Costentin, Cyrille
Cyrille Costentin received his undergraduate education at Ecole Normale Supérieure in Cachan. He is, since 2007, Professor at the University Paris Diderot. His interests include mechanisms and reactivity in electron transfer chemistry with particular recent emphasis on electrochemical and theoretical approaches to proton-coupled electron transfer processes, as well as catalytic processes in films and in solution (water oxidation, carbon dioxide reduction). He is currently Visiting Scholar at Harvard University (2016-2019) in Daniel Nocera’s group.
Frei, Heinz
A Senior Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Heinz Frei studied chemistry at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich (PhD in physical chemistry 1977). After a postdoctoral stay at the Chemistry Department of the University of California at Berkeley, he started a research group in solar photochemistry at LBNL with focus on chemistry with near infrared light, work for which he received the Werner Prize of the Swiss Chemical Society in 1990. Since then, Frei has established new methods for utilizing visible and near infrared light for the environmentally friendly synthesis of useful chemicals and for the chemical storage of solar photons, communicated in over 160 peer reviewed articles. Currently, his research effort focuses on the scientific challenges of the direct conversion of carbon dioxide and water to a liquid fuel by artificial photosynthesis. Frei served as a Deputy Director of LBNL’s Physical Biosciences Division (1998-2007) and the Helios Solar Energy Research Center (2008-2011). He was one of the founding scientists of the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP, the U.S. Dept. of Energy Innovation Hub for Fuels from Sunlight), Leader of its Interface Project 2010-2015, and Dept. Head of JCAP at LBNL in 2012. Frei has co-organized several symposia on solar photochemistry in the past few years and was Joint-Chair of the 2016 Gordon Research Conference on Solar Fuels. He was elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2014.
Robert, Marc
Marc Robert was educated at the Ecole Normale Supe´rieure in Cachan. He is, since 2004, Professor at the University Paris Diderot. His interests include electrochemical, photochemical, and theoretical approaches of electron transfer reactions, as well as proton-coupled electron transfer processes in both organic chemistry and biochemistry. Upon recent years, his work has been focused on electrochemical and photochemical activation of small molecules, notably CO2 but also water and hydrogen, using metal-organic complexes as catalysts. Since 2012 he has published about 60 papers in this field, including 9 JACS, 1 Science, 1 Nature and 3 PNAS as well as 2 Accounts of Chemical Research and 1 Chem. Soc. Rev, with a mean impact factor above 11.
Robert, Marc
Marc Robert was educated at the Ecole Normale Supe´rieure in Cachan. He is, since 2004, Professor at the University Paris Diderot. His interests include electrochemical, photochemical, and theoretical approaches of electron transfer reactions, as well as proton-coupled electron transfer processes in both organic chemistry and biochemistry. Upon recent years, his work has been focused on electrochemical and photochemical activation of small molecules, notably CO2 but also water and hydrogen, using metal-organic complexes as catalysts. Since 2012 he has published about 60 papers in this field, including 9 JACS, 1 Science, 1 Nature and 3 PNAS as well as 2 Accounts of Chemical Research and 1 Chem. Soc. Rev, with a mean impact factor above 11.
Neese, Frank
Frank Neese obtained his PhD in biology (Konstanz, 1997) in the group of Prof. Peter Kroneck and then carried out a postdoctoral research at Stanford with Prof. Edward I. Solomon (until 1999). After his habilitation (Konstanz, 2001), he joined the MPI for Radiation Chemistry (Mülheim, 2001) before becoming chair of theoretical chemistry at the University of Bonn (2006). He currently heads the Department of Molecular Theory and Spectroscopy at the MPI for Chemical Energy Conversion (Mülheim, 2011). His research interests include experimental spectroscopy, computational chemistry, and theoretical method development, with a focus on transition metals and spectroscopic properties.
Bell, Alexis
Alexis Bell has been professor at the University of California at Berkeley since 1967
Daasbjerg, Kim
Kim Daasbjerg obtained his MSc (1990) and PhD (1993) at Aarhus University under the supervision of Prof. Henning Lund. Following a post-doctoral visit at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, he returned to Aarhus University as an associate professor in chemistry. He obtained his Doctor of Science degree (2006) and promoted to Professor (MSO) in 2010. Recently, the scientific research has focused on fundamental aspects of graphene and its functionalization to exploit the extraordinary properties of this carbon allotrope in materials science. In addition, the combined expertise in electrochemistry, modification of surfaces, polymer brushes, and carbon materials is employed to meet a scientifically difficult challenge of huge societal importance in terms of converting the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, to useful building blocks for the chemical industry or the energy sector.
Cyrille Costentin received his undergraduate education at Ecole Normale Supérieure in Cachan. He is, since 2007, Professor at the Université Paris Diderot (now Université de Paris). He was Visiting Scholar at Harvard University from 2016 to 2019. Since 2019 he is working at the Département de Chimie Moléculaire at Université Grenoble Alpes. His interests include mechanisms and reactivity in electron transfer chemistry with particular emphasis on proton-coupled electron transfer processes and molecular catalysis of electrochemical reactions such as small molecules activation.
Kim Daasbjerg obtained his MSc (1990) and PhD (1993) at Aarhus University under the supervision of Prof. Henning Lund. Following a post-doctoral visit at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, he returned to Aarhus University as an associate professor in chemistry. He obtained his Doctor of Science degree (2006) and promoted to Professor (MSO) in 2010. Recently, the scientific research has focused on fundamental aspects of graphene and its functionalization to exploit the extraordinary properties of this carbon allotrope in materials science. In addition, the combined expertise in electrochemistry, modification of surfaces, polymer brushes, and carbon materials is employed to meet a scientifically difficult challenge of huge societal importance in terms of converting the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, to useful building blocks for the chemical industry or the energy sector.
Marc Robert was educated at the Ecole Normale Supérieure (Cachan, France). He received his Ph.D. in 1995 from Université Paris Diderot under the guidance of Jean-Michel Savéant and Claude Andrieux. Following a postdoctoral stay at Ohio State University with Matthew Platz, he started his academic career at Université Paris Diderot in 1997. He is currently Professor of Chemistry at Université de Paris and Senior fellow at Institut Universitaire de France (IUF). His interests include electrochemical, photochemical approaches of electron transfer processes and catalysis. In recent years, his work has been focused on electrochemical and photochemical activation of small molecules, notably CO2 and N2, using metal-organic complexes as catalysts.
