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)