The teacher-searchers

Agri-food and Nutrition Sciences Department

Physical and chemical analysis, microbiology and molecular biology laboratories

• General chemistry
• Analytical chemistry
• Thermodynamics
• Food process engineering

Chemical characterization and fractionation of plant biomass

• Joint head of the VALO DA (Profitable use of co-products and waste from agriculture and agro-industry specific area of interest),
• Joint head of the VALCOP (Profitable use of co-products and waste) option,
• Head of the Thermodynamics and Analytical Chemistry ECUE (course unit components)

• 2019: PhD thesis, INP-Toulouse.
• 2015: Master 2 Degree in Process and Environmental Engineering Research, University of Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier.
• 2013: Professional Bachelor’s Degree in Process Engineering, specialization in the profitable use of agro-resources, IUT Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier.
• 2012: DUT (Undergraduate Diploma in Technology) in Chemical Engineering and Process Engineering, specialization in bioprocesses, IUT Perpignan.

• 2020–2022: Temporary teaching and research assistant at INP-Toulouse (ENSIACET): teaching in process engineering and analytical chemistry and research in fractionation of plant and microalgae biomasses.
• 2020: Post-doctoral researcher at INP-Toulouse (ENSIACET): sorbitol extraction from declassified plums in induction-heated reactor.
• 2015–2019: PhD thesis: Study of the biorefining of hardwood upstream of the kraft paper process: influence of extraction and purification conditions on the production of target molecules, Fibre Excellence Saint Gaudens SAS/INP-Toulouse (Agro-industrial Chemistry Laboratory, Joint Research Unit UMR 1010)

• Beaufils, N., Pham, N.T.-T., Peydecastaing, J., Candy, L., Behra, P., Pontalier, P.-Y., 2023. Fractionation by ultrafiltration of an aqueous extract of chestnut obtained by pressurized hot water extraction. MATEC Web Conf. 379, 05006. https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/202337905006
• Obeid, S., Beaufils, N., Peydecastaing, J., Camy, S., Takache, H., Ismail, A., Pontalier, P.-Y., 2022. Microalgal fractionation for lipids, pigments and protein recovery. Process Biochem. 121, 240–247. Https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procbio.2022.07.002 Beaufils, N.,
• Beaufils, N., Boucher, J., Peydecastaing, J., Rigal, L., Vilarem, G., Villette, M.-J., Candy, L., Pontalier, P.-Y., 2021. The effect of time and temperature on the extraction of xylose and total phenolic compounds with pressurized hot water from hardwood species used for pulp and paper production in the South of France. Bioresour. Technol. Rep. 16, 100832. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biteb.2021.100832
• Obeid, S., Beaufils, N., Camy, S., Takache, H., Ismail, A., Pontalier, P.-Y., 2018. Supercritical carbon dioxide extraction and fractionation of lipids from freeze-dried microalgae Nannochloropsis oculata and Chlorella vulgaris. Algal Res. 34, 49-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2018.07.003
• Motte, J.-C., Escudié, R., Beaufils, N., Steyer, J.-P., Bernet, N., Delgenès, J.-P., Dumas, C., 2014. Morphological structures of wheat straw strongly impact its anaerobic digestion. Ind. Crops Prod. 52, 695–701. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2013.11.038