Our story

Florine Maes

CEO and co-founder

For more than 10 years, Florine has had knowledge and a broad vision in physical chemistry of polymers and soft matter, and in droplet-based microfluidics.

After her doctorate at the Mines ParisTech, she joined the team of Jean-Christophe Baret at the Max Planck Institute in Göttingen in 2012, then continued to work alongside Jean-Christophe Baret at CRPP in 2014. Florine joined as a Business Developer in January 2017 on the FluoSurf project which led to the creation of the company Emulseo in September 2018 and of which she is the CEO.

Didier Roux

Vice President

Member of the Academy of Sciences – Member of the Academy of Technology
Didier Roux was born in 1955, a former student of ENS Saint-Cloud, member of the CNRS from 1980 to 2005.

He is a laureate of numerous awards and honors. He holds the CNRS silver medal. He created two start-ups in 1994 and 1998, he was deputy scientific director of Rhône Poulenc and Rhodia between 1997 and 2005. He held the position of Director of R & D and Innovation of the Saint-Gobain Group between 2005 and 2017 Saint Gobain.

He is a member of the Institut de France (Academy of Sciences) and the Academy of Technology. He was a professor at the Collège de France (2016-2017 annual chair “Technological Innovation Liliane Bettencourt”).

He is President of Unitec, Vice-President of the Foundation La Main à la Pâte and Delegate for Scientific Information and Communication of the Académie des Sciences.

Justine Bunot

Office Manager

After studying in a Business and Management School, Justine quickly developed her skills in international project management and administration by joining two companies in the United States and in England.

She held the position of Project Manager for almost 6 years. Justine has a strong interest in communication and marketing and is extending her experience in the development of human-sized companies.

Loïc Pichavant

CTO - R&D Engineer

As a Chemical engineer, Loïc specialized in polymer chemistry during his thesis at the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne. For nearly ten years, Loïc worked on the synthesis of polymers with controlled architectures for biomedical applications (vectorization, drug delivery …) at the Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques (LCPO) and is co-author more than 20 publications and one patent.

Jérôme Buchoux

Production Operations Coordinator

After studies in engineering chemistry, Jérôme has began his career in extraction and purification of fats and oils. Then he continued his professional experience in process development and industrialization of cosmetic materials. He joined Emulseo team in April 2022, where he is in charge of production operations.

Estelle Andre

Microfluidic Applications Engineer

After studying chemistry in an engineering school in Toulouse (ENSIACET), Estelle specialized in droplet-based microfluidics during her PhD at IFP Energies nouvelles in Rueil-Malmaison.

Then she joined CEA Grenoble to work as a post-doc on pancreas-on-chip.

Her different experiences gave Estelle a strong interest in microfluidics for biotechnology applications.

Hamza Ouattara

Microfluidic Analyses Technician

Hamza is specialized in the analysis and formulation of dispersed environment (emulsion formulation, complex fluid formulation with polymers or particles…) during his technical studies at the University of Bordeaux.

He has since worked as technician R&D in the research laboratory, on enhanced oil recovery (EOR), improving the performance of detergents or the gelcoat formulation.

Gaëtan Gilbert

COO

Ségolène Antoine

Scientific Account Manager

After studying polymer chemistry, Ségolène obtained a PhD in polymer science at the University of Bordeaux in 2017.

In 2018, she moved to the USA where she was working as a Project Scientist and Project Leader at UCSB on Block CoPolymers for energy applications. After 3 years in California, she came back in 2021 in Bordeaux to work on Polymer Science for nano-medicine applications before joining Emulseo in 2022.

At Emulseo, Ségolène is applying her strong understanding of the surfactant’s properties and behavior in the droplet microfluidic field. She is using her knowledge to support, advise and assist Emulseo customers.

Bruna Carvalho

Scientific Account Manager

After studying and working in the scientific field for many years, Bruna obtained her PhD in Biotechnology at Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Brazil.

In 2019, she moved to France for a PhD internship at Université Paul Sabatier III, Toulouse, with the purpose to work on different projects and further develop her competences. The various professional experiences related to these scientific projects gave Bruna the ability to work with adaptability in a challenging environment.

Currently, Bruna works as a Scientific Account Manager at Emulseo using her knowledge in the microfluidics field to advise B2B customers.

Marin chauffeton

Logistics Manager

After Studying one year at the University of Kyoto, Marin started in 2020 his master at INSEEC Bordeaux with a specialty in Purchasing and Supply Chain Management. Marin joined us on a work-study contract and is helping Emulseo to develop the efficient running of logistics and purchasing.

He has developed excellent skills during his previous experience in the wine logistic. Very diligent and serious in his work, he will always make sure that all customer orders in France and abroad are taken care of.

Rayan Ben Salah

Sales Representative

Currently in his first year of a master’s degree in International Trade and Emerging Countries at the University of Bordeaux Montaigne, Rayan is doing a sandwich course program at Emulseo as a Sales Representative.

His previous professional experiences and his background have given him a better understanding of the international world and its needs.