Jean Fréchet

Jean M.J. Fréchet
Born (1944-08-19) August 19, 1944
Burgundy, France
Residence U.S.
Nationality American
Fields Chemistry
Institutions King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
University of California, Berkeley
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Cornell University
University of Ottawa
Thesis Solid Phase Synthesis of Oligosaccharides[1] (1972)
Known for Dendrimers
Contributions in the fields of polymer science, photolithography, molecular self-assembly, microfluidics, and nanotechnology.
Notable awards Japan Prize (2013), Dickson Prize (2007), Arthur C. Cope Award (2007)
Website
chemistry.berkeley.edu/faculty/chem/emeriti/frechet, www.kaust.edu.sa/office-vp-research-jean-frechet.html

Professor Jean M.J. Fréchet (born August 19, 1944, Burgundy, France), American chemist, is a Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. In addition, he is the head of Materials Synthesis, Materials Science Division,of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Director of the Organic and Macromolecular Facility for the Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Vice-President for research at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. He has authored nearly 900 scientific papers and holds over 70 United States Patents. His research areas include organic synthesis and polymer chemistry applied to nanoscience and nanotechnology with emphasis on the design, fundamental understanding, synthesis, and applications of functional macromolecules. He was a good friend of influential American chemist Linus Pauling and consistently mentions him in his organic chemistry lectures. As of March 2011, he is 16th on the Hirsch index rating of all living chemists with an H-index of 105.[2] He is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Chemical Society, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and an elected member of the US National Academy of Sciences, the US National Academy of Engineering, and the Academy of Europe (Academia Europaea).

Education and Academic Career

Jean Fréchet received his first university degree at the Institut de Chimie et Physique Industrielles (now CPE) in Lyon, France, before coming to the US for graduate studies in organic and polymer chemistry at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and at Syracuse University. He joined the Chemistry Faculty at the University of Ottawa in Canada in 1973, and remained there until 1987, when he became IBM Professor of Polymer Chemistry at Cornell University. In 1995 he was named to the Peter J. Debye Chair of Chemistry at Cornell University. In 1997, Jean Fréchet joined the Chemistry Faculty at the University of California, Berkeley and was named the Henry Rapoport Chair of Organic Chemistry in 2003 and Professor of Chemical Engineering in 2005. In June 2010 he took an 18-month leave of absence from his position at Berkeley to act as Vice President Research at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.

Honors and awards

References

  1. WorldCat. Accessed: January 31, 2013.
  2. "H index ranking of living chemists" (PDF). (85.3 KB), by University of Georgia.
  3. Tobin, Dave. (2013, January 30). "SUNY ESF alumnus Jean Fréchet wins Japan Prize," Syracuse.com. Accessed: January 31, 2013.
  4. "Laureates of the Japan Prize The 2013 (29th) Japan Prize". Japan Prize Foundation. Retrieved 2013-02-13.
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