Estelle LEBEGUE LEVACHE

2021 -          Co-supervisor of Master 1 program in Analytical Chemistry (A3M)

2019 -          Course and tutorials in Physical and Analytical Chemistry - Electrochemistry
                      (for First-year bachelors to Master students)

Research field: Bio- and Nano-electrochemistry

Keywords: Single nano-impacts, Ultramicroelectrodes, Lipid membranes, Redox liposomes and proteins, Electroactive bacteria, Bacterial toxins

Funded projects:   ANR Starting Grant ELIPOX (2022 - 2025)
                                       Région Pays de la Loire e-NANOBIO (2021 - 2023)

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8610-0891

POSITIONS

2022 -                  Head of the Electrochemistry group in CEISAM, Nantes

2019 -                  Associate Professor, University of Nantes, France

2017 - 2019       Marie Sklodowska-Curie individual fellowship, Horizon 2020 program
                              University of Rennes 1, France
                              Secondment (4 months): Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
                              MELBA: Membrane proteins of electroactive bacteria probed at modified electrodes

2016 - 2017       Postdoctoral fellow, University of Rennes 1, France
                              Dr. Frédéric Barrière
                              Biomimetic membranes that produce biologically-inspired energy

2014 - 2015       Postdoctoral fellow, University of Texas at Austin, USA
                              Prof. Allen J. Bard
                              Electrochemistry of soft nanoparticles by single collisions on ultramicroelectrode

2013 - 2014       Postdoctoral fellow, University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada
                              Prof. Daniel Bélanger
                              Electrochemical reduction of CO₂ catalyzed by aqueous pyridinium derivatives

EDUCATION

2010 - 2013       Ph.D. in Chemistry, Universities of Angers and Nantes, France
                              Dr. Charles Cougnon and Prof. Thierry Brousse
                              Grafting of electroactive molecules onto activated carbons for electrochemical energy
                                storage

2010                    Master's degree in Chemistry, ranked first with honors,
                              University of Poitiers, France
                              Dr. Stève Baranton and Prof. Christophe Coutanceau
                              Synthesis and studies of platinum catalysts based on carbon for fuel cell electrodes