Nicolas RIVAL

En résumé

Entreprises

• Dynea AS - Senior scientist

  2017 - maintenant

• SINTEF - Project leader – Research scientist in hybrid polymers

  Trondheim 2014 - 2017 • Technical leader of Funzionano® technology (www.funzionano.com), sol-gel process, hybrid polymers and polymer modifications
  • Development and optimization of syntheses from laboratory to pre-production
  • Project management in an international and multidisciplinary environment
  • Project proposal, budgeting, risk assessment, ensuring deadlines and milestones, quality control, delivery to costumers
  • Managed and guided engineers, technicians and interns
  

• BASF - Post-doctoral researcher

  Levallois-Perret 2012 - 2014 Topic : Development of a new highly-functionalized polyamide reaction
  • Expertise in polyamide synthesis : step-polymerization, ring opening polymerization
  • Synthesized highly-functionalized polyamide
  • Applications : oil-thickener, self-healing material, charged polyamide
  • Biosourced polymers
  • International environment
  

• SECO 49 (Semaines d'Etude de Chimie Organique) - President

  2011 - 2012 • Organized a symposium for 80 persons, budget ≈ 34k€
  • Managed five PhD students who were organizing the symposium
  • Researched public and industrial partnerships
  

• Université de Strasbourg - Teacher

  Strasbourg 2009 - 2012 • Taught laboratory practice and chemistry workshops at the university (200 hours)

• Purinnov - Junior Project Leader

  2009 - 2009 Topic : External Consulting Project
  • Studied the technology of printing on leather
  • Organized of meetings with the project team and the industrial partners
  • Selected the most accurate technology for industrials
  • Deliverables: report, oral presentation
  

• CNRS, Laboratoire de stéréochime de Strasbourg - Master thesis

  2009 - 2009 Topic : Synthesis of the Amphidonol-3

• CNRS, Laboratoire de stéréochime de Strasbourg - PhD student

  2009 - 2012 Topic : Synthesis of the Amphidonol-3
  • Expertise in organic synthesis
  • Good Laboratory Practice
  • Managed three Master-Engineer students during 6 months each
  • Taught laboratory practice and chemistry workshops at the university (200 hours)
  

• Sintef (Oslo, Norvège) - Internship – R&D Engineer

  2008 - 2008 Topic : Synthesis of silicone based nanoparticles for packaging applications
  • Measured first proof of the oxygen barrier of this silicone based nanoparticles films
  • Synthesized nanoparticles based on silicone and grafted polyamides on nanoparticles
  • Manufactured films of nanoparticles by pressing and extrusion
  

• Idéalp'Pharma - Internship - Technician

  2005 - 2005 Topic : Designed new drug for pharmaceutical industry

• Renault truck, Grofilex, Acelor Mital, Maison Louis Jadot - Work placement, Summer jobss

  2003 - 2008

Formations

• Université De Strasbourg

  Strasbourg 2008 - 2009 Molecular and Supramolecular chemistry master's degree

• Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (Institut Royal De Technologie)

  Stockholm 2005 - 2006 Bachelor of Science

• ECPM Ecole Européenne De Chimie, Polymères Et Matériaux De Strasbourg

  Strasbourg 2005 - 2009

• Université Lyon 1 Claude Bernard

  Villeurbanne 2003 - 2006 Higher National Diploma (HND)

• IUT Chimie Lyon 1 DUT Chimie

  Villeurbanne 2003 - 2005

• Lycée Edgar Quinet

  Bourg En Bresse 2000 - 2003

Réseau

• Aziz DINIA

• Benjamin COSSARD

• Céline THEVENIN

• Ingrid LOISELLE

• Juliette SOULLIÉ

• Nicolas DELCEY

• Pascal BREUILLES

• Rémi PERRIN

• Thierry WASSELIN