Current group members

Afaf Hrich
Afaf Hrich
PhD student · 2026–
“Use pressure to stabilize new active pharmaceuticals ingredients”
Co-supervised with Mathieu Guerain and F. Affouard
Gilberto Alou
Gilberto Alou
Postdoctoral researcher · 2026–
“Crystallization in iron oxide nanoparticles”
Johannes Sandberg
Johannes Sandberg
Postdoctoral researcher · 2025–
“Rationalizing machine-learning interaction potentials”
Roberto Tabacco
Roberto Tabacco
PhD student · 2024–
“Nucleation in dilute systems using rare-event sampling”
Lorena Chabeaud
Lorena Chabeaud
PhD student · 2023–
“Structural dynamics of nanoparticles in hydrogen”
Co-supervised with Hazar Guesmi (ICGM)

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Past students

Charles Ghazlane
Charles Ghazlane
Bachelor student · 2026
“Polymorphism of copper oxide Cu2O using DFT calculations”
Caroline Traisnel
Caroline Traisnel
Postdoctoral researcher · 2026
“Building a robust DFT database for ZnxCuyO”
Anfernee-Harry Triol
Anfernee-Harry Triol
Master student · 2025
“Ice nucleation in nanoscale confinement through rare-event sampling”
Daniela De-Llano-Garcia
Daniela De-Llano-Garcia
Master student · 2026
“Developing a gold-iron machine-learning interaction potential for nanoscale modelling”
Quentin Gromoff
Quentin Gromoff
PhD student · 2022–2025
“Nucleation processes in nanoparticles”
Now: Postdoc at CEA/DAM Ile-de-France
Co-supervised with Magali Benoit (CEMES)
Raghavendra Nomula
Raghavendra Nomula
Master student · 2025
“From Vapor to Crystal Nucleation: A Study of the nucleation dynamics”
Now: PhD student at Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Gwendoline Bertorelli
Gwendoline Bertorelli
Bachelor student · 2025
“Influence of ligand molecules on the nanoparticle formation process”
Daniel Haslam
Daniel Haslam
Master student · 2024
“Physical LassoLars Interaction Potential for Systems of Three Atomic Species”
Now: Data Scientist at The Hut Group
Gaetan Loubet dit Gajol
Gaetan Loubet dit Gajol
Bachelor student · 2024
“Modeling interactions in gold-iron nanoparticles”
Valentino Sanguinetti
Valentino Sanguinetti
Master student · 2024
“Machine-learning the catalytic properties of nanoparticles”
Now: PhD student at ENS Département de Physique
Cesar Jara
Cesar Jara
PhD student · 2020–2023
“Silicidation process: Modelling nickel deposition and diffusion from silicide/silicon interfaces”
Now: Postdoc at Institute of Radioprotection and Nuclear Safety
Anthony Pecquenard
Anthony Pecquenard
Bachelor student · 2023
“Role of substrate structure on epitaxial nucleation and growth of nanoparticles”
Now: PhD at Université Claude Bernard
Jona Naergel
Jona Naergel
Master student · 2023
“Machine-learning the catalytic properties of nanoparticles”
Now: PhD student at University of Cambridge
Carlos Salazar
Carlos Salazar
Master student · 2023
“Data-driven approach for crystal structure analysis”
Now: PhD at Linköping University
Vctoire Meko
Vctoire Meko
Master student · 2023
“Machine-learning interactions in forsterite”
Now: PhD at Université de Franche-Comté
Akshay Ammothum Kandy
Akshay Ammothum Kandy
Postdoc · 2021–2023
“Long-range interactions and on-the-fly training for machine-learning interaction potentials”
Now: Research Engineer at Sorbonne University
Jorge Fabila
Jorge Fabila
Master student · 2021–2022
“Modeling silicon carbides nanostructures using various machine-learning approaches”
Now: PhD at Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Co-supervised with Stefan Bromley (Barcelona University)
Alexis Raulin-Foissac
Alexis Raulin-Foissac
Bachelor student · 2021
“Comparing Physical LassoLars Interaction Potential and Neural Network Potentials in the case of ZnO interactions”
Now: PhD at Université Claude Bernard
Owen Fresse–Colson
Owen Fresse–Colson
Bachelor student · 2021
“Implementation of energy fitting in Φ-LassoLars”
Now: PhD at Université Bourgogne Europe
Aurélien Roux
Aurélien Roux
Bachelor student · 2019
“Implementation of explicit angular dependence in machine-learning potential”
Now: PhD at Toulouse University
Ibrahim Khaled
Ibrahim Khaled
Master student · 2019
“Optimizing training data set for machine-learning potentials”
Now: Application Engineer at equensWorldline