Lionel Zoubritzky

Lionel Zoubritzky is a theoretical chemist specializing in the numerical simulation of gases at the molecular scale. After completing a master's degree in computer science at Cambridge University and a master's degree in chemistry at the École normale supérieure, in 2024 he obtained his doctorate in physical chemistry at Chimie ParisTech - PSL, under the supervision of François-Xavier Coudert and in partnership with Air Liquide. During his thesis, Lionel Zoubritzky developed new methodologies for simulating the adsorption of simple gases in nanoporous materials, a key step in medical oxygen purification and carbon dioxide capture in particular. His academic output includes the open-source software CrystalNets, enabling the topological identification of crystalline materials. In 2025, he joined Professor Fontecave's Chemistry of Biological Processes laboratory as a postdoctoral researcher, to study the reduction of CO₂ catalyzed by frustrated Lewis pairs, under the supervision of Caroline Mellot-Draznieks.