François Mathey
Department of Chemistry, University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA 92521-0403 Education:
- Ecole Polytechnique, Paris (1961 - 1963)
- University Paris VI (Pierre et Marie Curie): Master’s degree in chemistry
(1963 - 1965), PhD in chemistry (01 / 1971)
Professional career:
- Research chemist at IRCHA (industrial research) (1964 - 1980)
- Research chemist at SNPE (chemical company) (1980 - 1988)
- Professor of chemistry at Ecole polytechnique (1986 - 2003)
- Directeur de recherche 1st class, then “classe exceptionnelle” CNRS
(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) (1989 - today)
- Distinguished Professor, University of California-Riverside (2003-today)
Editorial work:
- Editor in Chief of Bulletin de la Société Chimique de France (1991-1995)
- Regional Editor of Journal of Organometallic Chemistry (1996-1998) - Editor of Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences, Série IIc (1998-2001)
- Editor in Chief of Heteroatom Chemistry (2003-today)
Major research fields:
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530 publications and 30 patents, mainly on:
- Organophosphorus chemistry;
- Transition metal chemistry;
- Homogeneous catalysis (mono and bi-phasic, asymmetric). Awards:
- CNRS silver medal (1979)
- Paul Langevin award (Académie des Sciences, 1985)
- Alexander von Humboldt award (1988)
- Raymond Berr - Atochem award (Société Française de Chimie, 1988)
- Mergier - Bourdeix award (Académie des Sciences, 1989)
- Grignard-Wittig award (1997)
- Main Group Chemistry award (ICMGC, 1999)
- JSPS fellowship (2000) - Arbuzov prize (2001) Membership : -
Vice-President then President of the French Chemical Society (SFC) (1998-2000-2003) -
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (1991) -
Member of the American Chemical Society (2003) -
Member of the Leopoldina Academy (1994) -
Member of the French Academy of Sciences (1998) -
Member of Academia Europaea (2000) -
Associate Member of the Academy of Göttingen (2002) -
Member of the European Academy of Sciences (2003) Books:
-“Molecular Chemistry of the Transition Elements” with A. Sevin, Wiley,
Chichester, 1996
-“Phosphorus: The Carbon Copy” with K.B. Dillon and J.F. Nixon,
Wiley, Chichester, 1998
-“ Phosphorus-Carbon Heterocyclic Chemistry : the Rise of a New Domain ” F. Mathey Ed., Elsevier, Oxford, 2001 |