Master’s Degree in Medicinal Chemistry and Organic Synthesis

2023 – 2025

University of Toulouse, France

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Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry (Research-oriented track)

University of Toulouse, France

Research Experience

Research intern

Synthesis of a new class of chiral cyclopentadienones and application in iron catalyzed enantioselective cycloisomerization. Supervised by Dr. Valentin Magné

University of California, Berkeley – Sarpong Group (USA)                                                                                  Apr. 2024 – Jul. 2024

Research Intern

Methodology in organic synthesis, development of enantiopure organic catalysts for reductive amination. Supervised by Prof. Richmond Sarpong

Ohio University – Masson Group (USA)                                                                                                                    Mar. 2023 – Jul. 2023

Research Intern

Synthesis of organic macrocycles, aryl thiols and supramolecular exchanges of platinum dimers in curcurbit[8]urils. Supervised by Prof. Eric Masson

Academic Projects

Photocytotoxicity of metal–porphyrinoids for photodynamic therapy, supervised by Pr. Romuald Poteau

Nuclear magnetic resonance and quantum chemistry, supervised by Dr. Jérôme Cuny

Theoretical Approaches to GFP Emission, Supervised by Pr. Franck Jolibois

Metalloenzymes CoB12 and Cytochrome P450, Supervised by Dr. Marie Boutignon

Synthesis and formulation of pregabalin, Supervised by Dr. Sophie Franceschi and Dr. Cécile Dehoux

Organocatalyzed ring-opening polymerization of bioavailable lactones, Supervised by Pr. Catherine Amiens

Teaching Experience

• Physics: “Light and Colors” (16h), focusing on absorption/emission, Snell’s law, polarization, and spectroscopy
• Organic Chemistry: “OCHEM 1” (6h), focusing on nomenclature, isomerism, and foundational principles. Lab courses (9h), column chromatography, distillations and extractions
• Electrochemistry: Lab courses (16h), chemical oxygen demand determination and conductimetric titrations
• General Chemistry: Lab courses (18h): titrations, reaction kinetics, and related experiments

Scientific Communications

• Organic Chemistry Days 2025, Ecole Polytechnique: Poster presentation
• NanoX Days 2025, INSA Toulouse: Poster presentation
• Chemistry, Biology and Health Day 2025, LCC Toulouse: Poster presentation

Technical Skills

• Synthetic chemistry: organometallic catalysis, coordination chemistry, general organic chemistry
• Biochemistry/Pharmacology: Mechanisms in enzymatic catalysis, ADME, Drug/Receptor Interactions
• Techniques: Schlenk line, glovebox, photoreactors
• Spectroscopy: IR, UV–Vis, MS, autonomous use of 300–600 MHz NMR (cryoprobe)
• Software: L^ATEX, ChemDraw, MestreNova, TopSpin, Excel

Languages

• French (native) English (C1) Spanish (B1)

Service

• President of the Student Union “Union des Parcours spéciaux” (Jan. 2022 – Jan. 2023)
• Honorary Member of the Student Union (since Jan. 2025)