Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium
Manager Engineering at Baxter, leading PDO responsibilities for surgical products and acting as Subject Matter Expert in materials science and polymer technology. I drive complex product development and change control projects in highly regulated environments, ensuring compliance, innovation, and timely execution. With a strong background in polymer science and advanced materials, I specialize in root cause analysis, material impact assessments, and validation testing to deliver safe, high-quality medical devices. Holding a PhD in Material Science from the Laboratory of Polymers and Advanced Materials (Solvay-CNRS) and an engineering degree from ENSC Rennes, I combine deep technical expertise with strategic leadership to bridge research, industrial applications, and patient-focused innovation.
Solid State Battery Applicability Laboratory
R&I Peroxides
R&I Peroxides - Develop new Product applications. - Add value to the product portfolio of the company according to the specifications of the customer and the market. Involvement in different projects. Design and implementation of new laboratory tests, development of new prototypes and co-redaction of a patent. Active contribution to the safety in the laboratories. Transversal trainings in Finance and Innovation (diploma from Montpellier Business School) and Project Management (diploma from The Open University).
Functional Wet Coatings group - Thin Films department Management of four projects regarding the development of functional wet coatings for different construction products and applications using different R&I domains: material sciences, formulations, polymer chemistry (e.g. gels) and physics. Design and implementation of new experiments, redaction of invention disclosure and reporting of results.
"Stabilization and structural study of new nanocomposite materials" Development, dynamic and structural study of hybrid gels and nanocomposites by solvent methods. Combination of different characterization methods. Development of innovative experimental approaches. Experimental PhD thesis in material science at the Advanced Polymer Materials Laboratory (LPMA, Solvay-CNRS, UMR 5268) Collaboration with two other laboratories: Laboratory of the Future (LoF, Solvay-CNRS, UMR 5258) and "Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris" laboratory (Paris, UMR 7574). Collaboration between Solvay corporate R&I and two Solvay Global Business Units (Silica and Solvay Specialty Polymers) Management of experiments between different laboratories. Management experience through the recruitment and supervision of a 6-month engineering internship related to this project.
Preparing my future PhD at Solvay: bibliographic study, treatment of silica nanoparticles solutions by functionalized polymers, study of the solutions' stability, characterization and identification...