since 2003 Research Associate
"Chemometrics / ChemoInformatics." Lead Generation Informatics
AVENTIS Pharma Paris Research Center - France
2001-2002 Research Engineer
"Data mining, Molecular Modelling, QSAR/QSPR : Data mining on High Throughput Screening (HTS) data for capillary coloration. Quantitative Structure/Property Relationship (QSPR) on dyes for the prediction of colorimetric behaviour and interactions with the substrate. Quantitative Structure/Activity (QSAR) and vitrual screening for ADME/Tox applications." L'Oréal Advanced Research
L'Oréal Aulnay - France
1995 Research project for Masters degree (6 months)
"Molecular Modeling and Q.S.A.R. : Study of conformationnal factors having effect on the reactivity of Fe(CO)3 complexed macrolides" Laboratoire de Chimie Théorique Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes (E.N.S.C.R.) Rennes - France
1994 Research project for Engineer degree (4 months)
"Statistical study of correlations between turbidity and other parameters used to characterize waste waters" Direction Régionale Aquitaine
Suez - Lyonnaise des Eaux Bordeaux - France
1993 Research project for Physical Chemistry degree (3 months)
"Study of the fractal structure of bassins of attraction for stationnary points on the potential energy surface of a tri-atomic molecule" Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie Moleculaire (L.P.C.M.) Université de Bordeaux I Bordeaux - France
EDUCATION :
2002 Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, specialisation in Chemometrics
Department of Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Analysis (FABI)
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
Brussels - Belgium
Co-promotor of a graduate level Pharmacy thesis student
Co-promotor of a Master's degree student
Playing with Chemometrical tools ... (click the pictures below for an exemple)
PUBLICATIONS :
"The Development of Calibration Models for Spectroscopic Data Using Principal Component Regression" R. De Maesschalck, F. Estienne, J. Verdú-Andrés, A. Candolfi, V. Centner,
F. Despagne, D. Jouan-Rimbaud, B. Walczak, D.L. Massart, S. de Jong, O.E. de Noord,
C. Puel, B.M.G. Vandeginste
"A Comparison of Multivariate Calibration Techniques Applied to Experimental NIR Data Sets. Part II : Predictive Ability under Extrapolation Conditions" F. Estienne, L. Pasti, V. Centner, B. Walczak, F. Despagne, D. Jouan Rimbaud, O.E. de Noord, D.L. Massart
Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems, 58 2 (2001) 195-211.
"A Comparison of Multivariate Calibration Techniques Applied to Experimental NIR Data Sets. Part III : Predictive Ability under Instrumental Perturbation Conditions" F. Estienne, F. Despagne, B. Walczak, O.E. de Noord, D.L. Massart
"Multivariate calibration applied to Raman spectroscopic data" F. Estienne, N. Zanier, P. Marteau, D.L. Massart
SMT meeting
(25-26 May 1998) Lyon - France
"Internet Presentation of Tutorial Material for Multivariate Calibration" F. Estienne, D.L. Massart
ChemoAC meeting
(14-15 September 1998) Brussels - Belgium
"Multivariate Calibration Applied to Raman Spectroscopic Data" F. Estienne, N. Zanier, P. Marteau, D.L. Massart
25th Annual Conference of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry & Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS '98)
(11-16 October 1998) Austin - Texas - USA
"Internet Presentation of Tutorial Material for Multivariate Calibration" F. Estienne, D.L. Massart
Awareness Day, Unilever Research Vlaardingen - SMT Meeting
(23 March 1999) Vlaardingen - Nederland
"Multi-way Modelling of Electro-Encephalographic Data" F. Estienne, Ph. Ricoux, D.L. Massart
ChemoAC Meeting
(24-25 March 1999) Brussels - Belgium
"Multi-way Modelling of Electro-Encephalographic Data" F. Estienne, Ph. Ricoux, D.L. Massart
8th Forum of the Pharmaceutical Sciences - Société Belge des Sciences Pharmaceutiques
(6-7 May 1999) Spa - Belgium
"Présentation de matériel didactique pour la Chimiométrie disponible sur l'Internet" F. Estienne, D.L. Massart
9ème Multimédia et Informatique pour l'Enseignement de la Chimie (M.I.E.C.)
(12-14 May 1999) Brussels - Belgium
"Modélisation de Données Electro-Encéphalographiques Multidimensionnelles" F. Estienne, Ph. Ricoux, D.L. Massart
Chimiométrie 99 : "De la Mesure à l'Information" - Groupe Français de Chimiométrie
(2-3 Decembre 1999) Paris - France
"Fast PCR and PLS in a Lanczos Basis" F. Estienne, W. Wu, D.L. Massart
ChemoAC meeting
(11-12 April 2000) Brussels - Belgium
"Software Issues : The ChemoAC Toolbox" F. Estienne, D.L. Massart
ChemoAC Meeting
(7-8 November 2000) Brussels - Belgium
"An application of robust Tucker3 to EEG data" F. Estienne, D.L. Massart
NWayQual Meeting
(11 December 2000) Brussels - Belgium
POSTER PRESENTATIONS :
"Differences in the Chemometrics approach for Raman and NIR Data" F. Estienne, D.L. Massart
ChemoAC Meeting
(17-18 February 1998) Brussels - Belgium
"Methodological Study : Stepwise selection applied to Raman Data" F. Estienne, N. Zanier, P. Marteau, D.L. Massart
ChemoAC Meeting
(14-15 September 1998) Brussels - Belgium
"Methodological Study : Stepwise Variable Selection Applied to Raman Data" F. Estienne, N. Zanier, P. Marteau, D.L. Massart
4th Symposium of the Belgian Chemometrics Society (B.C.S.) (20 November 1998) Brussels - Belgium
"Interactive Presentation of Tutorial Material for Multivariate Calibration" F. Estienne, D.L. Massart
ChemoAC Meeting
(24-25 March 1999) Brussels - Belgium
"Evolution of Tucker 3 Models Upon Increasing Dimensionality" F. Estienne, Ph. Ricoux, D.L. Massart
ChemoAC Meeting
(20-21 October 1999) Brussels - Belgium
"Robust Tucker 3 applied to 3-dimensional EEG data" F. Estienne, B. Walczak, D.L. Massart
ChemoAC Meeting
(11-12 April 2000) Brussels - Belgium
"Fast and Non-Linear Calibration Applied to Raman Data" F. Estienne, N. Zanier, P. Marteau, D.L. Massart
7th International Conference on Chemometrics in Analytical Chemistry (CAC 2000) (16-20 October 2000) Antwerp - Belgium
"Supersaturated Designs : Attempts to Estimate Factor Effects" Y. Vander Heyden, F. Estienne, D.L. Massart
7th International Conference on Chemometrics in Analytical Chemistry (CAC 2000) (16-20 October 2000) Antwerp - Belgium
"Non-Linear Calibration Applied to Raman Data" F. Estienne, N. Zanier, P. Marteau, D.L. Massart
ChemoAC Meeting
(7-8 November 2000) Brussels - Belgium
"Adding extra PCR/PLS components to accommodate slight non-linearities : IT DOES WORK !" F. Estienne, D.L. Massart
ChemoAC Meeting
(25-26 April 2001) Brussels - Belgium
MEMBERSHIPS :
Board of the Belgian Chemometrics Society (B.C.S.)
Chairman of the 2nd session of "Multivariate Calibration From Scratch" 5th Symposium of the Belgian Chemometrics Society
(22 October 1999) Machelen - Belgium