Working area

• Cellulose nanocomposites
• Chemical functionalization of lignocellulosic materials (wood, cellulose nanofibrils and nanowhiskers)
• Study of natural fiber/polymer interface in nanocomposite materials

Special knowledge

• Chemistry of lignocellulosic materials
• Chemistry of alkoxysilane molecules
• Characterization techniques: FTIR, liquid state NMR, solid state CP-MAS NMR (13C and 29Si), AFM microscopy, ADCB test (fracture), multivariate analysis

Publications

• From 2008 till today
• Complete List of publications

Curriculum Vitae

• 2008 - now  Post -Doctoral Research Scientist, EMPA, Switzerland
• 2006 - 2008 Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Tennessee Forest Products Center, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (United-States)
• 2003 - 2006 Ph.D. student at the « Unité des Sciences du Bois et des Biopolymères » (US2B) (E.U. funding: project « Hydrophob »), Bordeaux (FranceJan.-Jul. 2003 D.E.A.’s  Thesis at the US2B, Bordeaux (France)