Biomaterials made from natural polymers present several advantages over synthetic biomaterials, including intrinsic biocompatibility and reduced environmental impact. Micro-algae have emerged as an attractive source of natural polymers thanks to their rapid growth, environmental adaptability and bioactive properties. The goal of this internship is the preparation of biomaterials using polymeric building blocks extracted from microalgae. The selected intern will initially work at CarbonWorks for a short period to extract polymers from micro-algae. Subsequently, the extracted polymers will be characterized at CEMEF (e.g. molecular weight, chemical composition, …). Efforts will then be made to transform the bio-based polymers into materials with potential biomedical use at CEMEF. The obtained biomaterials will be characterized for e.g. biomedical and material properties at CEMEF.
Internship offer-M2/Engineering student : Polymers derived from micro-algae: potential building blocks for the preparation of biomaterials – CarbonWorks (located in Libourne, France, approximately 20 % of the time) and the Center for Materials Forming (CEMEF) of MINES Paris – PSL (located in Sophia Antipolis, France, approximately 80 % of the time)
par Frédéric PELASCINI | 21 Juin 2026 | Propositions de stages