Aude Salame

Postdoctoral researcher
Leiden University

Department

Leiden Institute of Chemistry

Contact information

Room
Gorlaeus building, DE.0.11

Email address
a.m.o.salame@lic.leidenuniv.nl

About me

I was born and raised in Paris, France. I completed my PhD in October 2024 at Université Paris Cité, where I elucidated the mechanism of the electrocatalytic CO₂ reduction to CO by an iron porphyrin using in situ and operando spectroelectrochemical techniques. In November 2024, I moved to the Netherlands to work on the development of combined electrochemistry and mass spectrometry. Since October 2025, I have been a ARC CBBC postdoctoral researcher at Leiden University.

About my research

My project, entitled “Towards Rechargeable Metal–CO₂ Batteries for Energy Storage”, is a bilateral collaboration between Shell and Leiden University that aims to assess the reversibility of the CO₂–oxalate electrochemical conversion. The objective is to investigate, at the fundamental level, the mechanisms of both the electrocatalytic reduction of CO₂ to oxalate and the electrocatalytic oxidation of oxalate back to CO₂. This study combines electrochemical measurements with in situ and operando techniques, such as differential electrochemical mass spectrometry. Ultimately, we aim to achieve a reversible system by developing a hybrid molecular/material catalyst.

Academic career

Postdoctoral experience

2024- 2025: Postdoctoral research fellow in the Leiden Institute of Chemistry at Leiden University, the Netherlands, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Marc Koper.

PhD

2021-2024: PhD thesis in the Laboratoire d’Electrochimie Moléculaire at Université Paris Cité, France, under the supervision of Dr. Elodie Anxolabéhère-Mallart and Prof. Marc Robert.

Early Stage Researcher

2020-2021: Master degree in the Laboratoire d’Electrochimie Moléculaire at Université Paris Cité, France, under the supervision of Prof. Marc Robert.

ARC CBBC publications

Guiding Principles for Differential Electrochemical Mass Spectrometry in Dual Thin-Layer Cell: From Aqueous to Organic Electrolytes

Aude Salamé, Bonho Koo, Marc T.M. Koper