation and methodology: scanning electrochemical microscope (SECM)- Writing documentation and training staff on SECM- Micropreparation and analysis of metallic samples- Conducting corrosion tests and data analysis for energy applications (nuclear, oil & gas); ICP-OES, SEM, LOM, XRD, SECM

Copenhagen Area, Capital Region, Denmark

- Designed and conducted high temperature corrosion tests in Molten Fluorides and Hydroxides that led to major changes in reactor design- Collected and curated thermophysical data sets for molten salts and built a database- Wrote 3 year R&D Roadmap- Created onboarding package for the chemistry team on GitLab- Designed, installed, and wrote training material for inventory, project management, and scientific reference management systems.- Designed, procured, tested, and wrote procedures for lab equipment and consumables.

Paris Area, France

- Determined eco-friendly and natural cosmetics specifications for new products development- Conducted regulation research which led to updates of products' formulation and packaging and regulatory compliance- Created and tested product prototypes- Wrote experiment protocols and reports, ran experiments, and analyzed lab test results which led to change of suppliers and updates of products' formulation- Organized outsourcing to formulation and analytical laboratories

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

Small-scale synthesis of Uranium metal for nuclear forensics applications- Preparation of Cerium Halides, Uranium Halides and Dysprosium Iodide - Schlenk line setup- Arc melting of Cerium Halides (CeI4, CeI3), Uranium Halides (UI4, UI3) and UO2- Reduction of Cerium Halides and Uranium Halides with Dysprosium Iodide - Glovebox- Structural studies; Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), X-ray Single and Powder Diffraction (XRD),Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)

Paris Area, France

PLA bottles compostability study in aerobic compost reactor.- Designed experiment protocols & reports, conducted experiments, analyzed lab test results. The work highlighted national soil testing protocol deficiencies, was presented on French TV, and attracted additional funding.- Set up collaboration environment and issue tracker on GitLab.

Vancouver, Canada Area

Analyzing freezing properties of cyanobacteria from Antarctic sea-surface microlayer samples to understand cloud dynamics and improve climate models.- Improved setups to conduct droplet freezing point and melting point experiments in order to determine the presence of Ice Nucleating Particles (INPs) and their nature. - Put together a team of researchers across departments and developers to build a MatLab script to automate video processing and data analysis. The script is still actively in use by the research group and led to multiple publications as well as further collaboration between departments.

Ho-Chi-Minh, Vietnam

Synthesis and characterization of Nano-Chitosan particles for remediation of ground and surface waters of Ho-Chi-Minh City- Set up and conducted experiments in chitin extraction out of crustaceans to form chitosan nanoparticles- Measured concentration differences to determine sorption of heavy metals on Chitosan NPs using AAS for Lead and UV-Vis Spectroscopy for Copper

Master Of Science - Ms, Chemistry, Honours

Chemistry & History

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Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, History, Honours

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Chemistry, Honours