Flow chemistry is the process of performing chemical reactions in a flow reactor, such as a capillary or micro- structured device, then, the residence time determines the reaction time. The reactants are first pumped through a mixing device and then driven into a controlled temperature flow reactor; the technology of the flow chemistry makes it possible to better control the reaction parameters, such as the mixing, concentrations, the temperature or the reaction time. This means that we can take advantage of more productive, selective and cleaner reactions. It is an approach that offers better reaction control and reduces side reactions, therefore radically different from the traditional chemistry of performing reactions in glass vials or Continuous stirred-tank reactors.

The field of continuous flow biocatalysis is becoming an area of choice for chemists, particularly in the production of fine chemicals, medicines, biotherapeutics and biofuels. This is reflected in the adoption of flow techniques in modern laboratories and an increased knowledge of these techniques in industry and academia. The use of continuous flow biocatalysis is demonstrated by the considerably increasing number of publications in recent years. According to J. Britton and al., more than 40 patents and manuscripts were deposed in 2017 compared to 5 in 2013.

•    M. Sc. 2017 (Innovation, Entreprise and Society), Université Paris-Sud - Faculté Jean-Monnet, France

•    M. Sc. 2016 (Applied Chemistry and Biology: Industrial Biology Engineering),  INSAT, Tunisia

•    B. Sc. 2016 (Applied Chemistry and Biology: Industrial Biology Engineering), Institut National des                  Sciences appliquées et de Technologie (INSAT), Tunisia

•    09/2018 – Present: Graduate student Laboratory Joelle Pelletier, Department of Chemistry, Université      de Montréal

•    05/2017 – 09/2018: Engineer: Service R&D, UNIMED laboratories, Pharmaceutical industry, Tunisia

•    04/2016 – 09/2016: Exchange semester in Biotecnology, RWTH - Aachen University, Germany

•    05/2016 – 09/2016: Biochemical engineering, Research assistant, Enzyme process technology labs,      RWTH - Aachen University, Germany

•    06/2015 – 07/2015: Engineer: Service R&D, UNIMED Laboratories, Pharmaceutical Industry, Tunisia

•    2018 – 2019: CREATE Program in Continuous Flow Science (CFS), Université de Montréal, Canada

•    O. Rousseau, M. Ebert, D. Quaglia, S. Iyathyrai, A. Fendri, JN. Pelletier. Indigo is a robust predictor of      raspberry ketone production by engineered cytochrome p450 Bm3 variants (pending publication)