Marc Baaden

Laboratoire de Biochimie Théorique, CNRS - UPR 9080

13, rue Pierre et Marie Curie

F-75005 Paris

France

Tél.: +33 1 58 41 51 76

Mél.: baaden@ibpc.fr

URL: http://www.baaden.ibpc.fr

Objectif Professionnel

Study of biological and chemical phenomena via theoretical methods based on physical chemistry and leading to an understanding of processes at the atomic scale.

Formation

• European PhD Thesis in theoretical chemistry (molecular dynamics), November 2000, Université Louis Pasteur (ULP), Strasbourg, France and Ecole Polytechnique (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland, conducted by Prof. Georges Wipff and Prof. Michel Burgard (Strasbourg) including a 3 months stay in Prof. Wilfred van Gunsteren's group (Zürich): 'synergistic effects in liquid-liquid ion extraction.'
• Diploma thesis ("DEA") in physical chemistry, September 1997, Université Louis Pasteur (ULP), Strasbourg, France, specialty: spectroscopic methods, directed by Prof. Pierre Granger and Prof. Alain Strich: 'Ab initio calculation of NMR chemical shielding tensors.'
• Degree in chemical engineering , June 1997, Ecole européenne des Hautes études de l'Industrie Chimique de Strasbourg (EHICS), Strasbourg, France, Tri-lingual curriculum (French, English, German) in chemistry, specialty: material science.
• Degree ('Diplom-Vorprüfung') in chemistry, April 1994, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
• German school leaving examination ('Abitur') , June 1991, Einstein grammar school of Kehl, Germany, Bilingual curriculum (German/French).

Recherche

Chargé de Recherche de 1ère classe with Prof. Ph. Derreumaux at CNRS Paris (Since 2007)

Chargé de Recherche de 2ème classe with Dr R. Lavery at CNRS Paris (2003 - 2006, 4 years)

EC Research Fellow with Prof. M.S.P. Sansom at Oxford University (GB) (2001 - 2002, 2 years)

PhD student with Prof. G. Wipff and Prof. M. Burgard, France (1997 - 2000, 3 years)

Research internship with Prof. W. F. van Gunsteren, Switzerland (2000, 3 months)

Diploma work with Prof. P. Granger and Prof. A. Strich, Strasbourg, France (1997, 6 months)

Publications

• 20 publications, 13 poster presentations and 23 talks.

Encadrement

• 8 research students, 1 PhD student.

Organisation

• 1 international conference, 1 international summer school, 1 open day

Relecture d'articles

• JACS, Proteins, Biophys J, JPOC, JBSD, JMMG, PCCP and others

Enseignement

Expériences Professionnelles

Distinctions and Affiliations

• ERASMUS grant by the European Union, Bruxelles
  
  
• EHICS Excellence award, Strasbourg, France
  
  
• Research grant by the French Ministry for Research
  
  
• Qualification aux fonctions de Maître de conférences (section 31)
  
  
• Thesis award by the Conseil Scientifique de l'ULP, Strasbourg, France
  
  
• Marie Curie fellowship by the European Union, Bruxelles
  
  
• Member of the 'Gesellschaft deutscher Chemiker' and of the 'Société Française de Chimie'
  
  
• Member of the Biophysical Society
  
  
• Young researcher award by the Groupe de Graphisme et Modélisation Moléculaire in 2003
  
  

Language skills

• French, German - bilingual.
• English - written, read and spoken fluently (TOEIC score 945, 22 years of practice).
• Japanese - basic skills (4 months introductory class in Japan).

Computer and IT skills

Operating systems

• Linux, Mac OSX, Unix, Windows.

Networks

• TCP/IP (ftp, http, mail), Microsoft, Appletalk.

Programming

• Objective-C/C, Fortran, Perl, Python and other

Molecular Modeling

• Gromacs, Yasara, NAMD, Amber, Gromos, Gaussian, Spartan, Macromodel.

Other

• What If, Modeller, VMD, VTK, R, XML, Docbook, LaTeX.

Databases

• PDB, CCDB, Beilstein, bibliographic (PubMed, ISI, CC, SCI, ...).

Internet

• Website design for the university, a sports club and for personal and professional purposes.

Renseignements complémentaires

Activities

• Aïkido and Martial Arts (24 years of practice, black belt).
• Music (6 years of piano).

Traveling

• Europe (A, B, CH, D, E, F, GB, GR, H, I, NL, PL, TR), Africa (MA), Asia (Japan) and USA.