Christian A. Amatore#
| Membership Number: | 2796 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2010 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.chimie.ens.fr/?q=en/umr-8640/lectrochimie/profil/christian.amatore |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2017 - present Distinguished Professor, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
- 2017 - present Emeritus Professor of the Highest Rank (DRCE 2 CNRS); CNRS and ENS
- 2007 - 2017 CNRS Full Professor of the Highest Ranks (DRCE, 1 & 2); CNRS and ENS
- 2001 - 2007 Full Professor of the Highest Ranks (PRCE, 1 & 2); University Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) and ENS
- 1984 - 1990 CNRS Professor (DR2); CNRS and ENS, Department of Chemistry, Paris, France
- 1982 - 1983 CNRS-NSF Research Assistant Professor; Indiana University at Bloomington, USA, with Prof. Jay K. Kochi
- 1979 - 1982 CNRS Associate Professor (CR 1); CNRS and University Paris Diderot, Paris, France
- 1975 - 1979 CNRS Assistant Professor (CR 2); CNRS and University Paris Diderot, Paris, France
- 1974 - 1975 Assistant Professor, Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS), Department of Chemistry, Paris, France
Fields of Scholarship
- Electrochemistry
Honours and Awards
- 1992 Prize La Caze of Academic des sciences
- 1993 Silver Medal CNRS
- 1997 Distinguished Research Fellow, Japanese Society for Promotion of Science
- 2000 Distinguished Scientist oi‘University of Pittsburgh (USA)
- 2001 Debye Lecturer of Cornell University (USA)
- 2002 Fellow of Académie des sciences
- 2006 Hinshelwood Lecturer Oxford University
- 2002 Reilley Award of Society for ElectroAnalytical Chemistry (USA)
- 2005 de Broglie Medal of Academia dei Lincei
- 2006 Bourke Medal of Royal Society
- 2007 Galvani Medal of Societa Chimica Italiana `
- 2007 Faraday Medal of Royal Society of Chemistry
- 2008 Durham Lecturer of the Year (Durham University)
- 2009 International Lecturer of the Year (The Romanian Academy of Sciences)
- 2014 Bridiscka Lecture Award, (Heyrovsky Institute)
- 2013 Centennial Texas Lecturer (Austin)
- 2013 Distinguished Lecturer of the Year (Hubei Province, China)
- 2013 International Lecturer of the Year (The Royal Society)
- 2014 Breyer Medal (The Royal Australian Chemical Institute)
- 2015 Heyrovsky Lecture Award (Charles University)
- 2015 G.F. Smith Award Memorial Lecturer (Urbana Champaign)
- 2015 The BCEIA Distinguished Award (Beijing Conference and Exhibition on Instrumental Analysis)
- 2016 Volta Medal (The Electrochemical Society)
- 2016 Odd Hassel Lecturer (University of Oslo, Norway)
- 2016 Honorary Fellow (Chemistry Europe)
- 2016 The Electrochemical Society Lecturer (The Electrochemical Society)
- 2017 The Career Excellence Award (The Electrochemical Society)
- 2017 Knight Memorial Lecturer (Akron University)
- 2017 Costin D. Nenitescu Medal (Romanian Society of Chemistry)
- 2018 Grotius Medal (Lithuanian Chemical Society)
- 2019 Jaroslav Heyrovsky Medal (The International Society of Electrochemistry)
- 2019 Lavoisier Medal (French Chemical Society)
- 2021 Gold Medal (The International Society of Electrochemistry & Electrochimica Acta)
- 2023 Coetzee Lecturer) (Pittsburgh University, USA)
- Honorary Professor /DHC of several Universities (Europe, Asia)
- Member of Société Chimique Francaise
- Member of Society of ElectroAnalytical Chemistry
- Fellow of International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE)
- Knighthoods in French Republic Orders:
- 2006 Knight in The Order of Merit (French Republic)
- 2010 Knight in The Order of The Legion of Honour (French Republic)
- 2011 Knight in The Order of The Academic Palms (French Republic)
- 2019 Officer in The Order of The Academic Palms (French Republic)
