2008: PhD Degree in Chemistry. “Molecular Understanding of Heterogeneous Catalysts by Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy: towards a Structure Activity Relationship in Alkanes Metathesis “ supervised by Pr. Christophe Copéret and Pr. Lyndon Emsley from the Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 and the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France.

2004: MSc in Catalysis and Physical Chemistry from Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 & MChem and BSc  from Ecole Supérieur de Chimie Physique Electronique de Lyon (ESCPE Lyon) (Lyon School of Chemistry).

Honors and Awards 

2017: Join IOP BRSG - RSC NMRDG Annual Prize for Excellent Contribution to Magnetic Resonance

2015: SFTC Early Career Award.

2013: Finalist of the 2nd Youth Scientist Award from the International Society of Solid State Ionics.

2013: Travel grant award to the 19th Solid State Ionics Conference, 1 – 5 June 2013, Kyoto (Japan).

2011: Marie Curie International Incoming Research Fellowship from Marie Curie Actions, FP7 European Union.

2011: Best poster presentation at the 18th Solid State Ionics International Conference 2011, 3 July – 7 July 2011, Warsaw (Poland).

2010: Junior Research Fellowship from Clare Hall College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

2008: Lavoisier Post Doctoral Grant Fellowship from the French foreign office.

2007: Best poster presentation at the International Symposium on Olefin Metathesis XVII, 28 July – 6 August 2007, Pasadena, CA, USA.

2005: Best paper Award for a young investigator for “Reactivity differences between molecular and surface silanols in the preparation of homogeneous and heterogeneous olefin metathesis catalysts.” of the Journal of Organometallic Chemistry : The Next Generation.

2004: Travel grant award for the 4th Alpine Conference on Solid State NMR Spectroscopy, 10 – 15 September 2005, Chamonix, France.

2004: National Grant Fellowship to embark on the graduate school program for a PhD from the French Ministry of Research and Education.

2003: Grant Merit Fellowship for a master degree from the Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France.

Professional Experiences 

Education 

Professor (Dec. 2021 -), Reader (Oct. 2018 - Nov 2021), Senior Lecturer (Oct. 2016 - Sept. 2018) and Lecturer (Dec. 2012 - Sept. 2016) in Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry and Stephenson Institute For Renewable Energy at the University of Liverpool, UK.

Co-Director (June 2018 -) of the 800 MHz NMR facility in the Institute of Integrative Biology at the University of Liverpool, UK.

March 2011 - Nov 2012: Marie Curie Research Fellow in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge, UK.

Sept. 2010 - Feb. 2011: Post Doctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge, UK.

Jan. 2008 - Aug. 2010: Post Doctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Chemistry, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA under the supervision of Prof. Clare P. Grey.

Sept. 2004 - Dec. 2007: PhD at the Laboratoire de Chimie, Catalyse, Polymérisation et Procédés, groupe de Chimie Organométallique de Surface, ESCPE Lyon, France et Laboratoire de Chimie, ENS Lyon, France, under the supervision of Pr. Christophe Copéret and Pr. Lyndon Emsley.

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