Damien Montarnal CV - Hawker Research Group UCSB

Damien Montarnal
Born Aug. 24, 1983, France
French citizenship
Updated Nov. 2011
Materials Research Laboratory
University of California
Santa Barbara CA 93106-5121, USA
Email : [email protected]
Research and Professional experience
Since May 2011
Synthesis and characterization of PDMS-based block copolymers for
nanolithographic applications.
Supervisors : Profs. Glenn Fredrickson, Craig Hawker and Ed Kramer.
Postdoctoral position at the Materials Research Laboratory, University of
California (MRL/UCSB).
Sept 2007 –
May 2011
Supramolecular hybrid networks: design, synthesis and properties.
Supervisors : Prof. Ludwik Leibler and Dr. François Tournilhac.
Ph.D. in the Laboratoire Matiere Molle et Chimie (MMC) at Ecole Superieure
de Physique et Chimie Industrielles (ESPCI-ParisTech).
Confers a Ph.D. from the University Pierre et Marie Curie.
Jan – July 2007
Bio-mimetic and stimuli-responsive polymers: study of conformation
changes induced by complexation with sugars.
Supervisor: Dr. Ilias Iliopoulos.
MMC, ESPCI-ParisTech.
May – July 2006
Bio-mimetic and stimuli-responsive polymers: synthesis of biopolymers
and modification with groups complexing sugars.
Supervisor: Dr. Ilias Iliopoulos.
MMC, ESPCI-ParisTech.
Jan – Mar 2006
Study of fractures in latex solvent-casted films by atomic force
microscopy (AFM).
Supervisor: Prof. Francois Lequeux.
Physico-Chimie des Polymeres et des Milieux Disperses (PPMD), ESPCIParisTech.
July – Dec 2005
Set-up of a method for measuring local elasticity by AFM; application to
the measure of skin elasticity.
Supervisor: Dr. Gustavo Luengo.
L’Oreal Research Center, nanophysics department.
Sept 2004 –
June 2005
Network administration at the Neurobiology Laboratory, ESPCIParisTech.
Administration of UNIX servers, purchase and maintenance of IT
environment in the lab.
Supervisor: Prof. Jean Rossier.
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July - Aug 2004
Bioinformatics: study of recognition patterns in the RNA that govern
simultaneous genes transcriptions
Supervisor: Dr. Laurence Ettwiller.
Neurobiology Laboratory, ESPCI-ParisTech.
Education
2007-2011
2006-2007
2003-2007
2001-2003
Ph.D., Chemistry and Polymer Physico-Chemistry, University Pierre et Marie
Curie (University Paris 6), Paris, France..
M.Sc. Applied Chemistry (Polymer Materials), University Pierre et Marie Curie
(University Paris 6), Paris, France
M.Sc. Physics and Chemistry, Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie
Industrielle (ESPCI-ParisTech), Paris, France
Preparatory classes for competitive exams, Lyon, France
Technical skills
Synthesis
Standard organic chemistry, Polymer synthesis : ring opening
polymerization, polycondensation.
Analysis &
characterization
NMR, FT-IR, UV and fluorescence spectroscopy, thermal analysis:
DSC, size exclusion chromatography, Circular Dichroism, Atomic
Force Microscopy, Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analysis, Tensile
testing, Rheology.
Software
Matlab, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, GIMP, Origin.
Operating systems
Windows & Linux environments.
Programming languages
Matlab, Maple, C/C++, Excel/Visual Basic, PHP, HTML, Perl,
Mysql.
Languages
French (mother tongue), English (fluent, TOEIC score: 940),
German (working skills)
Publications
(1) Montarnal D., Cordier P., Soulié-Ziakovic C., Tournilhac F., Leibler L.
Synthesis of Self-Healing Supramolecular Rubbers from Fatty Acid Derivatives, Diethylene
Triamine, and Urea.
J. Pol. Sci. Part A (46):7925, 2008
(2) Montarnal D., Tournilhac F., Hidalgo M., Couturier J.L., Leibler L.
Versatile One-Pot Synthesis of Supramolecular Plastics and Self-Healing Rubbers.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. (131):7966, 2009
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(3) Montarnal D., Tournilhac F., Hidalgo, M., Leibler, L.
Epoxy-Based Networks Combining Chemical and Supramolecular Hydrogen-Bonding
Crosslinks.
J. Pol. Sci. Part A (48): 1133, 2010
(4) Tournilhac F., Cordier P., Montarnal D., Soulié-Ziakovic C., Leibler L.
Self-healing supramolecular networks.
Macromol. Symp. (291-292):84, 2010
(5) Montarnal D., Tournilhac F., Hidalgo M., Leibler L.
L’oléochimie rencontre la chimie supramoléculaire : le design du caoutchouc autoréparant.
L’actualité chimique (348-349) : 49, 2011
Invited paper for l’Actualite Chimique, for special edition “important progress in chemistry”.
(6) Montarnal D., Capelot M., Tournilhac, F., Leibler, L.
Silica-Like Malleable Materials from Permanent Organic Networks.
Science (334):956, 2011
(7) Maes, F., Montarnal, D., Cantournet, S., Tournilhac, F., Corté, L., Leibler, L.
Activation and deactivation of self-healing in supramolecular rubbers.
Accepted in Soft Matter
Patents
(1) Montarnal D., Leibler L., Tournilhac F., Hidalgo M.
Method for synthesizing supramolecular materials.
WO2009141558, May, 2008.
(2) Leibler L., Montarnal D., Tournilhac F., Capelot M.
Procédé d’assemblage et de réparation d’objets à base d’époxy.
FR10.54213, May, 2010.
(3) Leibler L., Montarnal D., Tournilhac F., Capelot M.
Élastomères et composites époxy-acides pouvant être façonnés à chaud et recyclés
FR11.50888, Fev 2011.
(4) Leibler L., Montarnal D., Tournilhac F, Capelot M.
Résines et composites thermodurs époxy-anhydrides pouvant être façonnés à chaud
FR11.50546, Jan 2011
(5) Leibler L., Montarnal D., Tournilhac F, Capelot M.
Résines et composites hybrides thermodurs/supramoléculaires pouvant être façonnés à
chaud et recyclés
FR11.54010, May 2011.
Presentations at conferences
Self-Healing Supramolecular Rubbers from natural fatty acids and urea.
Journées scientifiques de l’ESPCI-ParisTech (Paris, France), Oct 2009
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Design of fatty acid based supramolecular polymers and networks for large scale syntheses.
3e atelier Franco-Canadien de Chimie Supramoléculaire, Juin 2010.
Synthesis and rheological properties of fatty acid based supramolecular polymers.
International Soft Matter Conference 2010 (Granada, Spain), July 2010.
Posters presented at conferences
Effects of the molecular species distribution on the properties of supramolecular networks.
Dynamics in Soft Condensed Matter (Cargese, France), Aug 2008.
Versatile one-pot synthesis of supramolecular plastics and self-healing rubbers.
Gordon Research Conference on Polymers (South Hadley, USA), June 2009.
International Conference on Self-Healing Materials (Chicago, USA), June 2009.
Aquitaine Conference on polymers (Arcachon, France), Oct 2009.
Design of fatty acid based supramolecular polymers and networks for large scale syntheses.
Macro 2010 (Glasgow, UK), Sept 2010.
Honors
Bourse CIFRE Arkema (2008-2010)
Références
Prof. Ludwik Leibler
Laboratoire Matière Molle et Chimie
ESPCI-ParisTech
10, rue Vauquelin
75005 Paris - France
(+33)1 40 79 51 25
[email protected]
Prof. Dimitris Vlassopoulos
FORTH, IESL
P.O.Box 1527, Road to Voutes
Heraklion 71110, Crete, Greece
(+30) 2810 391469
[email protected]
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