Meet our team

Current Members

Dr. Francois Jerome

Principal Investigator

CNRS Research Director & Deputy Director of IC2MP

Team Leader / Mentor

Dr. Prince Nana Amaniampong

Principal Investigator

CNRS Charge de Researche (CRCN)

CNRS Researcher

Dr. Nicholas Golio

Post Doctoral Researcher

  • BSc. Chemical Engineering, University of Southern California (USC), 2016
  • MSc. Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), 2021
  • PhD. Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), 2021
  • Currently Nicholas is working on the "Design and optimization of catalytic cavitation agents for sonochemical reactions" for his Post Doc. at the Université de Poitiers.

Dr. Youness Boukarkour

Post Doctoral Researcher

  • BSc. Materials Chemistry, Cadi Ayyad University Marrakech (UCAM), 2016
  • MSc. Advanced Materials and Nanomaterials, University of Paris-Est Créteil & University of Paris-Est Marne-La-Vallée, 2019
  • PhD Physical Chemistry, University of Bordeaux, 2024
  • Currently Youness is working on the "Development of sono-electrocatalysis for green hydrogen and value-added chemicals production from biomass" for his Post Doc. at the Université de Poitiers

Dr. Hugo Geindre

Post Doctoral Researcher

  • BSc. Physics, Université de Caen Normandie, 2013 
  • MSc. Quantum and Molecular Physics, Université de Lille, 2016
  • PhD. Quantum Chemistry, Université de Lille, 2020
  • PostDoc. Gothenburg University, 2023
  • Currently, Hugo is working on the "Theoretical study of the chemical reactions involved in the sonochemical activation of small molecules (CO2, CH4, NH3) in aqueous conditions and with/without a solid catalyst" for his Post Doc. at the Université de Poitiers.

Iuliia Melnikova

Doctoral Researcher

  • BSc. Energy Engineering, Aircraft Engines and Power Plants, Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University, 2019
  • MSc. Tribology and Surface Engineering, Central School of lyon, National School of Engineers of Saint-Etienne, 2021
  • MSc. Metallurgy, Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University, 2022
  • MSc. Control and Durability of Materials, University of Burgundy, 2024
  • Currently Iuliia is working on "Visualization and Cavitation Control at Surface -Engineered  catalyst surfaces for Enhanced Catalytic Reactions" for her PhD at the Université de Poitiers.

Yawa Kafui Evelyne Late

Doctoral Researcher

  • BSc. Chemistry, Université de Lome, 2019
  • MSc. Chemistry, University of Picardie Jules Verne, 2022
  • Currently Evelyn is working on "The development of methodology base on high frequency ultrasound for a selective N-C or C-O bonds cleavage" for her PhD at the Université de Poitiers.

Diana El Khaled

Doctoral Researcher

  • BSc. Chemistry, Lebanese University, 2019
  • MSc. Chemistry, University of Paris-Est Creteil 
  • Currently Diana is working on "sonochemistry and more specifically on the activation of small molecules by catalytic cavitation, with the aim of producing high-value chemical compounds under gentle and sustainable conditions" for her PhD at the Université de Poitiers.

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Alexander Nyarko

Doctoral Researcher

  • BSc. Chemical Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), 2021
  • MPhil. Chemical Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), 2024
  • Currently Alexander is working on "Mechano-catalytic fractionation of waste cocoa pod husk into valuable chemicals" for his PhD at the Université de Poitiers. 

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Shambel Getachew Wasse

Doctoral Researcher

Pending

Former Members

Dr. Valarmathi Mahendran

Doctoral Researcher

Dr. Teseer Bahry

Post Doctoral Researcher

Dr. Anaelle Humblot

Doctoral Researcher

Dr. Yuri Variani

Post Doctoral Researcher

Dr. Robert Batista da Silva Junior

Post Doctoral Researcher

Thomas Merias

Masters Student - 2022 Batch (Research Intenship)