2019 – present | CNRS Research Director DR2, ICSN, Gif-sur-Yvette, France |
2020 | Part-time visiting scientist, Institut de Duve, UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium (J-F. Collet’s group) ) |
2007 – 2019 | CNRS Research Associate CR1/CRCN, ICSN, Gif-sur-Yvette, France |
2012 | Habilitation à diriger des recherches (HDR), University Paris-Sud, Orsay, France |
2007 – 2008 | Visiting scientist, Biochemistry Department, University of Oxford, UK (P.C. Biggin’s group) |
2003 – 2007 | CNRS Research Associate CR2, ICSN, Gif-sur-Yvette, France (C. Guillou team) |
2002 – 2003 | Post-doctoral researcher, ICSN, Gif-sur-Yvette, France (J-M. Campagne team) |
2001 – 2002 | Post-doctoral researcher, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France |
1998 – 2001 | Ph.D., Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France |
1997 – 1998 | M.Sc., DEA Multinational de Chimie Moléculaire, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France |
1993 – 1997 | B.Sc., Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bucharest, Romania |
- In silico design of biologically active compounds
- Study of structure-function relationships in different β-lactamase families
- In silico prediction of antibiotic resistance using machine learning and deep learning approaches
- Study of biological mechanisms using molecular modelling
- Methodological developments in molecular modelling
- 1 book : Modern Phosphonate Chemistry, CRC Press, 2003
- 8 book chapters
- 13 review papers
- 104 research articles
- 4 patents
- 40 invited conferences and seminars
- Head of the “Molecular Modelling and Structural Crystallography” team and of the associated scientific service at the ICSN: since 2008
- Head of the IT service at the ICSN: 2007-2009
- Webmaster of the institutional web site at the ICSN: 2003-2009
- Member of the Scientific Council at the ICSN: 2009-2011
- Member of the Laboratory Council at the ICSN: 2011-2015 and 2018-2019
- Member of the conference organizing committee at the ICSN: since 2016
- Member of the student’s internal seminar committee at the ICSN: 2003-2007
- Member of the Laboratory Council of LabEx LERMIT: 2015-2020
- External member of the Consultative Specialist Commission (CCSU), University Paris-Sud, sections 85/86/87: 2014-2019
- Member of the Board, Transverse Research Axis “Theory and Simulation”, Chemistry Department, Paris-Saclay University: 2014-2020
- Co-coordinator, with Thierry Naas (CHU Bicêtre), of the LabEx LERMIT’s project “Targeting carbapenemases for fighting antibiotic-resistant Gram-negative bacteria” : 2012-2019
- Since 2010: in charge with the course “Docking and virtual screening”, Franco-Canadian Master in Advanced Enzymology, Université de Montréal, Canada and Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris, France (2 hours/year)
- Supervision of 9 MSc students, 8 PhD students and 11 post-doc
CNRS Research Director DR2
📪: ICSN-CNRS Bât. 27
1, avenue de la Terrasse
91190 Gif-sur-Yvette France
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