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Nous sommes heureuses et heureux de vous présenter le nouveau bureau de la section régionale Ile-de-France de la SCF pour ces trois prochaines années.
Nous avons la répresentation de l’Université Versailles Saint-Quentin, Paris-Saclay, Paris-Cité et Sorbonne Université avec Manuel Barday, Aurélien de la Torre, Claire Cuyamendous, Lydia Sosa Vargas, Natacha Krins, Julie Oble, Candice Botuha, Fanny Coumes, Geoffroy Guillemot et Stéphanie Halbert. De plus Florent Ducrozet, président du RJ-SCF Ile-de-France, participe également à nos réunions.
Les membres du bureau se présentent
Lydia SOSA VARGAS
Chargé.e de Recherche CNRS, Sorbonne Université
Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire
Twitter: @Dr_Curieosity Bluesky: @drcurieosity.bsky.social
Originally from Mexico, Lydia obtained her PhD from the University of East Anglia in the UK. She carried out her first postdoctoral position in Japan at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. In 2015, she joined the Polymer Chemistry team at Sorbonne University for her second postdoc before being recruited by the CNRS as a tenured researcher. Her research interests involve the molecular design and synthesis of pi-conjugated materials for applications in organic electronic and photonic devices, and supramolecular self-assembly at the nanoscale.
Lydia is currently president of the Ile-de- France section at the Societé Chimique de France. She is also member of the of the French Polymer group, the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Polymer Division within the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).
Claire CUYAMENDOUS
Maître.sse de conférence, Université Paris Cité
Cible Thérapeutique et Conception de Médicaments (CiTCoM – UMR CNRS 8038)
Claire is an associate profesor in pharmacognosy since 2020 in the Produits Naturels, Analyses et Synthèses team (PNAS), part of the Cibles Thérapeutiques et Conception de Médicaments (CiTCoM – UMR CNRS 8038) unit of Université Paris Cité. Her research activities focus on the synthesis of natural products and the isolation of innovative original natural compounds that can be used in hemisynthesis.
In 2015, she obtained her PhD at the University of Montpellier in the field of total synthesis of phytofurans, under the supervision of Dr. Camille Oger and Dr. Jean-Marie Galano. She went to New Zealand as a postdoctoral fellow at the center for biodiscovery in Victoria University of Wellington, to work with Dr. Joanne Harvey and Dr. Paul Teesdale-Spittle on the total synthesis of Pateamine. In 2017, she came back to France as teaching assistant for 2 years, firstly in Le Mans working on methodology of organic synthesis in team of IMMM and secondly at engineering School – Institut de Chimie de Clermont-Ferrand (ICCF) working on asymetric synthesis. She then stayed 1 more year in Clermont-Ferrand to work on extraction and phytochemistry study project in collaboration with PiLeJe Industry.
Julie OBLE
Maître.sse de conférence, Sorbonne Université
Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire
Twitter: @ObleJulie Bluesky: @oblejulie.bsky.social
Julie is an assistant professor at the Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire (IPCM), Sorbonne Université (SU) since 2010. She received in 2007 her PhD degree from the Ecole Polytechnique (Paris, France). In 2007, she obtained a one-year postdoctoral position at the University of Montréal (Canada). After two further years as a postdoctoral fellow at SU, she joined in 2010 the Organometallic Reactivity and Catalysis for Synthesis team at IPCM.
Her research focuses on the development of new metal-catalyzed domino reactions toward the synthesis of heterocycles, homogeneous and quasi-homogeneous catalytic C-H activations and biomass valorization. Julie is currently treasurer of the Ile-de- France section at the Societé Chimique de France.
Stéphanie HALBERT
Maître.sse de conférence, Sorbonne Université
Laboratoire de Chimie Théorique
Stéphanie is an assistant professor at the Laboratoire de Chimie Théorique, Sorbonne Université since 2015. She obtained her PhD from the University of Montpellier. In 2013, she joined the Inorganic Organic and Organometallic Chemistry team at LCT for her postdoc before being recruited. Her research activities focuses on DFT studies of structure, properties, mechanisms and selectivity in catalysis or organic reactions. These theoretical works are in collaboration with experimental groups.
Stéphanie is currently Secretary of French Young Chemists’ Network RJ-SCF, member of the Ile-de- France section at the SCF and board member of SCF.
Aurélien DE LA TORRE
Chargé.e de Recherche CNRS, Université Paris Saclay
Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d’Orsay
Twitter: @Auredelatorre Bluesky: @auredelatorre.bsky.social
Aurélien de la Torre is a CNRS researcher at the Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d’Orsay (ICMMO), Université de Paris-Saclay. After studying chemistry at Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier, he obtained his PhD from the University of Montpellier in 2014 under the supervision of Drs. Jean-Marie Galano and Camille Oger. He carried out postdoctoral research in the groups of Prof. Nuno Maulide at the University of Vienna, Austria, and Prof. Ilan Marek at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.
In 2018, he joined the “Methodology, Synthesis and Therapeutical Molecules” team at ICMMO as a CNRS researcher. His research interests include asymmetric catalysis, cycloaddition reactions, cascade reactions and natural product synthesis. Since 2022 he is also a member of the Ile-de-France section board of the Société Chimique de France.
Candice BOTUHA
Maître.sse de conférence, Sorbonne Université
Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire, Equipe Chembio
Her research focuses on medicinal chemistry and the development of molecular tools for bioimaging. She is currently working on the design and synthesis of 1,2,4-triazole-containing compounds with biological activities, as well as on the design and development of ESIPT fluorescent probes for bioimaging.
She is currently assistant secretary of the Ile-de-France section at the SCF.
Natacha KRINS
Maître.sse de conférences, Sorbonne Université
Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris
Natacha Krins is an assistant professor in the RMES (Reactive Materials for Electrochemical deviceS) team of the Laboratoire Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (LCMCP) at Sorbonne Université. She obtained her PhD from the University of Liège (Belgium) in 2009. She did a 1-year postdoc between Belgium and Paris, followed by a 3 year-postdoc at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. She integrated the LCMCP as a postdoc in 2013 and she was recruited as an assistant professor in 2014.
Her research activities focus on considering inorganic nanomaterials for energy applications (conversion and storage). She believes that CARE can revolution university teaching and research to better embrace the systemic of the transition challenges.
Natacha is currently a member of the Ile-de-France section at the SCF.
Manuel BARDAY
Maître.sse de conférences, Université Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Synthèse Organique (SORG – UMR 8180)
Manuel is an associate professor at the Institut Lavoisier de Versailles (ILV) since 2023. He is part of the Synthèse Organique (SORG) team, in the Catalyse et Hétérocycles axis. He obtained his PhD in 2018 from the University of Liverpool under the supervision of Dr. Christophe Aïssa. Then, he came back to France for his post-doctoral studies. He stayed one year in the COBRA laboratory with Dr. Tatiana Besset (Rouen) and two years in the StereO group with Pr. Thierry Constantieux and Dr. Muriel Amatore (Marseille). He finally went for a one-year post-doctoral fellowship at the RWTH institute with Dr. Christopher Teskey (Aachen).
His work focuses on the development of selective catalysed processes, involving either transition-metals or organocatalysts.
Geoffroy GUILLEMOT
Maître.sse de Conférences, Sorbonne Université
Institut Parisien de Chimie moléculaire
Geoffroy Guillemot is a graduate of the Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC). He obtained his PhD in Chemistry from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in 2002 under the supervision of Prof. Carlo Floriani. He then carried out postdoctoral researches on catalysis, with Prof. Dr A. Pfaltz (oxidation catalysis, University of Basel) and Dr J.-M. Basset (homologation of propane, CPE-Lyon), and then on the activation of dioxygen and the effects of the second coordination sphere with Prof. O. Reinaud (Université René Descartes) and P. LeFloch (Ecole Polytechnique).
In 2008, he joined the Polyoxometalates Team at IPCM as an assistant and then associate professor of inorganic chemistry. His main focus is on the design of isolated site models using polyoxometalates for applications in metal-catalyzed atom transfers and redox reactions that involve the coupled transfers of electrons and protons.
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Florent DUCROZET
Maître.sse de Conférences, Université Paris-Saclay
Institut de Chimie Physique
Bluesky: @floducrozet.bsky.social
Florent is an associate professor at the Institut de Chimie Physique since 2024 where he is part of the TEMiC group. He obtained his Ph.D. from Paris-Saclay University in 2022 where he was working on the radical reactivity of nanodiamonds under the supervision of Pr. Cécile Sicard-Roselli (ICP, UPSaclay) and Dr. Jean-Charles Arnault (NIMBE/CEA). Then, he did a first postdoc at the Notre-Dame Radiation Laboratory (Indiana, USA) on low-temperature plasma irradiation with Pr. Sylwia Ptasinska and a second postdoc at the Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris with Pr. Marco Faustini and Dr. Cédric Boissière on porous/hollow catalysts synthesis by spray-drying. His work focuses on synthesizing new photo- or electrocatalysts and studying their radical reactivity at the interfaces. Florent is currently the president of the RJ-SCF Ile-de-France.
Idris TLEMSANI
Post-doctorant.e
ICMMO / Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris
Idris completed his PhD thesis at Université Paris-Saclay (France), entitled “Magnetic coordination complexes for quantum information” under the supervision of Pr. Talal Mallah. He then moved to University of Florence to work under the supervision of Pr. Roberta Sessoli to investigate the spin-electric effect on frustrated spin triangle. He is now working on the synthesis of rare earth molecular materials with optical properties under the supervision of Dr. Diana Serrano.
Jiashu LI
Doctorant.e, PSL Université
ENS, CPCV
Jiashu is a first-year PhD student at École Normale Supérieure (ENS) – PSL, specializing in the structural and functional applications of DNA origami. He holds a MSc in Chemistry and Life Sciences from PSL University, which included a research residency at the University of Cambridge focused on liposomes and the origins of life. With a foundational BSc from the University of Strasbourg, Jiashu now integrates synthetic biology, polymer chemistry, and nanotechnology to engineer programmable artificial cells and bio-inspired systems.
Morane LUCAS
Doctorant.e, Ecole polytechnique
Laboratoire de Synthèse Organique
Morane Lucas obtained her Double Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry & Biology at the University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in 2020. With a keen interest in the interface between these two fields, Morane went on to complete two Master’s degrees: Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at Paris-Cité University, and Organic Chemistry at the University of Paris-Saclay.
After two internships at the CEA (French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission) and IPCM (Parisian Institute of Molecular Chemistry), she joined Ecole Polytechnique in 2023 for a PhD in chemical biology under the supervision of Dr Bastien Nay and Dr Christophe Le Clainche. Her research focuses on the synthesis of photoactivatable molecules for the spatiotemporal control of biological phenomena.
Morane joined the board of the Youth Network of the Ile-de-France section at the Société Chimique de France in 2024 and is currently one of the communication manager.
Amandine SENE
Post-doctorant.e, Institut Polytechnique de Paris
Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée
After obtaining a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Paris Cité University and a master’s degree in chemistry with a specialization in materials chemistry from Sorbonne University, Amandine Séné pursued a doctoral thesis at Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (LCMCP). Her thesis topic, which focused on the synthesis of boron-phosphorus and metal-boron-phosphorus compounds at the nanoscale using atypical synthesis processes (molten salt and high pressure-high temperature), was supervised by Dr. David Portehault.
After defending her thesis in March 2025, she began a postdoctoral fellowship at the PMC in June 2025, where she is working on the synthesis of bimetallic oxides using exotic synthesis methods with Dr. Simon Delacroix and Pr. Thierry Gacoin.
Angel LE TRI
Doctorant.e, Sorbonne Université
Institut Parisien de Chimie moléculaire
Angel is a first-year PhD student working on peptide-conjugated organometallic complexes targeting resistant cancers under the supervision of Dr.Benoit Bertrand at the IPCM, Sorbonne University. She arrived in France in 2018 to pursue her Bachelor’s and her Master’s in Chemistry and Life Sciences at Sorbonne University and PSL University. Passionate about the interface between Chemistry and Biology, she aspires to work on the conception of bioactive molecules for therapeutic application. Angel joined the board of the Youth Network on the Ile-de-France section at the Société Chimique de France in 2023 and is currently their vice-president.
Kaltoum BAKKOUCHE
Post-doctorant.e, Sorbonne Université
Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris
After obtaining her PhD in Molecular Chemistry and Nanomaterials in cotutelle between Université de Toulouse and Euromed University of Fez. Kaltoum is now a Postoctoral researcher at Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (LCMCP) and Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille (CINaM). She’s working on the design and synthehsis of nanoparticles for catalytic applications.
Constance LECOURT
Chargé.e de Recherche, Sorbonne Université
Institut Parisien de Chimie moléculaire
Constance Lecourt obtained her bachelor’s degree in chemistry – physics option from Sorbonne University (UPMC) in 2014, and her master’s degree in inorganic chemistry from the Claude Bernard University in Lyon in 2016. She then defended her PhD thesis in 2019, carried out at the LMI in Lyon under the supervision of Prof. Luneau and Dr. Desroches. She continued her research during a first postdoctoral period, in collaboration with Dr. Fillaud at LISE and Prof. Lescouëzec at IPCM in 2020. She then joined Dr. Jean-Pascal Sutter’s team at LCC as an ATER, and finally Dr. Lescop’s team at ISCR in 2021. She also had the opportunity to collaborate through international mobilities (Prof. Reber, Université de Montréal, Canada; Prof. Tretyakov, Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russia; Prof. Inoue, Hiroshima University, Japan; Prof. Scheer, University of Regensburg, Germany; Prof. Koshevoy, University of Eastern Finland). Coordination chemistry is at the heart of her research activities, with a focus on the synthesis of multifunctional heteropolymetallic compounds for the study of their photophysical, magnetic and switchable properties.
Sheena LOUISIA
Chargé.e de Recherche, Sorbonne Université
Laboratoire Interfaces et Systèmes Electrochimiques
Sheena joined the Laboratoire Interfaces et Systèmes Électrochimiques (LISE) as a CNRS research officer in 2025. She got her Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry in 2016 at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. She then got her PhD in 2021 at the University of California, Berkeley, where she worked under the supervision of Prof. Peidong Yang on the synthesis of copper nanoparticles for the electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 into value-added hydrocarbons. She specialized there in the application of advanced characterization methods available at synchrotron facilities, an expertise she further expanded during her postdoctoral fellowship at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Until 2025, she worked there on the spectroscopic investigation of the electrical double layer with Prof. Marc Koper and Dr. Rik Mom, for which she was awarded a Marie Sklodowska Curie Action postdoctoral fellowship. As a CNRS researcher, she now focuses on the fundamental investigation of electrochemical interfaces formed in alkaline water electrolyzers, developed for the electrochemical production of green hydrogen.
Jan Patrick CALUPITAN
Chargé.e de Recherche, Sorbonne Université
Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire
Jan Patrick Calupitan specializes in organic materials for opto-electronic applications, with current research themes on polymer-based emitting materials, surface functionalization and chemistries, and DFT. Originally from the Philippines, he has a rich international experience from research laboratories in Japan, France, USA, and Spain. He has a multi-disciplinary expertise on the design, synthesis, DFT, photophysics, and interfacial (surface) characterisation of π-conjugated materials. He obtained his double-PhD degrees in 2018 from the Nara Institute of Science and Technology (Nara, Japan) and Université Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier.
Matthieu LAFFITTE
Doctorant.e, Sorbonne Université
Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire
Matthieu is a first-year PhD student working on developping molecular photocathodes for artificial photosynthesis under the supervision of Dr. Guillaume IZZET and Pr. Anna PROUST at the IPCM, Sorbonne Université. He obtained his Bachelor and his Master degree in Chemistry at Sorbonne Université. During his Master degree, he did an Erasmus in Alicante, Spain where he specialized in Electrochemistry. Really passionate about electrochemistry and its applications to inorganic materials, he aspires to work on new way to collect and store energy.
