TOPIC: Catalysis : from biomass to materials and energy production 
SPEAKER: Prof. Pierre H. Dixneuf, university of Rennes, France; Member of the national Institut universitaire de France

TIME:APRIL 6 (Wednesday) PM14:30  
LOCATION: Room 528, Chemistry Building A (化学A楼528演讲厅) 
INVITER: Prof. Zhaoguo Zhang (张兆国教授)
 

Professor Pierre H. Dixneuf

Professor of chemistry, university of Rennes; Member of the national Institut universitaire de France            

Recent key events and positions

Initiator and the first Director of Institut de Chimie de Rennes CNRS-university ; Member of the Institut universitaire de France; Vice president for research of the university of Rennes Jan 2001-Dec 2004; Launch of the international master in chemistry in English at the university of Rennes

Scientific activity

Research at the boundary of metal complexes and catalysis

350 papers in international journals including, 11 review articles and 11 book chapters, 5 patents, a book “ruthenium catalysts in fine chemistry” Springer, June 2004, and a book on “metal-vinylidenes and allenylidenes in catalysis” wiley 2008.

Awards and Distinctions

von Humboldt prize for Research; Académie des Sciences award; Doctor Honoris Causa, Waterloo, Canada; Prix Le Bel French Chemical Society; Member of the Institut universitaire de France; Grignard-Wittig Prize (GDCh); Sacconi medal (Italy); Grand prix IFP académie des sciences.

Research topics

Carbon-rich organometallics in new molecular architectures; Homogeneous catalysis.