Simon ABEN

PhD student within the "Formulation Technology" group of BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany

"Developpement of rheological methods to assess the long term stability of dispersions"

- Optical microscopy
- Rheometry

Internship extention for 3 months within the "R&D operations" group of Sanofi-Aventis GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

"Investigation of the apparation of turbid samples during a process"

- Optical microscopy
- Surface tension measurements (Tensiometer K100FS Kruss)
- Turbidity measurements

5-months internship within the R&D Operations group of Sanofi-Aventis, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

"Membrane emulsification study for microparticles production"

- Preparation of emulsions with membranes (Micropore Technologies)
- Optical microscopy
- Viscosimetry (Anton Paar Viskosimeter)

5-months internship with the LPGB laboratory (Laboratoire de Pharmacie Galénique et Biopharmacie), University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Besançon, Besançon, France

" pH-sensitive polymer for the micro-encapsulation of heparin by solvent extraction technique "

- Preparation of double emulsions with the Ultra-Turrax and also microparticles
- Drug release experiments
- Dosage of heparin by nephelemetry (UV-Spectrometer, Analytik Jena).

5-months internship within NRC (Nestlé Research Center), Food Sciences Department, Functional Food Colloids Group, Lausanne, Switzerland

" Preparation of controlled size single and double emulsions for the study of salt and water dynamics by NMR self-diffusion techniques "

- Single and double emulsions preparation by microfluidics and with the Ultra-Turrax
- Optical microscopy
- Confocal microscopy
- NMR-measurements (NMR self-diffusion techniques, Bruker-Spectrospin 400)
- Light Scattering (Nanosizer, Malvern).