Orélia joined the Prentice Group in 2019 as a summer REU student. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Molecular Chemistry from Paul Sabatier University in Toulouse, France in 2017. Her undergraduate work included an internship at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) at Grenoble where she worked with Dr. Zebda Abdelkader and Dr. Marc Zelsmann on the development of a nano-bio-generator implantable in the human body. Orélia obtained her Master’s Degree in Analytical Chemistry and Instrumentation at Paul Sabatier University and is currently a CDD IDeAs Engineer at IMRCP.