Chemistry is facing a digital revolution which is going to profoundly modify the way chemists think and perform chemical transformations. Chemistry 4.0 will massively take advantage of integrated information technology systems, algorithms, and automated machines to reinvent the concepts of chemical synthesis.

Chemistry is facing a digital revolution which is going to profoundly modify the way chemists think and perform chemical transformations. Chemistry 4.0 will massively take advantage of integrated information technology systems, algorithms, and automated machines to reinvent the concepts of chemical synthesis.

The research program led by Prof. F.-X. Felpin aims to develop a fully integrated flow platform designed to autonomously work from reaction discovery to optimization for scaling up through the massive use of digital technologies. 

The PhD student will join a multi-disciplinary and international team at the research institute CEISAM, working on the development of autonomous flow reactors for chemical synthesis. The project aims at 1/ developing a new optimization algorithm, 2/ improving the graphical user interface (GUI) of a process-control software already developed in the team, 3/ Developing an interface to collect data from NMR analysis (in collaboration with the team of Dr. J. Farjon). The PhD student will also strongly interact with the team of chemical synthesis.

This project is part of the team's efforts to revolutionize organic synthesis through flow chemistry and automation tools.