Alumni

Visiting professors

• To be welcome in April 2024, Vincent Pecoraro, Ann Arbor, Michigan state university
• Janet Morrow, State university of New York, Buffalo, January 2020 and May 2022
• Dani Gibson, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, May 2018
• Rachel Austin, Barnard College, Columbia university, April 2017
• Thomas O’Halloran, Northwestern university, April 2015

Post-doctoral fellows

• Ramu Vadde (2021, Postdoctoral researcher)
• Priya Ranjan Sahoo (2021, Postdoctoral researcher)
• Manon Isaac (2018-2020, ANR SATIN, now post-doc in Orléans)
• Emilie Mathieu (2017, ANR, now CR-CNRS in Toulouse)
• Elodie Quévrain (2013-14 and 2017-19, ENS and FRM)
• Sounderya Nagarajan (2017, PSL, now researcher at Withings)
• Anne-Sophie Bernard (2016-19, ENS, now teacher in CPGE, post-bac preparatory classes)
• Sarah Hostachy (2015, PSL valorisation, now researcher at CEA-Grenoble)
• Vincent Ching (2011-13, and 2016, ANR and PSL; now researcher in Belgium)
• Benjamin Yap (2011-12, ANR)
• Claire Giroud (2009-10, ATER-ENS, now teacher in CPGE, post-bac preparatory classes)
• Jenny Waern (2007-2008, CNRS funded, now researcher in Australia)
• Vinita Ambike (2007, CEFIPRA, now teacher in India)

Doctoral students

• Jean Bouvet (PhD student 2020-2023, supervision: C. Policar, ANR fellowship, now MBA student, Collège des ingénieurs).
• Gabrielle Schanne (PhD student 2019-2022, supervision: N. Delsuc and P. Seksik, co-supervision: C. Policar, ANR fellowship, now post-doctoral fellow)
• Rose Hoste (PhD student 2017-2020, supervision : H. Bertrand and C. Policar, CDSN-ENS Ulm, now working at Aqemia)
• Martha Zoumpoulaki (PhD student 2017-21, supervision: C. Policar, N. Delsuc and J. Vinh, ANR fellowship, MBA student in 2022, now working for Air Liquide)
• Audrey Tolbert (PhD visiting from V. Pecoraro’s group from October 2018 to May 2019, Fullbright fellowship, she defended in 2021; she is now working in the industry)
• Koudedja Coulibaly (2017-2020, supervision: N. Delsuc and C. Policar, ANR fellowship, now working at Air Liquide)
• Amandine Vincent (2016-2019, supervision: N. Delsuc and C. Policar, CDSN-ENS Paris Saclay, now teacher in CPGE)
• Lucas Henry (2015-2019, supervision: C. Policar, co-supervision: N. Delsuc, agrégé prépareur, now teacher in CPGE)
• Menglan He (2016-2019, CSC, supervision: H. Bertrand and C. Policar, PhD student co-supervision with ECNU-Shanghai, now lecturer in China)
• Emilie Mathieu (2014-2017, supervision: C. Policar and N. Delsuc, CDSN-ENS Paris Saclay, now CR-CNRS in Toulouse)
• Sarah Hostachy (2011-2014, supervision: N. Delsuc and C. Policar, CDSN-ENS-PSL, now researcher at CEA-Grenoble)
• Paul Demay-Drouhard (2012-2015, supervision: H. Bertrand and C. Policar, ANR fellowship, now post-doctoral fellow in Orléans)
• Zhu Jing (2011-2014, CSC, supervision: C. Policar, F. Lambert, co-supervision: B. Limoges (PVII) PhD student co-supervision with ECNU-Shanghai, now working in China)
• May Lee Low (2012-2014; supervision: N. Delsuc, C. Policar, co-supervised with K. Crouse, Putra University, now assistant professor in Malaysia)
• Anne-Sophie Bernard (2010-2014; supervision: C. Policar and N. Delsuc; agrégée préparatrice; now teacher in CPGE)
• Sylvain Clède (2010-13; supervision: C. Policar and N. Delsuc; agrégé prépareur, Thesis Prize Physical-Chemistry, SCF, 2014 ; now teacher in CPGE)

From Paris-Sud university (former group of Clotilde Policar)
• Ludivine Garcia (2007-2010; supervision: C. Policar; CDSN, now teacher)
• Christelle Neff (2006-2009; supervision: C. Policar, excellence fellowship (Paris Sud) now teacher)
• Federico Cisnetti (2004-2007; supervision : C. Policar and M. Therisod; CDSN ENS Paris; now associate professor at Blaise Pascal University, Clermont-Ferrand)
• François Bellot (2002-2005; supervision: C. Policar and M. Thérisod; bourse ministérielle, now teacher)
• Stéphanie Durot (2000-2003; supervision: C. Policar and J.P. Mahy, bourse ministérielle, now associate professor at Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg)
NB: Abbreviations:
CPGE : classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles (two-year post-baccalaureat classes to prepare concourses to
grandes écoles (ENS, X, engineering schools), equivalent to the two first years of bachelor).
Agrégé préparateur : PhD fellowship with teaching duties similar to an assistant professor and 4 years for the PhD, ENS funded
CSDN : contrat spécificique normalien (PhD fellowship for a student of in Ecoles Normales Supérieures)
CSC : China scholarship council

Master students (students at the M1 level are indicated as such, others are M2)

• Célia Léger (M1, 2023)
• Alessandra Pensieri (2023)
• Nader Balbali (2023)
• Léa Alem (2023)
• Jeannine Yang (2022)
• Caitlan Vervisch (2022)
• Till Neumann (M1, immersion 2021)
• Solène Foisneau (M1, immersion 2021)
• Yaqine Ben Hadj Hammouda (immersion 2020-21, M1 2021, M2 2022)
• Justine Coïs (2021)
• Namita John (M1, 2021)
• Alvaro Lopez Sanchez (2021)
• Henri Chédotal (2021)
• Paul Rochette (2021)
• Ashmi Rodrigues (M1, 2021)
• Jean Bouvet (2020)
• Tongtong Zhang (2020)
• Océane Touré (2020)
• Antoine Colin (2019)
• Gabrielle Schanne (2019)
• Julien Christophe (2019, at NTU Singapore)
• Félix Gayraud (2019)
• Glen Carter (2018)
• Elli Vichou (2018)
• Koudedja Coulibaly (2017)
• Pauline Gehan (2017)
• Anna Melakhova (2017)
• Mesut Demirelli (2017)
• Jennifer Rodon Fores (2016, now PhD in Strasbourg)
• Caroline Lung-Soon (2015)
• Lucas Henry (2014)
• Marie Hoarau (2013)
• Milos Erak (2013)
• Mélanie d’Almeida (2011)
• Marie-Aude Richard (2010)
• Sébastien Iriart (2010)

Foreign students (level, university, year)

• Teresa Lim Yu Ping (PhD NTU Singapore, 2022)
• Evangelia Trigoni (M1, Greece, 2019)
• Kirschbaum, Carla (M1, Berlin University, Studienstiftung, 2018)
• Lesley Pua Jia Wei (L3, IMU Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2018)
• Vanessa Liew Hui Shan (L3, IMU Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2018)
• Yuemin Deng (M1, 2018)
• Azalea Micottis and Scott Hobbs (M1, Imperial College London, Erasmus, 2017)
• Noemi Perujo (M1, Imperial College London, Erasmus, 2016): Noemi tells us about her stay at ENS (link to https://www.facebook.com/ENS.Chimie.ULM/videos/282563138746008/)
• Anubhav Agarwal, (L3, IIT Bombay, 2016)
• Martha Zoumpoulaki (M1, University Creta, Erasmus, Heraklion, 2015; she joined ENS for pursuing her studies in September 2015. She is now PhD in our group and president of the Nightline (link to https://www.chimie.ens.fr/blog/actualite/martha-zoumpoulaki-presidente-de-nightline-paris/)).
• Lucy Binfield (M1, Imperial College London, Erasmus, 2014)
• Hazel Neighbour (L3, Imperial College London, Erasmus, 2012)
• Sophia Papadoulis (M1, University Creta, Heraklion, Erasmus, 2011)

Other students

• Soulef Ighouba (L3 SU, 2022)
• Camille Chartier (L3, ENS Lyon, 2021)
• Julie Bertin (BTS, 2020)
• Alimatou Bathily (ENSCL, 2019)
• Camille Le Hent (L2 (BTS), 2018)
• Clara Testard, UPMC (L2, Chemistry and biology, June 2017)
• Emilie Mathieu (ENS Paris Saclay), was a trainee in our group in 2013. She came back for a PhD in 2014 and defended in 2017.
• Viani Ingani (L2 (BTS), 2016)
• Marie Flamme (L3 ENS, 2015)
• Rahaman Abdul (L3 Pro SU, 2013)
• Jean-Baptiste Garsi (L3 SU, 2013)
• Thomas Touzalin (L3 ENS, 2013)
• Fabrice Lemarchand (L3 Pro SU, 2012)
• Paulin Elley, (L3 Paris Diderot, 2012)
• Thibaut Meignien (L3 Pro SU, 2011)