Igor Chourpa

My main area of ​​scientific expertise concerns the bioanalytical applications of molecular optical spectroscopies (fluorescence, Raman, SERS - surface-enhanced Raman scattering, IR, UV-vis) as well as advanced approaches based on these techniques such as spectral imaging and process analytical technology (PAT). During the 1990s, I conducted pioneering work in the analysis of anticancer agents at subcellular level by SERS and/or fluorescence spectral imaging. I continued the development of these approaches by adapting them to the qualitative and quantitative analyses of various systems and scales (living cells, tissues and biological fluids). More recently, I have been interested in the applications of molecular optical spectroscopy in clinical (quality control of therapeutic solutions) and in industrial (bioprocess monitoring) context.

I am also an expert in the development (design, synthesis/formulation, characterization, and biological evaluation) of anticancer nanomedicines (nanoprobes and/or nanovectors).

I coordinated about 40 projects funded in the framework of regional, national, and international calls. I was acting as member of expert committees for numerous calls (ANR, DFG, ESF, SOLEIL, CIFRE) and organisms (INSERM, INRAe, HCERES).

I co-authored 138 international publications, including 2 book chapters, and supervised 11 PhD students and 6 postdoctoral fellows.

Keywords: Spectroscopy, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Nanotechnology, Nanomedicine, Imaging, PAT - process analytical technology.

Qualifications

2000 HDR (Habilitation to Supervise Research) at the University of Reims Champagne-Ardennes, France. HDR Guarantor: Prof. Claudette Briand.

1996 PhD from the University of Reims Champagne-Ardennes, France. Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Michel Manfait.

1992 Physics Engineer, Institute of Engineering Physics, Moscow, Russia.

Positions

Professor of Analytical Chemistry, at the Philippe Maupas Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Tours.

Responsibilities

Deputy Director of the CNRS UPR 4301 "Center for Molecular Biophysics" (CBM) research unit and Head of the "Nanomedicine and Nanoprobes" department at the CBM (since 2024)

Head of the Analytical Chemistry Laboratory (teaching department) at the Philippe Maupas Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Tours.

President of the French Society of Biological and Medical Engineering (SFGBM) (from 2022 to 2024).