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Nicolas MERLE

LYON

En résumé

I am a scientist with a strong background in organometallic chemistry with a particular enthusiasm for homogenous and heterogeneous catalysis. I have more than ten years experience in research, and successfully developed a number of catalytic systems for a wide range of applications: alkane metathesis, olefin metathesis, alkyne metathesis, methane to methanol, trimerisation of ethylene, decomposition of NO, polymerisation and ammoxidation.

I have a particular focus for applied research and thus worked on several project in collaboration with industrial partners: Air Liquid, British Petroleum and Toyota.

I also have a well-built experience in managing several projects in the same time as well as supervising a team.

Mes compétences :
Catalysis
Chemistry
Organometallic Chemistry
polymérisation

Entreprises

  • IUT A Lille - Assistent Professor

    2017 - maintenant

  • CPE Lyon - Teaching Assistant

    VILLEURBANNE cedex 2012 - 2014 Tutorial and demonstrating activities to third year student of CPE

  • LC2P2 - LCOMS - Lyon - France - Research Associate

    2011 - 2017

  • University of Bergen - Teaching Assistant

    2010 - 2010 Tutorial activity “introduction to research” for students in nanoscience technologies

  • University of Bergen - Bergen -Norway - Research Associate

    2009 - 2011 Tailloring of new late transition metal organometallic catalysts for random copolymerisation of functionalised olefins assisted by DFT predictions.

  • Laboratoire de Chimie Organométallique de Surface, Lyon, France - Research Associate

    2007 - 2009 Development of alkanes metathesis catalysts and their evaluation in dynamic flow reactors for the conversion of natural gases to liquid fuel and high octane number molecules, in collaboration with British Petroleum (BP)

  • Institut de Recherches sur la Catalyse, Lyon, France - Research Associate

    2006 - 2007 Development of tantalum complexes as precursor for MOCVD deposition in collaboration with Air Liquide

  • University of Bath - Teaching Assistant

    2003 - 2005 Demonstrated in undergraduate laboratory classes as part of teaching programme 48 h/year.

Formations

  • University Of Bath - United Kingdom (Bath)

    Bath 2002 - 2005 Chemistry

    Preparation and characterisation of transition metal complexes of chelating phosphine boranes and their application as catalyst such as in Diels Alder cycloadition.
    This PhD work was granted by EPSRC, supervised by Andrew S. Weller, Michael C. Willis and Christopher G. Frost.

    Achievements:
    -Built a strong background in organometallic chemistry:
    -Synthesis and characterization of original organome

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