Enseignant-Chercheur à l’Université Paris Sud

Contact : satchin.soorkia@universite-paris-saclay.fr

Formation

2018 : Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (Université Paris Sud)

2008 - 2010 : Post-doctorat à University of California at Berkeley et Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

groupe de Stephen R. Leone

2005 - 2008 : Doctorat en Physico-Chimie (Université Paris Sud), CEN Saclay

sous la direction de Benoît Soep

2004 - 2005 : Master de Physique Fondamentale et Application, parcours Physique Expérimentale des Atomes et des Molécules (Université Paris 6)

2000 - 2004 : Maîtrise de Chimie-Physique (Université de Marne-la-Vallée)

Recherche

• Spectroscopie d’espèces chargées refroidies
• Photofragmentation de molécules d’intérêt biologiques
• Photochimie de l’atmosphère de Titan
• Spectroscopie et dynamique de reactions chimiques préparées dans des complexes de van der Waals

Coopération scientifique internationale

• 2019 - Laureat du programme Blåtand de l’Institut Français du Danemark
• 2016/2019 - LIA LEMIR Argentine - Laboratoire de Structure et Réactivité des Molécules, Ions et Radicaux en phase gazeuse
• 2017/2018 - PHC Star Corée du Sud - Experimental and theoretical advances in gas phase molecular spectroscopy
• 2016/2017 - PHC Gundishapur Iran - Une synergie entre l’expérience et la théorie pour décrire l’interaction Fer-Dioxygène dans l’Hème, site actif des hémoprotéines

Congé/Délégation

• 2015/2016 - CRCT accordé au titre local de l’Université Paris-Sud (6 mois)
• 2017/2018 - accueil en délégation au CNRS (6 mois)
• 2018/2019 - accueil en délégation au CNRS (6 mois)

Direction de thèse

• 2018/2021 - Jordan Dezalay - Dynamique de relaxation des états excités de molécules biologiques

Activités administratives

• depuis 2021 - Membre de la CCUPS Chimie 31-32-33 de l’Université Paris-Saclay

Publications

1) - Ab initio study of the spin-orbit coupling between the and electronic states of Na2.

S. Soorkia, F. Le Quéré, C. Léonard and D. Figgen - Mol. Phys. 105 9 (2007) 1095-1104

2) - Bidentate ligation of magnesium by 1,2-dimethoxyethane in the gas phase.

S. Soorkia, M. Collier, B. Soep and J.-M. Mestdagh - J. Chem. Phys. 131 22 (2009) 224319

3) - Reaction of the C2H radical with 1-butyne (C4H6) : Low temperature kinetics and isomer-specific product detection.

S. Soorkia, A. J. Trevitt, T. M. Selby, D. L. Osborn, C. A. Taatjes, K. R. Wilson and S. R. Leone – J. Phys. Chem. A. 114 9 (2010) 3340-3354

4) - Reactions of laser ablated zirconium atoms within a supersonic expansion : insertion versus radical mechanism.

S. Soorkia, C. Pothier, J. -M. Mestdagh and B. Soep - J. Phys. Chem. A. 114 18 (2010) 5655-5665

5) - Photodepletion of the Zr..F-CH3 van der Waals complex.

S. Soorkia, J. -M Mestdagh, J. Liévin and B. Soep - Chem. Phys. Letters 491 4-6 (2010) 140-145

6) - Direct detection of pyridine (C5H5N) formation by the reaction of CH (CD) with pyrrole : a ring expansion reaction.

S. Soorkia, C. A. Taatjes, D. L. Osborn, T. M. Selby, A. J. Trevitt, K. R. Wilson and S. R. Leone - Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 12 31 (2010) 8750-8758

7) - Determination of the ground electronic state in transition metal halides : ZrF

S. Soorkia, M. -A. Gaveau, J. -M. Mestdagh, N. Shafizadeh, J. Liévin, B. Soep and R. W. Field - J. Phys. Chem. A. 115 34 (2010) 9620-9632

8) - UV photodissociation dynamics of deprotonated 2’-deoxyadenosine 5’-monophosphate [5’-dAMP-H]-

Sunil S. Kumar, M. Pérot-Taillandier, B. Lucas, S. Soorkia, M. Barat and J. A. Fayeton - J. Phys. Chem. A. 115 38 (2010) 10383-10390

9) - Branching fractions of the CN + C3H6 reaction using synchrotron photoionization mass spectrometry : evidence for the 3-cyanopropene product

A. J. Trevitt, S. Soorkia, J. D. Savee, T. S. Selby, D. L. Osborn, C. A. Taatjes and S. R. Leone - J. Phys. Chem. A. 115 46 (2011) 13467-13473

10) - Airfoil sampling of a pulsed Laval beam with tunable vacuum ultraviolet synchrotron ionization quadrupole mass spectrometry : Application to low-temperature kinetics and product detection

S. Soorkia, C.-L. Liu, J. D. Savee, S. J. Ferrell, S. R. Leone and K. R. Wilson - Rev. Sci. Instrum. 82 12 (2011) 124102

11) - Detection of pentatetraene by reaction of the ethynyl radical (C2H) with allene (CH2=C=CH2) at room temperature

F. Goulay, S. Soorkia, C.-L. Liu, J. D. Savee, S. J. Ferrell, S. R. Leone and K. R. Wilson
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 13 46 (2011) 20820-20827

12) - Absolute photoionization cross-section of the propargyl radical

J. D. Savee, S. Soorkia, O. Welz, T. M. Selby, C. A. Taatjes and D. L. Osborn - J. Chem. Phys. 136 13 (2012) 134307

13) - Cα-Cβ chromophore bond dissociation in protonated tyrosine-methionine, methionine-tyrosine, tryptophan-methionine, methionine-tryptophan and their sulfoxide analogs

Sunil S. Kumar, B. Lucas, S. Soorkia, M. Barat and J. A. Fayeton - Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 14 (2012) 10225-10232

14) - Radical-neutral chemical reactions studied at low temperature with VUV
synchrotron photoionization mass spectrometry.

S. Soorkia, S. R. Leone and K. R. Wilson - AIP Conf. Proc. 1501 (2012) 1365-1372

15) - Photofragmentation at 263 nm of small peptides containing tyrosine : role of the charge transfer on CO.

Ch. Dehon, S. Soorkia, M. Pedrazzani, Ch. Jouvet, M. Barat, J. A. Fayeton and B. Lucas - Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 15 (2013) 8779-8788

16) - Electronic spectra of the protonated indole chromophore in the gas phase.

I. Alata, J. Bert, M. Broquier, C. Dedonder, G. Ferraud, G. Grégoire, S. Soorkia, E. Marceca and Ch. Jouvet - J. Phys. Chem. A. 117 21 (2013) 4420-4427

17) - Photo-fragmentation spectroscopy of benzylium and 1-phenylethyl cations.

G. Féraud, C. Dedonder-Lardeux, S. Soorkia and C. Jouvet - J. Chem. Phys. 140 024302 (2014)

18) - Photo-fragmentation spectroscopy of cold protonated aromatic amines in the gas phase.

G. Féraud, M. Broquier, C. Dedonder-Lardeux, G. Grégoire, S. Soorkia and C. Jouvet - Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 16 (2014) 5250-5259

19) - UV photofragmentation dynamics of protonated cystine : disulfide bond rupture

S. Soorkia, C. Dehon, S. Kumar, M. Pedrazzani, E. Frantzen, B. Lucas, M. Barat, J. Fayeton and C. Jouvet - J. Phys. Chem. Letters 5 (2014) 1110-1116

20) - Excited-states dynamics of protonated phenylalanine and tyrosine : photo-induced reactions following electronic excitation

G. Ferraud, M. Broquier, C. Dedonder-Lardeux, C. Jouvet, G. Grégoire and S. Soorkia - J. Phys. Chem. A. 119 (2014) 5914-5924

21) - Cold ion UV photofragmentation spectroscopy and dynamics

G. Ferraud, M. Broquier, C. Dedonder-Lardeux, C. Jouvet, G. Grégoire and S. Soorkia - AIP Conf. Proc. 1628 (2014) 870-878

22) - Conformer- and mode-specific excited state lifetimes of cold protonated tyrosine ions

S. Soorkia, M. Broquier and G. Grégoire - J. Phys. Chem. Letters 5 (2014) 4349

23) - Comprehensive study of cold protonated tyramine : UV photodissociation experiments and ab initio calculations.

M. Broquier, S. Soorkia and G. Grégoire - Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 17 (2015) 25854-25862

24) - Bonding of heme FeIII with dioxygen : observation and characterization of an incipient bond

Léa Ferrand, S. Soorkia, G. Grégoire, M. Broquier, B. Soep and N. Shafizadeh - Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 17 (2015) 25693-25699

25) - Ion-induced dipole interactions and fragmentation times : Cα-Cβ chromophore bond dissociation channel.

S. Soorkia, C. Dehon, S. Sunil Kumar, M. Pérot-Taillandier, B. Lucas, C. Jouvet, M. Barat and J. A. Fayeton - J. Phys. Chem. Letters 6 (2015) 2070-2074

26) - Non-radiative processes in protonated aromatic azine, diazines and pyrimidine bases.

G. A. Pino, G. Feraud, M. Broquier, G. Grégoire, S. Soorkia, C. Dedonder and C. Jouvet - Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18 (2016) 20126

27) - Twisted Intramolecular Charge Transfer in Protonated Amino Pyridine

M. Broquier, S. Soorkia, C. Dedonder-Lardeux, C. Jouvet, P. Theulé and G. Grégoire - J. Chem. Phys. 120 (2016) 3797

28) - Multiscale Excited State Lifetimes in Protonated Dimethylaminopyridines

S. Soorkia, M. Broquier and G. Grégoire - Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18 (2016) 23785

29) - Dioxygen binding to protonated heme in the gas phase, an intermediate between ferric and ferrous heme.

N. Shafizadeh, S. Soorkia, G. Grégoire, M. Broquier, M.-E. Crestoni and B. Soep - Chem. Eur. J. 23 (2017) 13493

30) - Excited State Dynamics of Cold Protonated Cytosine Tautomers : Characterization of Charge Transfer, Inter System Crossing and Internal Conversion Processes

M. Broquier, S. Soorkia, G. Pino, C. Dedonder-Lardeux, C. Jouvet and G. Grégoire - J. Phys. Chem. A 121 (2017) 6429

31) - Tautomerism and electronic spectroscopy of protonated 1- and 2-aminonaphthalene

J. Noble, M. Broquier, G. Grégoire, S. Soorkia, G. Pino, E. Marceca, C. Dedonder-Lardeux and C. Jouvet - Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 20 (2018) 6134

32) - Photodissociation spectroscopy of cold protonated synephrine : surprising differences between IR-UV hole-burning and IR photodissociation spectroscopy of the O-H and n-H modes

N. Nieuwjaer, C. Desfrançois, F. Lecomte, B. Manil, S. Soorkia, M. Broquier and G. Grégoire - J. Phys. Chem. A 122 (2018) 3798

33) - The surprisingly high ligation energy of CO to Ruthenium porphyrins

N. Shafizadeh, S. Boyé-Péronne, S. Soorkia, B. Cunha de Miranda, G. A. Garcia, L. Nahon, S. Chen, A. de la Lande, L. Poisson and B. Soep - Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 20 (2018) 11730

34) - The dramatic effect of N-methylimidazole on trans axial ligand binding to ferric heme : experiment and theory

M. Arabi, R. Omidyan, S. Soorkia, G. Grégoire, M. Broquier, M. E. Crestoni, A. de la Lande, B. Soep and N. Shafizadeh - Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 21 (2019) 1750

35) - UV photoinduced dynamics of conformer-resolved aromatic peptides

S. Soorkia, C. Jouvet and G. Grégoire - Chem. Rev. 120 (2019) 3296

36) - Water binding to FeIII hemes studied in a cooled ion trap, characterization of a strong weak ligand

M. Arabi, S. Soorkia, G. Grégoire, M. Broquier, A. de la Lande, B. Soep, R. Omidyan and N. Shafizadeh - Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 21 (2019) 21329

37) - UV photofragmentation of cold Cytosine-M+ complexes (M+ : Na+, K+, Ag+)

M. I. Taccone, A. Cruz, J. Dezalay, S. Soorkia, M. Broquier, G. Grégoire, C. G. Sanchez and G. A. Pino - J. Phys. Chem. A 123 (2019) 7744

38) - Excited-state proton transfer in protonated adrenaline revealed by cryogenic UV photodissociation spectroscopy

J. Dezalay, M. Broquier, S. Soorkia, K. Hirata, S.-I. Ishiuchi, M. Fujii and G. Grégoire - Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 22 (2020) 11498

39) - Excited state dynamics of protonated keto uracil : intersystem crossing pathways in competition

J. Dezalay, M. Broquier, S. Soorkia, and G. Grégoire - Eur. Phys. J. D Phys. 75 (2021) 17

40) - UV Photodissociation action spectra of protonated formylpyridines

B. McKinnon, S. Marlton, J. Dezalay, S. Soorkia, S. Blanskby and A. Trevitt - J. Chem. Phys. 157 (2022) 134305

41) - Conformer-selective Photodynamics of TrpH+-H2O

F. Molina, J. Dezalay, J.-I Tabata, S. Soorkia, M. Broquier, K. Hirata, S.-I Ishiuchi, M. Fujii and G. Grégoire - Chem. Phys. Chem. (2022) DOI : 10.1002/cphc.202200916

42) - Cryogenic IR and UV spectroscopy of isomer-selected cytosine radical cation

F. Molina, J. Dezalay, S. Soorkia, M. Broquier, M. Hochlaf, G. Pino and G. Grégoire - Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 24 (2022) 25182

43) Radical-radical reactions in molecular weight growth : the phenyl + propargyl reaction

T. M. Selby, F. Goulay, S. Soorkia, A. Ray, A. W. Jasper, S. J. Klippenstein, A. N. Mozorov, A. M. Mebel, J. D. Savee, C. A. Taatjes and D. L. Osborn - J. Phys. Chem. A (2023) DOI : 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c08121

44) - Chlorophyll and Pheophytin protonated and deprotonated ions : observation and theory

M. Diop, M. El-Hayek, J. Attard, A. Muhieddine, V. Veremeienko, S. Soorkia, Ph. Carbonnière, A. de la Lande, B. Soep and N. Shafizadeh - J. Chem. Phys. (2023) DOI : 10.1063/5.0174351

45) Selective tautomer production and cryogenic ion spectroscopy of radical cations : the uracil and thymine cases

F. Molina, M. Broquier, S. Soorkia, G. Grégoire and G. A. Pino - J. Phys. Chem. A (2023) accepted