Romain Darnajoux, Post-doctoral researcher in biogeochemistry

2021 - Present

Research Associate Scholar
Princeton University, Geosciences department (USA) Advisor: X. Zhang (Princeton)
2019 - 2020

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Princeton University, Geosciences department (USA) Advisor: X. Zhang (Princeton)
Nov. 2016 - 2019

Simons Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Life Sciences
Princeton University, Geosciences department (USA) Co-advisors: Prof. F. Lutzoni (Duke University) & Profs F. Morel and X. Zhang (Princeton)
“Deciphering the genomic and metabolic heterogeneity of biological nitrogen fixation in boreal ecosystems”
Sept.2015 - Sept.2016

Postdoctoral researcher
Sherbrooke University, Biology department (Canada) Advisor: R. Bradley
Postdoctoral researcher and coordinator of the Boreal Mini-FACE facility at Simoncouche
“Studying the interaction of global changes with the N cycle in boreal ecosystems”
2011 - 2015

PhD in Biogeochemistry
Sherbrooke University, Chemistry department (Canada) Advisor : J.-P. Bellenger
“Homeostasis of essential micronutrient for biological nitrogen fixation in the boreal trimembered cyanolichen Peltigera aphthosa”
April 2010 - Oct.2010

MSc project
University of Kent, Biosciences Department (England) Advisor: G.K. Robinson, M.J. Howard
“Toward the use of STD-NMR for ligand/microbial cell interaction.”

2011 - 2015

PhD in Biogeochemistry
Sherbrooke University, Chemistry department (Canada) Advisor : J.-P. Bellenger
“Homeostasis of essential micronutrient for biological nitrogen fixation in the boreal trimembered cyanolichen Peltigera aphthosa”
2006 - 2010

MSc in Chemistry
National graduate School of Chemistry of Lille (ENSCL, France) equivalent to a Master degree in Chemistry.
· Courses in Spectroscopy, Chromatography, Organic chemistry, Analytical chemistry, Chemical engineering …
· Erasmus year at the University of Kent, Canterbury, England (2009-2010) : Courses in Medicinal chemistry, Pharmacology, Human physiology and diseases.
2004 - 2006

Undergraduate in Biology and Geology
Lycée François Ier, CPGE Biology (French undergraduate selective program, equivalent to BSc, France) French undergraduate selective program, equivalent to BSc : intensive courses in biology, chemistry, physics and earth’s sciences to prepare the competitive entrance examinations to French agronomy and chemistry leading schools “Grandes Ecoles”.

(year, resulting publication)

Princeton University Ezra Zimble (2019, on-going project), Xinrei Zhang (2018, Darnajoux et al , in prep), Kelly Van Balen (2017).
Sherbrooke University Léo-Janne Paquin (2015, on-going project), Marie-Claire Lot (2014), Raphael Cassoulet (2013), Jérôme Constantin (2012, Darnajoux et al. 2014).

2016 Life Science Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
Sponsor: Simons Foundation
“Deciphering the genomic and metabolic heterogeneity of biological nitrogen fixation in boreal ecosystems” (Profs. Morel & Zhang, Princeton University and Prof. Lutzoni, Duke University). 180,000$/3years
2016 - 2019
Registration fellowship “12th Workshop on Cyanobacteria” (Tempe, AZ, USA)
May 2016
Honor’s list of the Dean, Ph.D. Thesis, Faculty of Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke
2015
Chapitre Saint-Laurent Public & Jury Awards for the science vulgarization video competition “4 minutes to talk about science”
June 2015
Chapitre Saint-Laurent Excellence Awards
June 2015
“Gene H. Kruger” Excellence Award for academic achievement, Université de Sherbrooke
October 2014