Prof Francois JEROME

CNRS Research Director at the Institute of Chemistry of Poitiers

Prof François Jerome received his PhD in 2000 from the University of Burgundy (France). Then he moved to UC-Davis (USA) for a one-year postdoctoral position, and then he returned back to France (Rennes) for a second postdoctoral position. In 2002, he was recruited as a permanent CNRS researcher at the laboratory of catalysis in organic chemistry at the University of Poitiers. In 2011, he was promoted CNRS research director at the Institute of Chemistry of Poitiers. His research largely concerns the conversion of renewable feedstocks to fine chemicals. In this field, he developed an expertise on catalysis and more particularly on the coupling of catalysis with auxiliary promotional tools. His research was awarded by the French Chemical society (prize from the catalysis division), the CNRS (national medal on innovation) and EFCATS (Francois Gault lectureship award). He is now leading a public/private network working on the catalytic conversion of renewable feedstocks, he is in the editorial board of the green chemistry journal and he is chairman of the International Symposium on Green Chemistry organised each two years at La Rochelle (France, > 700 attendees).

Prof Jerome visited CARES in October 2023 where he was the opening speaker for the workshop "Unconventional Methods in Chemistry".

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