Invited speakers

Abderrahmane AMGOUNE université Lyon 1 | ICBMS → check his webpage

He carried out his PhD in 2006 in the field of organometallic chemistry and polymerization catalysis at the University of Rennes under the supervision of Profs. Jean-François Carpentier and Christophe Thomas. He then joined the group of Prof. Stefan Mecking (University of Konstanz, Germany) as postdoctoral researcher (Alexander-von-Humboldt fellowship). In 2008, Abder was promoted CNRS research fellow in Toulouse at LHFA (Laboratoire Hétérochimie Fondamentale et Appliquée). Since 2017 he is full professor at the University of Lyon 1 at the ICBMS (Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires). He is interested in the development and understanding of innovative catalytic approaches merging rational design of nickel-based catalysts with the use of photochemical and electrochemical approaches to convert readily available feedstock chemicals efficiently and sustainably to high added value organic scaffold.

Benoît BERTRAND Sorbonne Université | IPCM → check his webpage

He completed a double PhD degree in 2015 in bioorganometallic chemistry shared between the University of Burgundy (France) with of Prof. Le Gendre, and the University of Groningen (The Netherlands) with Prof. Casini, on the synthesis and anti-tumour activity of gold compounds. He then moved to the University of East Anglia (UK) as a senior postdoctoral research associate in the group of Prof. Bochmann, where he worked on cyclometalated Au(III) complexes as anti-cancer agents. In 2017 he joined the group of Prof. Thorimbert at Sorbonne Université (France) and in 2018 he got appointed at Sorbonne Université as a CNRS junior researcher. His research interests deal with the synthesis, reactivity studies and biological investigations of organogold(III) complexes with a particular emphasis on their intracellular speciation.

Mathilde BOUCHÉ Université de Lorraine | L2CM → check her webpage

She is a CNRS researcher at the L2CM (UMR 7053) at University of Lorraine since 2020. She currently leads a research group on Bioinorganic Chemistry with a strong focus on metal-based complexes for therapeutic and theranostic applications. She studied Chemistry at the University of Burgundy, and obtained a PhD in Bioinorganic Chemistry from the University of Strasbourg (2017) on the development of platinum-based chemotherapeutics under the supervision of Dr. S. Bellemin-Laponnaz. She then completed a two-years postdoctoral stay as Fulbright scholar at Prof. Cormode’s lab at the University of Pennsylvania (U.S.A.) in Molecular Imaging, and returned to France for a postdoctoral stay at the University of Lorraine in Medicinal Chemistry.

She obtained her PhD in 2007 in Organometallic Chemistry at the LCC laboratory in Toulouse, working on high oxidation state Mo and W complexes in aqueous media, in the team of Pr. R. Poli. After a first postdoctoral stay at the ICIQ laboratory in Tarragona, in the field of water oxidation catalyzed by Ru complexes, she carried out a second postdoctoral stay at the LPCNO laboratory in Toulouse, where she was introduced to DFT calculations as a complementary deepening of experience. Appointed lecturer in 2010 at the Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier, she focused on the chemistry of highly electrophilic complexes of metals from the left of the periodic table, for the activation of inert CH bonds and the catalysis of atom-economic reactions such as ring-opening polymerisation (ROP) and hydroelementation (HE), using an experimental approach. In 2016, she moved full-time into computational chemistry, centering her research interests on the use of DFT calculations to model the electronic structure and reactivity of molecular and grafted organometallic complexes with s-, d- and f-blocks. Her skills in the DFT calculation of energy profiles and spectroscopic properties aim to link theory and experiment.

Alexandre MARTINEZ Aix-Marseille Université | ISM2 → check his webpage

He obtained his PhD in 2004 at the CNRS Coordination Chemistry Laboratory (LCC, Toulouse) in the team of Dr. B. Meunier and Dr C. Hemmert. After a postoctoral Fellowship with Pr. J. Lacour at University of Genève he worked as Graduate Teaching Assistant at IUFM of Nice (University of Toulon). In 2006 he became Associated Professor in Organic Chemistry at Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon and since 2014 he is Professor at Ecole Centrale de Marseille. His main current research interests include supramolecular chemistry and catalysis, supramolecular recognition of biologically active compounds with a focus on hemicryptophanes, aza- and proaza-phosphatrane.

Carine ROBERT Chimie ParisTech-PSL université | IRCP → check her webpage

She obtained her doctorate in 2012 under the supervision of Prof. C.Thomas. She then joined the University of Tokyo (Japan) and worked for a year as a post-doctoral researcher with Prof. K. Nozaki, with the support of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. In 2013, she was appointed Lecturer at Chimie ParisTech (Paris, France) in the research group of Prof. Christophe Thomas (IRCP UMR 8247, Organometallic Chemistry and Polymerization Catalysis team) developing extensive skills in polymer chemistry, more particularly in the field of biodegradable polyesters, polyethers and polycarbonates. She is primarily interested in the design of organometallic catalysts capable of carrying out chemical transformations with high degrees of efficiency and selectivity. His established skills in catalysis include polymer synthesis, fine chemical synthesis as well as catalyst characterization and mechanistic aspects. Additionally, she works in all areas of synthesis, from air-stable compounds to derivatives that are extremely sensitive to air and humidity. She also has experience in the catalytic conversion of bio-based derivatives.

Yann SARAZIN Université de Rennes | ISCR → check his webpage

He is a CNRS Research Director at the Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes. He gained his PhD in macromolecular and coordination chemistry in 2004 from the University of East Anglia, UK, under the guidance of Prof. M. Bochmann. After a 3-year postdoc at UEA to study main-group cations, he returned to France in 2007 for a stint as a postdoc for Total Petrochemicals. He joined CNRS in 2008. His main current research interests include the fundamental organometallic chemistry of main group metals, most notably the large alkaline earths calcium, strontium and barium, along tetrel (Sn, Pb) and pnictogen (Sb, Bi) elements, and its applications in molecular catalysis towards selective bond formation, with an emphasis on the investigation of operative mechanisms. The design of unusual metal complexes with controlled coordination spheres and the corresponding structure-function relationship occupy the core of his research program, which stretches from catalyst development to the study of the properties of tailor-made polymers. He has published over 100 papers, patents, and book chapters in these fields.