Born on February 05th, 1986

EDUCATION

2009-2012:  PhD in physical chemistry of materials

Laboratoire Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (LCMCP) – UMR 7574 – Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) – Collège de France, Paris, France

2009: Master of Sciences and Technology in the field of fundamental and applied chemistry, speciality Inorganic Materials and Molecules

UPMC, Paris, France

RESEARCH

2013: Post Doc - Hierarchical assembly of nano-scale building blocks

Laboratoire de Chimie et des Biomatériaux Supramoléculaires - KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany

Supervisor: Pr. Luisa De Cola

2009 - 2012: PhD - Persistent luminescent nanoparticles: synthesis and optical characterization

The aim of this work was to develop nanoparticles with persistent luminescence emitting in the red to near-infrared range for small animal imaging.

• Designed inorganic matrices obtained by an aqueous sol-gel route.
• Optimized inorganic matrices: silicates, gadolinium oxysulfides, calcium phosphates to obtain nanoparticles with the highest luminescence intensity and time.
• Studied the impact of the composition on the persistent luminescence.
• Obtained biocompatible and/or biodegradable nanoparticles with persistent luminescence.
• Performed in vivo imaging on living mice.

Supervisor: Pr. Corinne Chanéac, LCMCP – UPMC – Collège de France, Paris, France

2009: Bachelor Internship - Synthesis of nanostructured hybrid materials based on anisotropic nanoparticles of goethite a-FeOOH

The aim of this work was to obtain a liquid crystal like hybrid material by optimizing the orientation of goethite nanoparticles in a poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate) matrice.

Supervisor: Pr. Corinne Chanéac and Pr. Laurence Rozes, LCMCP – UPMC – Collège de France, Paris, France

2008: Bachelor Internship - Imaging nickel surfaces at the atomic scale and dynamic processes during Ni surface oxidation: studies by Field Ion Microscopy

The aim of this work was to image nickel tips by FIM and to study the removal of a nickel oxide layer in the presence of H₂ and an electric field by the same technique.

Supervisor: Pr. Norbert Kruse and Dr. Thierry Visart de Bocarmé, Laboratoire Chimie Physique des Matériaux (Catalyse Tribologie), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

FIELD OF EXPERTISE

Nanomaterial synthesis

• Extensive background in inorganic matrices (silicates, gadolinium oxysulfides, calcium phosphates, goethite) obtained by sol-gel route and hybrid materials (polymer and inorganic).
• Extensive background in sol-gel synthesis: acid catalysis and stöber process, hydrothermal routes.
• Background in in vivo imaging, and design of nanoparticles.

Characterization techniques

• Extensive expertise in characterization of materials including TEM, SEM, XRD, DLS, IR spectroscopy, solid NMR.
• Expertise in optical measurements: fluorescence spectroscopy, long-lasting phosphorescence, thermoluminescence.

AWARDS

Award for the best oral communication: Marlene Deluca Award at ISBC, Guelph, Canada.