Valérie DUPRAY

Valérie DUPRAY is an Associate Professor at Normandie Université within the UFR Sciences et Techniques, leading research at the Laboratoire SMS. She specializes in optical methods for crystalline material characterization, with a focus on pharmaceuticals and organic compounds. Her work integrates thermal analysis, nonlinear optics, and crystal engineering.

Education: HDR (2013, Normandie Université) and PhD (1999, Normandie Université) in Physics. Postdoctoral research at Imperial College London (2000). Research interests include crystal growth mechanisms, second harmonic generation (SHG), and pharmaceutical polymorphism. She has authored/co-authored over 30 peer-reviewed articles, with an h-index of 8.

Key research themes: Development of SHG for structural analysis, molecular mobility in amorphous drugs, and thermal characterization of crystalline systems. Collaborates internationally on projects like phase diagrams of eutectic mixtures and drug stability studies. Active in conferences such as BIWIC and ACTS, presenting on topics like solid-state transitions and pharmaceutical crystallization.

Laboratory affiliations: Director of SMS EA 3233, part of the UFR Sciences et Techniques. Technical expertise spans DSC/TG, Raman spectroscopy, and optical microscopy. Supervises students on crystallization kinetics and materials characterization.