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President
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Thierry GACOIN, CNRS Research Director, Professor
In charge of the master's program in material chemistry and the Ph.D. track in Chemistry. 4th-year referent
Research: inorganic/organic hybrid systems, functional nano-objects, nanostructured thin films, active materials and systems, electron microscopy and nano-objects
Vice-President
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Grégory NOCTON, CNRS researcher, associate professor
In charge of the first-year Master's program in Molecular Chemistry. Sustainable development referent
Research: Synthesis, organometallic chemistry, rare earth, actinides, photo-reforming of waste, green hydrogen, activation of small molecules (CO2, CO, methane), MOF, quantum technologies
Resident faculty members
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Audrey AUFFRANT, CNRS Research Director, associate professor
Keywords: coordination chemistry, catalysis
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Nathanaelle SCHNEIDER, CNRS Researcher, associate professor
Keywords: Surface chemistry, Thin films, Photovoltaics, Energy
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Aleix GUELL, Assistant professor
Research: Nanoelectrochemistry, Carbon nanomaterials, Physical chemistry and interfaces, Scanning Probe Microscopy
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Bastien NAY, CNRS Research Director, associate professor
Keywords: Total synthesis, synthetic methodology, biological interfaces
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Cédric Tard, CNRS researcher, associate professor
Keywords: water electrolysis, aqueous CO2 recovery, lignin depolymerization
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Alexis Archambeau, CNRS researcher, lecturer
Keywords: organic chemistry, original cycloaddition reactions
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Covadonga Lucas-Torres, assisstant professor
Keywords: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, metabolomics, quantitative analysis
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Simon Delacroix, assisstant professor
Keywords: nanomaterials synthesis, nanostructured functional surfaces, laser synthesis, luminescent oxides, covalent materials
Non-resident faculty members
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Thibault Cantat, CEA Research Director, associate professor
Research: Catalysis, organometallic chemistry, organic chemistry, circular carbon economy, CO2 transformation, depolymerization of plastics, biomass valorization
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Guilhem Dezanneau, CNRS researcher, associate professor
Keywords: Fuel cells, functional oxides, conductivity, resonant ultrasound spectroscopy, solid modeling, ionic conductors
Gilles FRISON, CNRS Research Director, associate professor
Keywords: computational chemistry, theoretical chemistry, theory-experiment interface, reaction mechanism, electronic structure, metal-ligand interactions
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Samir Messaoudi, CNRS Research Director, associate professor
Research: Glycochemistry, organometallic catalysis, dual photocatalysis, electrosynthesis, medicinal chemistry (antitumor, antiviral and antibacterial)
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David Touboul, CNRS Research Director, associate professor
Keywords: mass spectrometry
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Sophie Carenco, CNRS Research Director, associate professor
Keywords: nanomaterials, metal nanoparticles, phosphides, oxysulfides, surface reactivity, influence of ligands, nanocatalysis