Frédéric Paul

CNRS Research Director at the CNRS

Photo of F. Paul
Organization:
CNRS (UMR 6226)
Address:

263, Gal Leclerc Ave.

Campus of Beaulieu

Locality:

Rennes 35042

France

Email : frederic [dot] paul [at] univ-rennes [dot] fr

Phone : +33 (0) 2 23 23 59 62

Office number : Beaulieu 10C, Office 133

Research Interests

  • Molecular engineering of biphotonic absorbers.
  • Organometallic chromophores with electro-commutable properties.
  • Fluorescent biphotonic photosensitizers for theranostics.
  • Isocyanurates and analogues.
  • Spectroscopic studies and theoretical (DFT) modelling.
  • Use of the redox chemistry to control reactivity (including catalytic reactions).
  • Development of synthetic methodologies to access selected classes of molecules.

Education and Professional Experience

  • Actual position (1995 –).
  • Post-doctoral fellow (1994 – 1995): Ecole Polytechnique (F. Mathey).
  • Post-doctoral fellow (1993 – 1994): Yale University (J. F. Hartwig).
  • PhD (1990 – 1993): University Louis Pasteur (ULP) of Strasbourg 1 (J. A. Osborn).
  • Master Degree (1989 – 1990): University Louis Pasteur (ULP) of Strasbourg 1.
  • D. Sc. in Chemistry (1988): University Louis Pasteur (ULP) of Strasbourg 1.

Keywords & Skills

Molecular Electronics & Photonics, Carbon-Rich Structures, Redox Chemistry, Alkynyl Complexes, Metallo-Ligands,

Main Present National and International Collaborations

  • M.G. Humphrey, M. P. Cifuentes, Australian National University (ANU) (Canberra/Australia).
  • M. Samoc, K. M Matczyszyn, Wroclaw University of Technology (WUST) (Wroclaw/Poland).
  • J. Kubicki, A. Mickiewicz University (Poznan/Poland).
  • M. Blanchard-Desce, ISM-UMR 5255 (Bordeaux/France).
  • I. Dixon, UMR 5626, UPS (Toulouse/France).
  • M. Gary-Bobo, IBMM, UM-ENSCM 5247(Montpellier/France).
  • T. B. Marder, University of Würtzburg (Würtzburg/Germany).
  • I. Ledoux, LPQM, ENS (Cachan/France).
  • G. Lemercier, ICMR, UMR 7312 (Reims/France).

Teaching

  • Master 2 Courses at the University of Rennes 1; "Molecular Photonics and Electronics".
  • Master 2 Courses at the international EUR Lumomat (Rennes-Angers-LeMans-Nantes); "Photophysics and Photochemistry".

Scientific production

Publications referenced in HAL :