2010 - 2012Senior Technical Fragrance Manager for Takasago
• Collaboration with external partner on neuroscience, development of relaxing fragrances
• Consumer understanding of fragrance influence on mood and emotion
• Technical contact for Henkel and Reckitt Benckiser projects
• Encapsulation systems for liquid detergent and personal Care
• Development of alcohol free formulation
R&D coordiantor Takasago
• transform current and appropriate Takasago technologies into product applications for various categories by creation, evaluation, marketing concepts,regulation
• Translate the client’s technical requests by understanding what they want
• Applied R&D activities in all region in line with the Global priorities and activities
• Use all the tools and information available including CIMR to guide and drive the Global Applied R&D activities
TAKASAGO Paris
- Scientist R&D
2004 - 2009Technical Fragrance Manager on the European projects
Control Delivery and Release Systems: encapsulation, coacervation for use in laundry household and personal care products
Spray dried fragrances
Trainee supervision threshold measurement diffusivity
Air care developments
Use of QSAR to design fragrances with particular properties eg in rim block applications
• Development of new technologies for cosmetic applications in collaboration with external partners (BASF, CNRS): cream, deodorant, hair coloration, baby products
• New raw materials introduced by purifying commercial products
• Analysis of interactions between fragrance, base and packaging
• Implementation of industrial equipment in the factory: spray drying, crystallisation
• 8 patents: write applications and support it. Training on patent strategy
UNILEVER Research
- Assistant Manager
Rueil-Malmaison1999 - 2004Assistant Manager of one laboratory within LFEGTC of Unilever Research in Vlaardingen (The Netherlands)
Development of technologies to improve deposition of perfume on washed cloths
• Engineering of delivery systems on cloth
• Technical and olfactive evaluation of fragrance technologies provided by Fragrance house
• Optimisation of analytical methods to measure fragrance deposition on wet and dry laundry
• Collaborate on consumers evaluation groups
• Research on Cotton Substantive Polymers (CSP)
• 2 patents on delivery systems
• Coach of 2 students
