Members
Dr. Jean-Christophe Monbaliu
Jean-Christophe, born in Brussels, Belgium, studied chemistry at the Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, where he received his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry. In 2008, he started a postdoc at the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering of the Ghent University, Belgium, where he was later appointed as a postdoctoral associate of the Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO). In 2010, he was awarded a Belgian American Educational Foundation fellowship that triggered his relocation to the USA. He joined the Center for Heterocyclic Compounds at the University of Florida, Gainesville, USA. In 2012, he was appointed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA. In 2013, he came back to Belgium and settled at the University of Liège. Jean-Christophe created the Center for Integrated Technology and Organic Synthesis (CiTOS), where he is currently developing new methods for organic synthesis using micro- and mesofluidic reactors.
Dr. Diana V. Silva-Brenes
Diana Silva, born in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, studied chemistry at the University of Puerto Rico where she obtained her MSc in chemistry in 2012. After a brief interruption from Chemistry during which studied philosophy in Rome, Italy, she went on to obtain her PhD in chemistry at the University of Puerto Rico in 2020. That same year she joined CiTOS as a postdoctoral fellow through a NASA-sponsored project in collaboration with the University of Puerto Rico. Since January 2023, Diana has become the scientific manager of the FloW4all platform.
Elyse Macors
Elyse Macors, born in Heusy, Belgium, studied chemistry at the University of Liège where she obtained her MSc in Chemistry in 2023. She joined the CiTOS in 2021, where she has been involved in both research projects as well as a variety of industrial projects. Her work focused on synthesis under both batch and continuous flow conditions, with a focus on pharmaceutically relevant targets. In 2022, Elyse performed a 4-month internship at Durham, United Kingdom, to further broaden her experience in flow chemistry. Elyse joined the FloW4all platform in September 2023 as a research scientist.
