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