CURRICULUM VITAE




Nicolas SIEFFERT


Age: 27
French nationality
Ph. D. in Computational Chemistry
Present position: Postdoc (University of St. Andrews)

Education
Background



DIPLOMA



2004 - 2007 : Ph. D. in Computational Chemistry.
University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
Prize: Prix de thèse de la Société des Amis des Universités de l'Académie de Strasbourg.

2002 - 2004 : M. Sc. Computational Chemistry.
University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.

1999 - 2002 : B. Sc. Chemistry.
University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.


LANGUAGES


English :  Fluent
TOEIC score : 850 / 990 (CECR level : C1)


RESEARCH EXPERIENCE


2008 - present : Postdoc
" DFT studies of transition metal catalyzed reactions "
Prof. Michael Bühl's group
University of St. Andrews. St. Andrews, Scotland.

2007 - 2008 : A.T.E.R. position (temporary assistant professor position)
" Molecular dynamics studies of solid/liquid interfaces. "
Laboratoire de Modélisation et de Simulations Moléculaires (MSM)
University of Strasbourg. Strasbourg, France.

May 2007 :
Collaboration with Prof. M. Bühl (Two weeks period)
" DFT studies of Aquo Chloro UO22+ complexes "
Max-Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung
Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.

2004 - 2007 : Ph. D. Thesis
" Importance of Liquid-Liquid Interfaces: from Solvent Extraction to Biphasic Catalysis - Molecular Dynamics Investigations of Classical Liquids and Ionic Liquids. "
Under the supervision of Prof. Georges Wipff.
Laboratoire de Modélisation et de Simulations Moléculaires (MSM)
University of Strasbourg. Strasbourg, France.
Prize: Prix de thèse de la Société des Amis des Universités de l'Académie de Strasbourg.

 
2002 - 2004  : Master degree training period.
" Development of database software for chemistry and in silico design of new metal binders (QSAR studies). "
Advisor: Prof. Alexandre Varnek.
Laboratory of Chemoinformatics.
University of Strasbourg. Strasbourg, France.
Developed software:
Solvent eXtraction Database Internet
ISIDA/QSPR knowledge base


TEACHING EXPERIENCE


2007 - 2008         :           A.T.E.R. position. University of Strasbourg.
2004 - 2007         :           Teaching fellow.  University of Strasbourg.


SOFTWARE AND PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES


Software         :          AMBER, CPMDGaussian, Turbomole, NWChem, VMD
Programming :          C, Delphi, Java, Perl, PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL


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