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Le Vaudreuil, Fr

Val-De-Reuil, Normandy, France

Normandy, France

Development of bio-based materials for molding sustainable rigid packaging (on-site collaboration with the R&D department of a leader packaging producer for pharmaceutics and cosmetics)✓ Formulation of bio-based materials suitable for injection molding✓ Design of prototype molds for lab-scale molding of materials✓ Mechanical and rheological characterization of materials✓ Planning of pilot-scale tests with external collaborators

Strasbourg Area, France

Development of an innovative film manufacturing solution for cellulose nanocomposite:✓ Define and manage an interdisciplinary scientific research project.✓ Establish 2 creative methodologies of mechanical characterization.✓ Optimize sample manufacturing protocols.✓ Communicate the results to N+1, N+2, and to an international audience.Acquired competences:• Proven expertise in many characterization techniques: atomic force microscopy (AFM), quartz crystal microbalance, (QCM), ellipsometry, nanoindentation, UV-vis spectroscopy, among others.• Teamwork and leadership: effective training and supervision of three master students during their internships/master thesis• Independent work, project planning, and organization skills• Strong communication skills (e.g. best poster award during an international congress)

Caracas, Venezuela

Technological advisory services and B2B selling of +1.4M € in industrial solutions to the plastic industry (injection molding machines, blow molding machines, extrusion machines, molds, and peripherals):✓ Building product expertise in ~10 product lines.✓ Identification of the needs of +20 customers and prospects to translate them into the proposition of tailored technological solutions.✓ Planning and managing multiple business projects.✓ Maintain close collaboration with +5 international partners.✓ Support marketing activities by attending international trade shows in Germany and the USA.Acquired/reinforced skills:Negotiation, effective communication, organizational skills, commercial awareness.

Caracas, Venezuela

Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) within a multidisciplinary team for the start-up of a new food packaging plant:✓ Define, together with international suppliers, the type and number of machines required.✓ Centralize the technical specifications of the equipment and translate them into requirements of space, electricity, chilled water, compressed air, and instrumentation for the heads of the different disciplines.✓ Generate the technical documentation of the project in compliance with the client's internal principles.✓ Responsible for 50% progress of the project in record time.Skills acquired: writing technical engineering documents, 2D drawing in AutoCAD, effective communication with clients and technology providers, multidisciplinary teamwork.

Guarenas, Venezuela

Computer-aided design (using PTC CREO) of an extrusion blow-molding mold producing 4.8M bottles per year:✓ Propose and execute the improvement of the design of the mold (cooling, degassing, and precutting systems).✓ Design all the parts of the mold and guarantee its manufacture by CNC in accordance with product specifications, on time, and on budget.

Caracas, Venezuela

Benchmarking of commercial polymers resulting in the recommendation of 2 clear product improvement strategies:✓ Carry out the physicochemical characterization (DSC, FTIR, electron microscopy) and the mechanical tests (tensile and impact resistance tests) of materials according to ISO / ASTM standards.✓ Perform critical data analysis.

Caracas, Venezuela

Synthesis of nickel and palladium complexes and study of their catalytic properties toward the polymerization of ethylene.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physical Chemistry, Polymer Nanocomposites

Activities and Societies: Board member of the Young Researcher's Bureau (BJC), a student association of the Charles Sadron Institute (ICS).

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Materials And Nanosciences - Polymer Engineering

Activities and Societies: TennisInternational Master program with the University of Freiburg (Germany) Master's thesis at the Plant.

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Sustainable Materials - Polymer Sciences

International Master program with the University of Strasbourg (France) Research internship at the Laboratory of Chemistry and Physics.

Bachelor’S Degree, B.Eng. In Materials Engineering, Major In Polymers, 3.7990/5.0

The specialization of polymers trains materials engineers capable of answering questions of obtaining, transforming, selecting.