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Faculty members

President

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

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

Audrey AUFFRANT, CNRS Research Director, associate professor
Keywords: coordination chemistry, catalysis

Corinne GOSMINI, CNRS Research Director, associate professor
Keywords: catalysis

Aleix GUELL, Assistant professor
Research: Nanoelectrochemistry, Carbon nanomaterials, Physical chemistry and interfaces, Scanning Probe Microscopy

Bastien NAY, CNRS Research Director, associate professor
Keywords: Total synthesis, synthetic methodology, biological interfaces

Cédric Tard, CNRS researcher, associate professor
Keywords: water electrolysis, aqueous CO2 recovery, lignin depolymerization

Alexis Archambeau, CNRS researcher, lecturer
Keywords: organic chemistry, original cycloaddition reactions
Non-resident faculty members

Thibault Cantat, CEA Research Director, associate professor
Research: Catalysis, organometallic chemistry, organic chemistry, circular carbon economy, CO2 transformation, depolymerization of plastics, biomass valorization

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

Laurence Grimaud, CNRS Research Director, associate professor
Keywords: organic chemistry, catalysis

Nicolas Mézailles, CNRS Research Director, associate professor
Keywords: Nitrogen activation, carbene complexes, unsaturated metal fragments, P4 activation

Samir Messaoudi, CNRS Research Director, associate professor
Research: Glycochemistry, organometallic catalysis, dual photocatalysis, electrosynthesis, medicinal chemistry (antitumor, antiviral and antibacterial)

David Touboul, CNRS Research Director, associate professor
Keywords: mass spectrometry