Clara Tosi

Clara Tosi received her PhD in Chemistry from the University of Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (France) in 2022, after completing her MS from the same institution in 2018 and her BS from La Sapienza University (Rome, Italy) in 2015.

Dr. Tosi's career has spanned both academic and industrial research, including work on carbon capture and soil remediation. During her PhD, Dr. Tosi researched how to valorize carbon capture, helping develop a new CO₂ capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) method that led to two pending international patents, with her findings published in Nature Chemistry.

Her current focus lies at the intersection of chemistry education and scientific illustration, which she combines to promote scientific outreach and make complex scientific concepts accessible to broader audiences.

• Chemistry
• Organic chemistry

• CCUS, carbon capture, utilization and storage
• Green chemistry

• University of Lyon 1, Lyon, France, PhD in Chemistry, 2022
• University of Lyon 1, Lyon, France, MS in Organic Chemistry, 2018
• University of La Sapienza, Rome, Italy, BS in Chemistry 2015

• High School Chemistry Teacher, School of Independent Learners (2022 - present)
• Substitute Teacher, the Harker School (2026 - present)
• Freelance Scientific Illustrator (2022, present)

• Septavaux, J., Tosi, C., et al. Simultaneous CO2 capture and metal purification from waste streams using triple-level dynamic combinatorial chemistry. Nat. Chem. 12, 202–212 (2020).
• Barnes-Davin, L.; Schmitt, E.; Tosi, C.; Leclaire, J. Method for trapping and storing CO2. U.S. Patent Application Publication US 2025/0387750 A1, published December 25, 2025.
• Barnes-Davin, L., Schmitt, E., Tosi, C., & Leclaire, J. (2025). Use of alkaline amino acid salt for carbonation of mineral matrix (OAPI Patent Application Publication No. OA22076A). African Intellectual Property Organization.
• Ducreux, M., Tosi, C.,et al. The Need for a Systemic and Standardized Approach in CO2  Capture. (GHGT-16), 2022.