Jacques Védrine#
| Membership Number: | 4960 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2019 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
| Homepage(s): | http://lrs.sorbonne-universite.fr |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-9262-6788 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2005 - 2019 Emeritus CNRS Research Director, Laboratoire de Réactivité de Surface, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
- 2004 - 2005 CNRS Research Director, Sorbonne Université, Laboratoire de Réactivité de Surface, Paris, France
- 2003 - 2005 Advisor "chargé de mission" for the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research, France
- 2003 - 2004 CNRS Research Director, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris, Paris, France
- 1998 - 2003 Full Professor, Chemistry Department, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
- 1998 - 2003 Deputy Director, "Leverhulme Centre for Innovative Catalysis (LCIC)", University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
- 1998 - 2003 Director of the European Associated Laboratory “High Specificity Catalysis” between CNRS & University of Liverpool
- 1988 - 1998 Deputy Director of the Institut de Recherches sur la Catalyse (IRC), Villeurbanne, France
- 1978 - 1988 Research Director, Head of Oxides Group, Institut de Recherches sur la Catalyse (IRC), Villeurbanne, France
Fields of Scholarship
- Physical techniques of catalysts and catalytic reaction characterization
- Heterogeneous catalysis
- Porous materials, zeolites and metal oxides catalysts
- Acid-base catalysis
- Selective and total oxidation catalysis
- Specialized in XPS/UPS/ESR/NMR/ENDOR/NEDOR techniques
Honours and Awards
- 2018 Distinguished Member, French Chemical Society, France
- 2017 Honorary Member, French Group of Zeolites, France
- 2009 Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Lisbon, Portugal
- 2001 Grand Prix "Pierre Sue", French Chemical Society, France
- 1998 Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK
