Jean M. Fréchet#


Jean M. Fréchet
Membership Number:2706
Membership type:FOREIGN
Section:CHEMICAL SCIENCES
Elected:2009
Main Country of Residence:UNITED STATES




Present and Previous Positions
  • 2004 - present Professor of Chemical Engineering University of California, Berkeley
  • 2003 - present Rapoport Chair of Organic Chemistry, University of California Berkeley
  • 2003 - present Director of the Organic-Polymer Facility, The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • 2000 - 2003 Faculty Senior Scientist and Head of Materials Synthesis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, (LBNL) Berkeley, CA
  • 1996 - present Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
  • 1993 - 1997 Peter Debye Chair of Chemistry, Cornell University
  • 1987 - 1997 IBM Professor of Chemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
  • 1982 - 1987 Professor of Chemistry, University of Ottawa, Canada
  • 1979 & 1983 Visiting Scientist, IBM Research Laboratory, San Jose, CA
  • 1978 - 1982 Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Ottawa, Canada
  • 1973 - 1978 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Ottawa, Canada

Fields of Scholarship
  • Functional macromolecules for targeted drug delivery, diagnostics, immunotherapy.
  • Catalysis
  • Molecular therapy
  • Nanotechnology
  • Energy harvesting and conversion
  • Nanoscale patterning and growth
  • Dendritic and other functional polymers
  • Bioinspired catalysis
  • Organic electronics
  • Molecular machines
  • Synthetic approaches to macromolecules with controlled architecture
  • Polymer chemistry

Honours and Awards
  • 2010 Academia Europaea Erasmus Medal
  • 2009 Carothers Award for “Outstanding contributions and advances in industrial applications of chemistry”
  • 2008 D.Sc. (Honoris Causa), University of Liverpool, UK
  • 2007 Arthur C. Cope Award of the American Chemical Society
  • 2006 Macro Group UK Award of the Royal Soc of Chem & Soc of Chem Industry
  • 2002 Docteur (Honoris Causa), Université de Lyon I, France
  • 2000 Election to the National Academy of Engineering
  • 2000 Award in Polymer Chemistry, American Chemical Society
  • 1996 ACS Award in Applied Polymer Science, American Chemical Society
  • 1986 Polymer Society of Japan Lecture Award


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