Didier Astruc#
| Membership Number: | 2376 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2006 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
| Homepage(s): | http://astruc.didier.free.fr |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1983 Full Professor at the University of Bordeaux I
- 1970 Assistant Professor to the University Institute for Technology of Saint-Nazaire
- 1966 Promoted to the exceptional class of University Professors
Fields of Scholarship
- Green chemistry
- Molecular electronics
- Catalysis (metathesis, C-C coupling, oxidation)
- Vectors for drug delivery
- Metallodendritic polymers and functional nanoparticles (synthesis, properties and applications)
- Biological sensors
- Medicinal applications
- Molecular materials in water
Honours and Awards
- 1981 Prize of the Coordination Chemistry Division of the French Chemical Society
- 1989 German-French Humboldt Award
- 1995 - 2005 Senior Member of the Institut Universitaire de France
- 1995 Iberdrola Prize
- 2001 Grand Prix Le Bel of the French Chemical Society
- 2005 Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
- 2006 Member of the Leopoldina Academy, German Academy of Sciences
- 2006 Member of the Academia Eupopaea
- 2007 Member of the European Academy of Science
- 2008 Karl Friedrich Gauss Professor of the University of Göttingen
- 2009 Recipient of the Gold Medal of the Italian Chemical Societies and joint Prize of the Italian and French Chemical Societies
- 2010 Member of the European Academy of Arts and Sciences
