Team

Members

Louis-Félix Nothias, PhD

Junior Group Leader / Professor Chair (CNRS Chemistry)

Affiliated Chair of 3iA Côte d'Azur

Dr. Louis-Félix Nothias is a CNRS junior group leader based at the University Côte d’Azur & the Interdisciplinary Institute for Artificial Intelligence (3iA) Côte d’Azur, France. In 2023, he founded the Holobiomics Lab, which develops experimental and computational methods for studying host/microbial metabolism in holobionts and their microbiomes. The lab is pioneering advanced mass spectrometry-based metabolomics techniques in multi-omics studies using artificial intelligence. Prior to this, Dr. Nothias was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California San Diego with Prof. Pieter Dorrestein (2016-2021), where he contributed to the GNPS ecosystem GNPS ecosystem, and a research associate at the University of Geneva with Prof. Jean-Luc Wolfender (2021-2023). He has contributed to both experimental and computational methods for MS-based metabolomics annotation (collaboration with the SIRIUS team/Boecker lab, see CASMI 2022) and has pioneered integrative multi-omics studies for studying microbiota metabolites in ecosystems, including through the collaborative Earth Microbiome Project.

Tao Jiang, PhD

Research scientist (CNRS Chemistry)

Tao Jiang is a CNRS research scientist (IE) with broad expertise in chemo-informatics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Adigniscius inciisitae velliquid mo quas a coresi consecae et essinvent omniententur alicialite liscili quidelibüs eciias repate nonse pori cusa cus. Asi ipis esis moluptas aut iditias cilitam illiberibust quatur, velectaeped. Adigniscius inciisitae velliquid mo quas a coresi consecae et essinvent omniententur alicialite liscili quidelibüs eciias repate nonse pori cusa cus. Asi ipis esis moluptas aut iditias cilitam illiberibust quatur, velectaeped.

Yousouf Taghzouti, PhD

Postdoctoral researcher (Univ. Côte d'Azur)

Yousouf Tagzhouti has a PhD degree in Computer Science (École des Mines, Saint-Etienne, FR) and has strong expertise in semantic web technologies. He has joined the HolobiomicsLab and the Wimmics team at the INRIA Sophia-Antipolis. since November 2024, with funding from the UCA JEDI Initiative d'Excellence (IDEX) UCA JEDI Initiative d'Excellence (IDEX) of the Université Côte d'Azur. He contributes to the development of an AI-framework for knowledge graph for omics research.

Recruting ! Starting early 2025

Postdoctoral researcher (CNRS) - Open position

We are looking for a skilled postdoctoral researcher with a strong background in liquid chromatography & mass spectrometry method development. This is a two-year postdoc position in the frame of an ANR project studying the metabolites involved in Pseudomonas aeruginosa's virulence and its interaction with Staphylococcus aureus, where we will use advanced experimental and computational metabolomics from multi-modal metabolomics analysis collected with state-of-art equipement. Candidate can contact L-F Nothias.

Lucas Pradi

PhD researcher (Univ. Côte d'Azur)

Pharmacist and Master in Chemistry from the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil, with academic and professional experience in natural products, chemistry, and metabolomics. Currently a PhD candidate in Chemistry at Université Côte d'Azur, supported by AFR FNR Luxembourg (project 17994255). My PhD research focuses on developing an innovative LC-MS acquisition method to enhance metabolite detection and annotation by improving MS2 spectral quality and coverage. I am dedicated to advancing next-generation tools in metabolomics, pushing the boundaries of mass spectrometry-based analysis to deepen our understanding of metabolic processes.

Madina Bekbergenova

PhD researcher (Univ. Côte d'Azur & 3iA)

Adigniscius inciisitae velliquid mo quas a coresi consecae et essinvent omniententur alicialite liscili quidelibüs eciias repate nonse pori cusa cus. Asi ipis esis moluptas aut iditias cilitam illiberibust quatur, velectaeped.

Matthieu Ferraud

Junior software engineer (Univ. Côte d'Azur)

Recruiting - Start early 2025

PhD researcher (CNRS)

We are looking for a talented master student with training in chemoinformatics/metabolomics/analytical chemistry. This is a three-year PhD position funded by the CNRS. Couple of subjects are possible depending on the selected candidate profile. The subject aims at studying marine holobionts using advanced experimental and computational metabolomics approaches collected with state-of-art equipement. Candidate can contact L-F Nothias.

Team

Join Us !

Our Team is Hiring at All Levels!

Interested in our research and eager to join our team? We encourage you to read about our scientific vision and diversity statement and vision below before applying:

Postdoc, PhD, and staff positions are regularly available and announced on this site. Highly motivated candidates are encouraged to send inquiries via email.
We welcome applications throughout the year from:

Outstanding Master’s students from UniCA and around the world.
PhD students interested in rotations.
Candidates considering applying for MSCA postdoctoral fellowships or the Université Côte d'Azur excellence calls.
Prospective visiting scholar/staff.
Candidates interested in applying for CNRS permanent positions at all levels, including researchers and engineers.

Team

Alumni members

Emma Tysinger

Research internship (Univ. Côte d'Azur) and MIT France

Emma Tysinger has a BSc in Bioinformatics from the MIT and joined the lab in July 2023 with the support of the MIT-France program. Emma successfully implemented the first prototype of the KGBot agent during her research stay (2 months). She is now pursuing a graduate PhD program in Bioinformatics at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). See her Google Scholar.