
My resume
Sylvain LACLEF (PhD)
Ingénieur de recherche
Organic Synthesis
EDUCATION
2001-2004
ENSCMu, Mulhouse, France


Chemical Engineer
Ecole Nationale de Chimie de Mulhouse, France.
Internship under guidance of Dr Albert Defoin – Synthesis of glycosidase inhibitors.
2004-2005
Palaiseau, France


Master’s Degree
D.E.A. Multinational de Chimie Moléculaire. Ecole Polytechnique de Palaiseau, France.
Reactivity of substituted diene with sulfur dioxide.
2005-2010
EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland


Doctoral Studies
Laboratory of Glycochemistry and Asymmetric Synthesis (LGSA) Under guidance of Prof. Pierre Vogel.
Total synthesis of polypropionates using umpolung reaction of substituted diene with sulfur dioxide.
2010-2012
Imperial College, London, UK


Postdoctoral fellowship
Under guidance of Prof. Anthony G. M. Barrett
Synthesis of resorcylates derivatives using palladium-catalyzed Tsuji-Trost reaction.
2012-2014
COBRA, Rouen, France


Postdoctoral fellowship
Under guidance of Dr. V. Levacher and Dr. J.-F. Brière
Synthesis of pharmaceutical intermediates in clinical trial for ORIL Industrie, Bolbec, France

2014-2015
COBRA, Rouen, France


Postdoctoral fellowship
Under guidance of Pr. T. Besson
Ligand-Free Pd-Catalyzed and Copper-Assisted C-H Arylation of Quinazolin-4-ones with Aryl Iodides under Microwave Heating.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2015-Now
LG2A, Amiens, France



Research Engineer in Organic Synthesis
Laboratoire de Glycochimie et des Agroressources d’Amiens (LG2A)
Permanent position at University of Picardie Jules Verne. Specialties : Total Synthesis, Natural products, Carbohydrates, Glycolipids, Phospholipids, Cyclodextrins
2004-2005
Novartis Pharma, Basel, Switzerland


Master thesis
Under guidance of Dr. Gottfried Sedelmeier
Asymmetric organocatalysis using L-Proline for the synthesis of therapeutics targets.