PhD in Neuroscience · Natural active ingredients · Health nutrition & cosmetics
Substantiating and enhancing natural active ingredients.
From in vitro and in vivo evidence of efficacy to a differentiated, protected ingredient. Fifteen years of R&D in neuroscience, and the experience of a founder.
My career in 2 minutes
What I offer
For ingredient manufacturers, health nutrition laboratories and cosmetics brands looking to turn a natural active ingredient into a competitive advantage.
01 — Explore an active ingredient
A plant, an extract, a coproduct? Assess its potential: mechanisms of action, literature, feasibility and intellectual property.
02 — Substantiate its efficacy
Design the in vitro and in vivo study programme, select models and evaluation criteria, oversee CROs, and interpret and report the results.
03 — Create value
Build the scientific and regulatory dossier, protect innovation with patents, support claims and industrial partnerships, and optimise its funding (CIR, JEI, Bpifrance).
- Stress & anxiety
- Neuroinflammation
- Microbiota & gut–brain axis
- Intestinal inflammation
- Neurodegeneration
- Propolis
- Polyphenols
- Probiotics
- Botanicals
My method, in four steps
1 · The need
Start with a specific health or market challenge and the question the active ingredient needs to answer.
2 · The mechanism
Identify pharmacological targets, the biological pathways involved and relevant biomarkers.
3 · The evidence
Demonstrate activity in vitro and in vivo, using the right models and partners.
4 · The value
Turn results into a patent, a scientific and regulatory dossier, and a case to present to your clients.
15+
years of R&D, from academia to biotech
5
patents and patent applications
9
peer-reviewed publications
>400 K€
raised as co-founder of BeeTerapi
Achievement
BeeTerapi: from propolis to two ingredients protected by patent applications
Co-founded in 2021, BeeTerapi develops health ingredients based on propolis, covering everything from sourcing and industrial extraction to efficacy validation and patent protection.
BeeZen®
Positioned for stress and neuroinflammation.
BeeBiote®
A synergistic combination of probiotics and propolis, positioned for intestinal inflammation.
Rigorous, well-funded R&D: around €284K of eligible R&D, €63K in research tax credit, Young Innovative Company (JEI) status.
Industrial polyphenol extraction process · Partners: Lallemand Health Solutions, Apiconcept · Investor: Obratori (L’Occitane Group) · Supported by Bpifrance
Career
- 2021 – present
BeeTerapi — Co-founder & president. Health ingredients based on propolis.
- 2018 – 2020
Stellate Therapeutics (Paris / New York) — Head of preclinical R&D. Parkinson’s disease and the gut–brain axis.
- 2018
BrainEver (spin-off du Collège de France) — Head of preclinical pharmacology. Parkinson’s disease and ALS.
- 2009 – 2017
Institut du Cerveau (ICM) — Project lead for Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease. Air Liquide Healthcare partnership, 3 patents.
- 2007 – 2009
Yale University School of Medicine — Postdoctoral researcher in neuroscience.
- 2003 – 2007
Université Pierre et Marie Curie — PhD in neuroscience. Supplemented by HEC Challenge+ (entrepreneurship).
Let’s talk about your next active ingredient.
Based in Paris, currently relocating to the French Riviera.