• Solution and solid state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
• in-situ photo-NMR
• Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance (NQR)
• DFT calculation of NMR, NQR and IR parameters
Description of research:
My research mainly focusses on the development of nuclear resonance spectroscopy (solid and solution state NMR, NQR) in order to establish and understand the relationship between the molecular structure and the material properties. The originality of our approach lies in the combination of solution and solid state NMR techniques with the information obtained from total X-ray diffraction coupled to Pair Distribution Function analysis (PDF).
I order to interpret in more details the NMR measurements, in terms of structure and dynamics, I apply Density Functional Theory (DFT)to establish structural models and simulate NMR and IR spectra.
I recently started a new research topic, focusing on photo-NMR characterization of photo-commutating materials. In this respect we develop in-situ and ex-situ approaches to perform NMR on photoinduced states in solution and solid state.
Detail of the 3 main research topics:
– Characterization of structure and dynamics in heterogeneous materials : 
(163 Kb)
– « Photo-NMR » characterization of photoactive systems : (175 Kb)
– Methodology and instrumentation in Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance (NQR) : (88 Kb)
since 12/2011: Associate Professor , lecturer at département Génie Biologie Santé (GBS) from the IUT Nancy Brabois
Researcher at the CRM2 laboratory (Pr. D. Schaniel) in the NMR methodology development team
2009 – 2011: Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of structural biology, Grenoble, Pr B. Brutscher, “ NMR characterization of structure and dynamics of the bacterial cell wall »
2005 – 2008: Postdoctoral Researcher, Magnetic Resonance Laboratory of Southampton University, Southampton, Pr. M. H. Levitt. “NMR characterization of the first photointermediates of the GPCR Rhodopsin” & “SSNMR methodology developments for selective dipolar recoupling in solids”
2001 – 2004: Doctoral Researcher, TECTOSPIN, Université de Versailles, Pr. F. Taulelle, “Double quantum NMR study of elastomer compatibility” (for MICHELIN company)