Design of porous and non-porous organosilica nanomaterials: mesoporous silica, periodic mesoporous organosilica, bridged silsesquioxane NPs, colloidosomes.
Nanomedicine: imaging, drug delivery, photothermal and photodynamic therapies.
Two-photon-sensitive theranostics eloboration.
Heavy metal removal via porous materials.
Selected Publications
Croissant, J. G.; Fatieiev, Y.; Khashab, N. M. Degradability and Clearance of Silicon, Organosilica, Silsesquioxane, Silica Mixed Oxide, and Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles. Adv. Mater.2017, DOI: 10.1002/adma.201604634
Omar, H.; Croissant, J. G.; Alamoudi, K.; Alsaiari, S.; Alradwan, I.; Majrashi, M. A.; Anjum, D. H.; Martins, P.; Moosa, B.; Almalik, A.; Khashab, N. M. Biodegradable Magnetic Silica@Iron Oxide Nanovectors with Ultra-Large Mesopores for High Protein Loading, Magnetothermal Release, and Delivery. Journal of Controlled Release 2016, DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2016.11.032
Croissant, J.; Cattoen, X.; Durand, J.-O.; Wong Chi Man, M.; Khashab, N. M. Organosilica Hybrid Nanomaterials with High Organic Content: Syntheses and Applications of Silsesquioxanes. Nanoscale2016, 8, 19945-19972
Croissant, J.; Fatieiev, Y.; Julfakyan, K.; Lu, J.; Emwas, A.; Anjum, D.; Omar, H.; Tamanoi, F.; Zink, J.; Khashab, N. M. Biodegradable Oxamide-Phenylene-Based Mesoporous Organosilica Nanoparticles with Unprecedented Drug Payloads for Delivery in Cells. Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 14806–14811
Croissant, J. G.; Zhang, D.; Alsaiari, S.; Lu, J.; Deng, L.; Tamanoi, F.; Zink, J. I.; Khashab, N. M. Protein-Gold Clusters-Capped Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for High Drug Loading, Autonomous Gemcitabine/Doxorubicin Co-Delivery, and In-Vivo Tumor Imaging. J. Controlled Release2016, 229, 183-191
Education
Ph.D., Chemistry, École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier, Montpellier, France, 2014
M.Sc., Chemistry, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France, 2011
B.Sc., Chemistry, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France, 2009
Professional Profile
2014-present: Postdoctoral fellow, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Scientific and Professional Membership
Member of the Société Chimique de France
Reviewer for the Royal Society of Chemistry: J. Mater. Chem. B and C, Nanoscale, RSC Adv., Analyst, Inorg. Front., New J. Chem., Green Chem., Chem. Commun., Dalton Trans.
Reviewer for the American Chemical Society: Biomacromolecules
Reviewer for the Express Polymer Letters journal
Reviewer for Nature Publishing Group: Scientific Reports
Awards
2015 Thesis Prize Languedoc-Roussillon - Société Chimique de France
2015 Thesis Prize - Balard Chemistry Foundation
2013 First Prize of Oral Communication - Société Chimique de France,“1st Young Researcher's Mediterranean Workshop”, Montpellier, France
2011 Mobility and Excellency Scholarship - Balard Chemistry Foundation
2011 Mobility and Excellency Scholarship - Université Montpellier II
2009, 2010, 2011 Merit Fellowships - Université Montpellier II 2009, 2010, 2011. Top of the year in B.S and M.S. (1st rank over 30 students). Best Master Thesis.
KAUST Affiliations
Advanced Membranes & Porous Materials Center (AMPMC)
Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering (PSE)
