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Pessac, Fr

Pessac Area, France

• Veille bibliographique et technique• Préparation de pigments organiques, organométalliques ou inorganiques• Encapsulation de pigments • Formulation de peintures et d'encres (thermochromes, photochromes, piézochromes, gasochromes...)• Tests et caractérisations des échantillons

Lyon Area, France

Project: "New precipitation process for alumina synthesis"R&D PROJECT MANAGEMENT• Literature and technology monitoring• Management of a multidisciplinary project in collaboration with LAGEP (Université Lyon 1)• Teamwork or in relation with cross-functional services (analysis department, designing department)• Recruitment, training and management of a trainee (3 months)• Regular reporting: written progress reports, oral presentations, technical notesMATERIAL SYNTHESIS AND PREPARATION• Solubility and thermodynamic data evaluation• Precipitation of colloidal particles• Post-treatment: filtration, drying, shaping, calcination, sintering• Physicochemical characterizations: N2 physisorption, Hg porosimetry, XRD, electronic microscopy (TEM, SEM), thermogravimetry, laser granulometry, elemental analysis, mechanical testing...PROCESS• Design and optimization of mixing technologies for precipitation purposes• Experimental characterization of hydrodynamics in reactors (micromixing)• Implementation of semi-batch reactor (classical stirred tank reactor) and continuous in-line reactors (spinning disk reactor, rotor-stator mixer)• Material balanceACHIEVEMENTS- Preparation of catalyst supports with original textural properties- Development of new precipitation processes leading to a wide porosity range easily tunable- Highlight and description of the atypical behaviour of a material of increasing interest- Results valuation: one patent, three publications, five communications in national or international conferences

Paris Area, France

Project : "Synthesis of active pharmaceutical ingredients"• Literature monitoring• Development and optimization of an alternative synthesis pathway for API preparation at ambient pressure• Organometallic catalysis (asymmetric hydrogenation, asymmetric transfer hydrogenation, hydrosilylation)• Implementation of automated reactors (100 mL – 1 L)• Work in compliance with cGMP conditions• Characterization: HPLC, NMR• Regular reporting: written progress reports, oral presentationsACHIEVEMENTS- Removal of irrelevant synthesis pathways- Proposition and study of an alternative synthesis pathway- Involvement in the scale-up study for an API synthesis

Stockholm, Sweden

Project: "Enantioselective preparation of functionalized O-acylated cyanohydrins via minor enantiomer recycling"• Organic synthesis• Homogeneous and enzymatic catalysis combined in diphasic medium• Work in an inert atmosphere • Characterization: GC, HPLC, NMR• Regular reporting: written progress reports, oral presentations• Evolution in a multicultural environmentACHIEVEMENTS- Development of a synthesis pathway exhibiting great yield (60 – 80 %) and excellent selectivty (99,1:0,9)- Results published by the PhD student supervising the internship (R. Hertzberg, C. Moberg, J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78, 9174)

Sorgues, France

Project: "GC analysis and characterization of impurities in a diesel fuel additive (2-EHN) at the end of the synthesis"• Proposition of a study protocol• Optimization of the analysis operating conditions• Organization of the analysis planning• Identification of impurities using co-injection method

Phd Thesis, Chemical Engineering / Material Chemistry

Activities and Societies: Secretary of IFPEN's PhD students Association (2014-2015)

Engineer Diploma, Chemistry

Activities and Societies: • In charge of a three-year student project (2010-2013): realization of an exhibition in collaboration.

Preparatory Classes, Physics - Chemistry