EDUCATION



2003-2008
  • Doctoral thesis at EPFL (Lausanne, Switzerland): Simulations d'une structure cristalline incommensurable à caractère désordonné
    • Molecular Dynamics simulations
    • Monte-Carlo simulations
    • Development of a Monte-Carlo program in C
    • X ray diffraction, DSC measurement
2001-2002
  • DEA (one year post M.Sc. specialization): Molecular Chemical Physics and Structural in Grenoble (France)
    • theoretical chemistry
    • EPR (Electron Paramagnetic Resonance ), optical spectroscopy, X-ray spectroscopy
    • specialization: scattering/diffraction methods on large facilities (ILL (Institut Laue-Langevin), ESRF (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility)), hydrogen-bond properties and dynamics
2000-2001
  • DESS (one year post M.Sc. specialization): Applied Physics, modelling and simulation in Grenoble (France)
    • solution of set of nonlinear equations
    • difference element method
    • finite element method
1999-2000
  • Maîtrise de physique (equivalent M.Sc.) in Tours (France)
    • scientific computing
    • fluid dynamics
    • quantum and statistical physics
    • atomic physics
    • specialization: theory of field and electromagnetism



WORK EXPERIENCES



POSTDOCS
2010-2011
  • Young International Fellowship at GUCAS (Beijing, China): computational simulations on clean energy materials
    • Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations
2008-2010
  • Research associate at UMASS (Amherst, Massachusetts, US): modeling of silica considering all-silica zeolite as silica polymorph
    • Development of a Monte-Carlo program in Fortran 90
    • Free energy calculation
TEACHING EXPERIENCES
2003-2006
  • Exercices in crystallography for students of physics (third and fifth semester)
    • 112 hours
2004-2006
  • Practical course in diffraction methods (doctoral school)
    • 108 hours
2006-2007
  • Practical course of physics for students of medecin (first year)
    • 25 hours



PARTICIPATION AT INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSES



Aperiodic 2006, Zao, Japan 17-22 September, 2006
  • Poster
    • Monte-Carlo simulation of the incommensurate structure of p-Azoxyphenetol
23rd European Crystallographic Meeting, Leuven, Belgium August 6-11, 2006
  • Poster
    • Monte-Carlo simulation of the incommensurate structure of p-Azoxyphenetol
XX Congress of the international Union of Crystallography, Florence, Italy August 23-31, 2005
  • Poster
    • Monte-Carlo and Molecular Dynamics simulations of the incommensurate phase p-Azoxyphenetol
Joint Conference of ICCP6 and CCP2003, Beijing, China May 23-28, 2004
  • Poster
    • Molecular Dynamics Study of the Incommensurate to Commensurate Phase Transition of 4'4-Diethoxyazoxybenzene



FOREIGN LANGUAGES



  • Standard English: good level
  • Scientific English: good level
  • Mandarin: basics (further training)



RESEARCH INTEREST



  • Computational organic/inorganic materials
  • Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics atomistic simulations
  • Multiscale molecular modeling
  • Phase Transitions
 
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