Congrats to our former PhD student, Sreejith Varma, on being appointed as an Assistant Professor at IISER TVM, starting January 1, 2025. Check out his research page here.
Group News
Émilie wins L’Oréal-UNESCO Award For Women in Science
Recent PhD graduate Émilie Werner has been named as a winner of the Prix Jeunes Talents France 2024 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science. Congrats, Émilie!
Dr. Valentyn Pozhydaiev
Congrats to Valentyn Pozhydaiev on successfully defending his thesis! He is the sixteenth PhD student to graduate from the group. Special thanks to jury members Prof. Olga Garcia Mancheño (Münster), Prof. Louis Fensterbank (Collège de France), and Dr. Anis Tlili (Lyon) for being part of the jury.
Bora joins the lab as a MSc student
Atalay Bora Basar becomes the first graduate student to join our lab in Ottawa. Bora recently finished his BSc at the University of Ottawa. He was a summer student in our lab in Strasbourg in 2023 and was an NSERC USRA student in our lab in Ottawa in summer 2024. He will work on nonenzymatic catalysis of metabolic reactions. Welcome, Bora!
Cyprien wins ISTA Postdoc Fellowship Award
Recent PhD graduate, Cyprien Muller, has been selected as a 2024 ISTA-Fellow. The fellowship is given to 10 outstanding recent PhD graduates per year who wish to carry out their postdoctoral research at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria. Cyprien will hold his award in the laboratory of Prof. Rafal Klajn. Congrats, Cyprien!
David leaves for LIMA
Congrats and farewell to Dr. David Leboeuf, who has been named an independent group leader at LIMA, a CNRS institute at the University of Strasbourg. David was a CNRS research associate in our lab at ISIS for 4.5 years and published 13 papers (so far) in collaboration with Joseph during this time and co-supervised 3 PhD students. We are grateful for his many contributions over the years, both scientific and social. He will be missed. Check out the website of his new team. Best of luck in the next stage of your career and come visit often!
Dr. Noemi Nogal-Rodriguez joins the lab
A warm welcome to Noemi Nogal Rodriguez, who joins us from the group of Prof. Andrés de la Escosura at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, where she worked on supramolecular chemistry and prebiotic chemistry. In our Ottawa lab, Noemi will work on the biosynthesis of coenzymes. Welcome, Noemi!
Dr. Joris Zimmermann
Congrats to Joris Zimmermann on successfully defending his thesis! He is the fifteenth PhD student to graduate from the group. Special thanks to jury members Prof. Nick Lane (UCL), Dr. Jean-Claude Guillemin (Rennes), and Dr. Claudia Bonfio (Strasbourg) for being part of the jury.
Dr. Cyprien Muller
Congrats to Cyprien Muller on successfully defending his thesis! He is the fourteenth PhD student to graduate from the group. Special thanks to jury members Prof. Véronique Michelet (Nice), Dr. Laurence Grimaud (ENS Paris), and Dr. Sami Lahkdar (Toulouse) for being part of the jury.
Dr. Emilie Werner
Congrats to Emilie Werner on successfully defending her thesis! She is the thirteenth PhD student to graduate from the group. Special thanks to jury members Prof. Henning Jessen (Freiburg), Prof. Grégoire Danger (Marseille), and Dr. Claudia Bonfio (Strasbourg) for being part of the jury.
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