Prize Jean-Marie LEHN

On The May 7, 2020

Julien LECLAIRE studied at the ENS Lyon where he did his master internship under the direction of the teachers. André Collet and Lyndon Emsley.

After a thesis at the University Paul Sabatier in Toulouse under the supervision of Dr. Jean-Pierre Majoral in the field of phosphorus dendrimers, he joined the team of Prof. Jeremy K. M. Sanders at the University of Cambridge to develop the dynamic combinatorial chemistry of sulphurous buildings. In 2005, he was recruited as a Lecturer at the Ecole Centrale Marseille to join the Chirosciences team of the Institut des Sciences Moléculaires de Marseille (UMR 7313). His research work focused on the molecular and supramolecular interactions involved in enzymatic lipolysis.

In 2013, he was awarded the chemistry chair of LABEX iMuST (Institute of Multiscale Science and Technology) and joined the Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University as a University Professor. Currently head of the Applied Supramolecular Chemistry team at the Institute of Molecular and Supramolecular Chemistry (UMR 5246), Julien Leclaire uses dynamic combinatorial chemistry for the recognition and extraction of high added value molecules from complex mixtures, biological extracts or industrial waste. His work focuses in particular on the design of reversible molecular systems and architectures resulting from CO2 capture and their use in the circular economy.

His work on the simultaneous capture of CO2 and the recycling of metals based on the concept of a three-level dynamic combinatorial chemistry is "highlighted" in this ECHO-DCO #8 issue.