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César RIOS NEYRA
14 Rue Colin
69100 Villeurbanne-France
+33 (0)6 01 35 34 70
Born on February 8th
, 1982
French nationality, single
Driver’s License B
PhD in
Physical-Chemistry
Polymer surfaces with
controlled properties
EDUCATION
2010 – 2013 PhD in Physical-Chemistry, Université de Strasbourg (UdS) - France.
2006 – 2008 Master’s Degree in chemistry, major in Green Chemistry (UdS) - France.
2005 – 2006 French course, Alliance Française of Lima - Peru.
2001 – 2005 Bachelor’s Degree, Universidad National Mayor de San Marcos, Lima - Peru.
1998 – 2001 Preparatory classes, Universidad National Mayor de San Marcos, Lima - Peru.
1997 – 1998 High school graduation, San Antonio de Padua, Lima - Peru.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
2016-present Postdoctoral fellow at the Laboratory of Chemistry, Catalysis, Polymers and
Process (C2P2) and the Laboratory for Organometallic Surface Chemistry
(LCOMS). Supervisor: Ing. Emile Kuntz.
« Catalytic synthesis of octadienol by hydration of butadiene »
2014 – 2016 Postdoctoral fellow at the Laboratory of Chemistry, Catalysis, Polymers and
Process (C2P2) and the Laboratory for Organometallic Surface Chemistry
(LCOMS) and TOTAL Energies Nouvelles. Supervisor: Dr. Mostafa Taoufik.
« Valorization of biomass using homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis »
2010 – 2013 PhD at the Institut Charles Sadron (ICS) - CNRS, Strasbourg - France.
« Design of mechanoresponsive surfaces and materials »
2009 – 2010 Research Engineer (7 months) at the Laboratory of Homogeneous Catalysis and
Molecular Synthesis, Institut le Bel, Strasbourg - France / L’Institut Català
d’Investigació Química (ICIQ), Tarragona - Spain.
« Catalytic diamination of alkenes with palladium (II) catalysts »
2008 – 2009 Internship (8 months) at the Laboratory of Synthèse et Auto-assemblage
Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires, ICS, Strasbourg - France.
« Self-assembly of dynamic vesicles »
2007 – 2008 Internship (6 months) at the Laboratory of Homogeneous Catalysis and
Molecular Synthesis, Institut le Bel, Strasbourg - France.
« Gold-catalysed diamination of alkenes by intercepting hydroamination »
2001 – 2005 Summer Jobs (monitor in a sports club, technician in phytochemical analysis
Lima-Peru and drywall construction worker, Miami-USA).
SPECIALITIES AND TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Synthesis of supported catalysts on silica or hybride polymers (ligands based on
phosphine or NHC).
- Hydrogenation reactions: batch reactor under 40 bars H2 - Pd/charcoal catalyst.
- Working with air-sensitive compounds: Glove-box, dry solvents, high-vacuum lines for
organometallic surface chemistry (10-5
mbar), Argon/vacuum lines with Schlenk techniques.
- Polydimethylsiloxane surface functionalization.
- Chemical modification of enzymes and polymers.
- Free radical polymerization of polyacrylamide gels and characterization of mechanical
properties by rheometry (plan-plan geometry).
- Layer by Layer (LbL) assembly of polyelectrolytes: dipping, spin-coating.
- Control of polyeletrolyte multilayer assembly by Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM).
- Contact angle measurements of wetting / dewetting.
- Microscopy: Laser Scanning Confocal microscopy, Fluorescence microscopy.
- Spectroscopy: Infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), Ultra-Violet (UV) spectroscopy,
spectrofluorimeter, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (solution and solid-state NMR), Mass
spectroscopy coupled to HPLC.
- Chromatography: High Performance Liquid chromatography (HPLC), Gas phase
chromatography (GC).
SKILLS
Language: Trilingual: French, English and Spanish (mother language).
IT Skills: MS office, SigmaPlot, Chemdraw, Image J, SciFinder, Endnote.
INTERESTS
Basketball, swimming, football, reading, music
REFERENCES
Ing. Emile KUNTZ, C2P2 – LCOMS – CPE Lyon: [email protected]
Dr. Mostafa TAOUFIK, C2P2 – LCOMS – CPE Lyon: [email protected]
Dr. Julie AGUILHON, TOTAL Energies Nouvelles: [email protected]
Dr. Cristina FERREIRA, TOTAL Energies Nouvelles: [email protected]
Dr. Stéphane KRESSMANN, TOTAL Energies Nouvelles: [email protected]
Prof. Pierre SCHAAF, Université de Strasbourg: [email protected]
Dr. Philippe LAVALLE, INSERM, Strasbourg: [email protected]
COMMUNICATIONS
Poster presentation at the 26th congress ECIS, September 2012, Mälmo, Sweden
Midterm PhD presentation, July 2012, Institut Charles Sadron, Strasbourg, France
Oral presentation, 2nd
prize innovative project winner, Les Doctoriales d’Alsace, June 2012,
Mittelwihr, France
Poster presentation at the evaluation committee AERES, December 2011, Strasbourg, France
Oral presentation, Workshop ICS-INSERM-ETH, November 2011, Titisee-Neustadt, Germany
Oral presentation, Workshop ICS-INSERM-ETH, November 2010, Soultz-les-bains, France
PUBLICATIONS
Three patents with TOTAL Energies Nouvelles Corporation, “Valorization of biomass using
homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis”, 2015 - 2016.
Five publications in international scientific journals:
Tailoring the selectivity in 2-butene conversion over supported d0 group 4, 5 and 6 metal
hydrides: from dimerization to metathesis. Kai C. Szeto, Nicolas Merle, Cesar Rios, Pascal
Rouge, Jessica Llop Castelbou and Mostafa Taoufik, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2015, 5, 4765–4771
A new biomimetic route to engineer enzymatically active mechano-responsive materials. César
Rios, Johan Longo, Sarah Zahouani, Tony Garnier, Cédric Vogt, Andreas Reisch, Bernard
Senger, Fouzia Boulmedais, Joseph Hemmerlé, Karim Benmlih, Benoît Frisch, Pierre Schaaf,
Loïc Jierry and Philippe Lavalle, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 5622-5625.
Reversible biomechano-responsive surface based on green fluorescent protein genetically
modified with unnatural amino acids. Johan Longo, Chunyan Yao, César Rios, Nguyet Trang
Thanh Chau, Fouzia Boulmedais, Joseph Hemmerlé, Philippe Lavalle, Stefan M. Schiller,
Pierre Schaaf and Loïc Jierry, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 232-235.
Morphogen-driven self-construction of covalent films built from polyelectrolytes and
homobifunctional spacers: buildup and pH response. César Rios, Gaulthier Rydzek, Prasad
Polavarapu, Jean-Nicolas Tisserant, Jean-Claude Voegel, Bernard Senger, Philippe Lavalle,
Benoît Frisch, Pierre Schaaf, Fouzia Boulmedais and Loïc Jierry, Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 10336-
10343.
Mechanotransduction polyacrylamide hydrogel supported onto polydimethylsiloxane, César
Rios, Cédric Vogt, Loïc Jierry, Fouzia Boulmedais, Philippe Lavalle, Pierre Schaaf, Langmuir
(in preparation).