1999   Master Degree in Physical Chemistry at the École Normale Superiéure de Lyon, France

2003   Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry at the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon and at the University of Bielefeld, Germany

since Jan. 2004 Postdoctoral Researcher, Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden

Research Topics during my post-doc (2004-2005):

• Calculation of the electronic structure of solids within the Density Functional Theory

• Model Hamiltonians for structural and magnetic properties of solids

• Development of a module of the FPLO code for optical spectra

• Quantum molecular dynamics calculations (SIESTA)

• LDA+U method for studying the electronic and magnetic properties of antiperovskites containing rare earth metals

• Electron correlation effects in low-dimensional magnetic materials, especially cuprates

• Superconductivity in CaSi₂ and related compounds

Research Topics during my PhD (oct. 1999- june 2003):

• Classical molecular dynamics simulations

• Monte Carlo simulations

• Coarse-grained models of amphiphiles and polymers

• Lamellar phase of amphiphilic molecules

• Polymer-amphiphiles interactions

• Thermal Fluctuations and defects in smectic liquid crystals