Invited research seminars


256. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, 6 March, 2025 (afternoon)

Aqueous biphasic catalysis within precise amphiphilic polymeric nanoreactors

 

255. Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, USA, 6 March, 2025 (morning)

Vitrimers with inorganic crosslinks: a new playground for coordination chemistry

 

254. Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA, 3 March, 2025

Radical reactivity of organometallic compounds with homolytically weak metal-carbon bonds

 

253. State University of New York (SUNY), Albany, NY, USA, 4 March, 2025

Aqueous biphasic catalysis within precise amphiphilic polymeric nanoreactors

 

252. Academia dei Lincei, Rome, Italy, 5 December 2024

Sviluppo di catalizzatori in nanoreattori polimerici per la sostenibilità ambientale” (online presentation)

(programme “I Lincei per la Scuola” for an audience of high-school teachers)

 

251. Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China, 9 October, 2024

Copper chemistry of relevance to atom transfer radical polymerization

 

250. Wuhan University of Technology (WHUT), Wuhan, China, 8 October, 2024

Coordination vitrimers: introducing inorganic Zr and Hf carboxylate clusters to produce innovative adaptable network materials

 

249. Wuhan University of Technology (WHUT), Wuhan, China, 7 October, 2024

Aqueous biphasic catalysis within precise amphiphilic polymeric nanoreactors

 

248. Beihang University, Beijing, China, 30 September, 2024: “Aqueous biphasic catalysis within precise amphiphilic polymeric nanoreactors”

 

247. University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, 14 June, 2024

The ever-expanding mechanistic landscape of (de)hydrogenation, hydrogen transfer and borrowing hydrogen transformations

 

246. University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, 13 June, 2024

Coordination vitrimers: introducing inorganic Zr and Hf carboxylate clusters to produce innovative adaptable network materials

 

 244. Dipartimento di chimica “Ugo Schiff”, Università di Firence, Florence, Italy, 11 March 2024

Mechanistic investigations on Cp*Co(III)-catalyzed "borrowing hydrogen" reactions: the already rich mechanistic landscape is further expanding!

 

243. Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, Montpellier, 26 September, 2023

Catalyzed and Reductive Terminations in Metal-Mediated Radical Polymerizations

 

242. Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide (UMR 8181), Lille, 28 April, 2022

The ever-expanding mechanistic landscape of hydrogenation, transfer hydrogenation and borrowing-hydrogen catalyzed transformations

 

241. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale, del Territorio, Edile e di Chimica (DICATECh), Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy, February 15, 2019

Legami metallo-carbonio deboli in sintesi organica e in polimerizzazione radicalica controllata

 

240. Department of Applied Molecular Chemistry, Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, December 19, 2018.

Homolytically weak metal-carbon bonds in organic synthesis and controlled radical polymerization

 

239. Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, University of Osaka, Osaka, December 18, 2018.

Mechanistic studies on ketone hydrogenation and transfer hydrogenation in the absence of deprotonatable ligands: going beyond the Noyori mechanism

 

238. Noyori Materials Science Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, December 17, 2018.

Mechanistic studies on ketone hydrogenation and transfer hydrogenation in the absence of deprotonatable ligands: going beyond the Noyori mechanism

 

237. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, India, December 12, 2018 (afternoon).

Mechanistic studies on ketone hydrogenation and transfer hydrogenation in the absence of deprotonatable ligands: going beyond the Noyori mechanism

 

236. Polymer Science and Engineering Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (R. A. Mashelkar Polymer Science and Engineering Lecture Series), Pune, India, December 12, 2018 (morning).

Organometallic compounds with homolytically weak metal-carbon bonds make robust controlling systems for the radical polymerization of ‘less activated monomers’

 

235. State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Shanghai, China, April 27, 2018

Organometallic compounds with homolytically weak metal-carbon bonds: relevance to controlled radical polymerization

 

234. E2P2L (Laboratoire pour les produits et les procédés éco-efficients), UMI 3464 CNRS-Solvay, Shanghai, China, 26 April, 2018

Ligand-functionalized, well-defined polymeric nanoreactors : metal coordination, polymer dynamics and applications in aqueous biphasic catalysis

 

233. Huazhong University of Science and Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan, China, April 24, 2018

Ligand-functionalized, well-defined polymeric nanoreactors : metal coordination, polymer dynamics and applications in aqueous biphasic catalysis

 

232. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Chemistry Department, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India, March 23, 2018

Mechanistic studies on ketone hydrogenation and transfer hydrogenation in the absence of deprotonatable ligands: going beyond the Noyori mechanism

 

231. Solvay Research and Innovation Center, Advanced Materials Lab, Vadodara, India, March 21, 2018

Ligand-functionalized, well-defined polymeric nanoreactors : metal coordination, polymer dynamics and applications in aqueous biphasic catalysis

 

230. University of Baroda, Department of Chemistry, Vadodara, Gujarat, India, March 20, 2018

Mechanistic studies on ketone hydrogenation and transfer hydrogenation in the absence of deprotonatable ligands: going beyond the Noyori mechanism

 

229. CSIR-Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI), Bhavnagar, Gujarat, March 19, 2018

Mechanistic studies on ketone hydrogenation and transfer hydrogenation in the absence of deprotonatable ligands: going beyond the Noyori mechanism

 

228. CSIR-Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI), Bhavnagar, Gujarat, March 19, 2018

Ligand-functionalized, well-defined polymeric nanoreactors : metal coordination, polymer dynamics and applications in aqueous biphasic catalysis

 

227. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Department of Chemistry, Kanpur, India, March 14, 2018

Ligand-functionalized, well-defined polymeric nanoreactors : metal coordination, polymer dynamics and applications in aqueous biphasic catalysis

 

 226. University of Osaka, Division of Applied Chemistry, Graduate Schol of Engineering, Suita Campus,

Osaka, January 23, 2018

Mechanistic studies on ketone hydrogenation and transfer hydrogenation in the absence of deprotonatable ligands: going beyond the Noyori mechanism

 

225. University of Kyoto, Institute for Chemical Research

Kyoto, Japan, January 23, 2018

Ligand-functionalized, well-defined polymeric nanoreactors : metal coordination, polymer dynamics and applications in aqueous biphasic catalysis

 

224. University of Tokyo, Institute of Industrial Science

Tokyo, Japan, January 22, 2018

Organometallic compounds with homolytically weak metal-carbon bonds: relevance to controlled radical polymerization

 

223. Solvay Specialty Polymers Italy, SpA

Bollate, Italy, November 23, 2017

Controlled polymerization of ‘less reactive monomers’ using transition metal complexes as controlling agents

 

222. Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Department of Chemistry

Chennai, India, 13 January 2017

A new approach to biphasic catalysis using a polymeric nanoreactor platform

 

221. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, School of Chemistry

Thiruvananthapuram (CET Campus), India, 12 January 2017

Exploring the landscape of homolytically weak metal-carbon bonds and their relevance to controlled radical polymerization

 

220. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-UFRJ, Instituto de Macromoleculas Professora Eloisa Mano-IMA

Rio de Janeir, Brazil, 7 December 2016

Exploring the landscape of homolytically weak metal-carbon bonds and their relevance to controlled radical polymerization

 

219. Universidade Federale de Minas Gerais

Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 6 December 2016

Macroscopic effects of controlling molecular aggregation: from mayonnaise to nanomaterials and catalysis(broad audience seminar)

 

218. Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Departamento de Quimica

Ouro Preto, Brazil, 5 December 2016

Well-defined polymeric nanoreactors for aqueous biphasic catalysis: coordination chemistry, polymer dynamics and hydroformylation catalysis

 

217. Universidade de São Paulo

São Paulo, Brazil, 30 November 2016

Polymeric nanoreactors for aqueous biphasic catalysis: coordination chemistry, polymer dynamics and hydroformylation catalysis

 

216. Universidade Federale de Minas Gerais

Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 29 November 2016

A new Approach to biphasic catalysis using a polymeric nanoreactor platform

 

215. Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 22 September 2016

Synthesis of polymeric nanoreactors and applications to biphasic catalysis: learning about polymer dynamics from coordination chemistry

 

214. Yale University, Department of Chemistry

New Haven, CT, USA, 19 September 2016

Synthesis of polymeric nanoreactors and applications to biphasic catalysis: learning about polymer dynamics from coordination chemistry

 

213. University of Texas at San Antonio, Department of Cemistry

San Antonio, TX, USA, 3 June 2015

A new approach to biphasic catalysis using a polymeric nanoreactor platform

 

212. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Chemistry Division

Los Alamos, NM, USA, 1 June 2015

A new approach to biphasic catalysis using a polymeric nanoreactor platform

 

211. Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 28 May 2015

A new approach to biphasic catalysis using a polymeric nanoreactor platform

 

210. Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 29 July 2014

Interplay of One-Electron Processes in Controlled Radical Polymerization Mediated by Iron Complexes

 

209. Université de Sherbrooke

Sherbrooke, Canada, 16 July 2014

Accès à une nouvelle plateforme pour la catalyse biphasique par polymérisation radicalaire contrôlée

 

208. University of Montreal

Montreal, Canada, 15 July 2014

Mechanistic studies on an iridium-catalyzed hydrogenation of ketones

 

207. Tokyo Institute of Technology

Tokyo, Japan, 29 November 2013

Precise phosphine-functionalized macromolecular architectures: synthesis by controlled radical polymerization and application to the biphasic hydroformylation of higher olefins

 

206. Universitat Autonoma Barcelona

Bellaterra, Spain, 26 June 2013

Interplay of associative and dissociative one-electron processes in organometallic chemistry: access to precision polymers with controlled functionality

 

205. Universität Würzburg

Würzburg, Germany, 26 April 2013

Platinum-catalyzed intermolecular hydroamination of non-activated olefins: challenges and recent progress

 

204. Universität Regensburg

Regensburg, Germany, 25 April 2013

Oxidation processes catalyzed by high oxidation state organometallics

 

203. Chemistry, Catalysis, Polymers and processes (C2P2, CPE Lyon)

Lyon, France, 7 February 2013

Complexes organométalliques à liaisons métal-carbone faibles : clé pour l'accès à des nouveaux polymères par polymérisation radicalaire contrôlée

 

202. Taras Shevchenko University

Kiev, Ukraine, 20 April 2012

Highlights in transition metal chemistry: catalytic intermolecular hydroamination, catalytic epoxidation, metals for controlled radical polymerization and new polymers for catalytic applications

 

201. Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

Osaka, Japan, 22 February 2012

Oxidation processes catalyzed by high oxidation state organometallics

 

200. Nagoya University

Nagoya, Japan, 21 February 2012

Interplay of associative and dissociative one-electron processes in organometallic chemistry: access to precision polymers with controlled functionality

 

199. Kyoto University, Katsura Campus

Osaka, Japan, 17 February 2012

Interplay of associative and dissociative one-electron processes in organometallic chemistry: access to precision polymers with controlled functionality

 

198. Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus

Osaka, Japan, 16 February 2012

Interplay of associative and dissociative one-electron processes in organometallic chemistry: access to precision polymers with controlled functionality

 

197. Osaka University, Suita Campus

Osaka, Japan, 14 February 2012

Platinum-catalyzed intermolecular hydroamination of non-activated olefins: challenges and recent progress

 

196. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compound, Russian Academy of Sciences

Moscow, Russia, 14 December 2011

Interplay of associative and dissociative one-electron processes in organometallic chemistry: access to precision polymers with controlled functionality

 

195. Moscow State (“Lomonosov”) University

Moscow, Russia, 12 December 2011

Platinum-catalyzed intermolecular hydroamination of non-activated olefins: challenges and recent progress

 

194. Université de Lille, Unité de Catalyse et de Chimie du Solide UMR 8181

Lille, France, 14 October 2010

Juxtaposition de processus à 1 électron associatifs et dissociatifs en chimie organométallique: accès à des architectures polymères avec fonctionnalité contrôlée

 

193. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Bangi, Malaysia, 15 July 2010

ATRP and other Metal Mediated Controlled Radical Polymerizations

 

192. Universität Erlangen

Erlangen, Germany, 22 June 2010

Oxidation processes catalyzed by high oxidation state organometallics

 

191. Technische universität München

Garching, Germany, 21 June 2010

Oxidation processes catalyzed by high oxidation state organometallics

 

190. Leiden University

Leiden, The Netherlands, 14 June 2010

The intermolecular hydroamination of non activated olefins: challenges and progress using Pt catalysis

 

189. Temple University

Philadelphia, PA, USA, 23 April 2010

The intermolecular hydroamination of non activated olefins: challenges and progress using Pt catalysis

 

188. University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA, USA, 22 April 2010

Interplay of various one-electron processes involving transition metals in controlled radical polymerization

 

187. University of West Virginia

Morgantown, WV, USA, 21 April 2010

Interplay of various one-electron processes involving transition metals in controlled radical polymerization

 

186. Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 20 April 2010

Interplay of various one-electron processes involving transition metals in controlled radical polymerization

 

185. Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 19 April, 2010

Transition metal (mediated or catalyzed) radical polymerisation: how many different kinds?

 

184. University of Maryland College Park

College Park, MD, USA, 14 April, 2010

Transition metal (mediated or catalyzed) radical polymerisation: how many different kinds?

 

183. University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Canada, 9 April 2010

The intermolecular hydroamination of non activated olefins: challenges and progress using Pt catalysis

 

182. Université du Quebec à Montréal

Montréal, Canada, 6 April 2010

Polymérisation radicalaire médiée (ou catalysée) par des métaux de transition: combien de types différents ?

 

181. Hong-Kong City University

Hong Kong, 16 December, 2009

Interplay of various one-electron processes involving transition metals in controlled radical polymerization

 

180. Hong-Kong University

Hong Kong, 15 December, 2009

Interplay of various one-electron processes involving transition metals in controlled radical polymerization

 

179. Hong-Kong Baptist University

Hong Kong, 14 December, 2009

Interplay of various one-electron processes involving transition metals in controlled radical polymerization

 

178. Laboratoire de Reconnaissance Ionique et Chimie de Coordination, SCIB/INAC/CEA

Grenoble, France, 17 September, 2009

Juxtaposition de différents processus à un électron en chimie de coordination et leur rôle dans la polymérisation radicalaire contrôlée

 

177. Université de Rennes1, UMR-CNRS 6226

Rennes, France, 8 July, 2009

Conception de la sphère de coordination en polymérisation radicalaire contrôlée par voie organométallique

 

176. Organisch-chemisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität

Münster, Germany, 16 June, 2009

The intermolecular hydroamination of non activated olefins: challenges and progress using Pt catalysis

 

175. Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität

Bonn, Germany, 15 June, 2009

Ligand engineering in radical polymerization controlled by organometallic complexes

 

174. Freie Universität

Berlin, Germany, 11 June, 2009

The intermolecular hydroamination of non activated olefins: challenges and progress using Pt catalysis

 

173. Center for Molecular and Macromolecular Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Łόdź, Poland, 8 June, 2009

Ligand engineering in radical polymerization controlled by organometallic complexes

 

172. Institute of Organic Chemistry, Technical University of Łόdź

Łόdź, Poland, 8 June, 2009

Asymmetric hydrogenation of prochiral ketones with iridium and planar chiral bifunctional ferrocenyl phosphines

 

171. Institute of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Carl von Ossietzky-Universität

Oldenburg, Germany, 25 May, 2009

The intermolecular hydroamination of non activated olefins: challenges and progress using Pt catalysis

 

170. GDCh lecture, Department of Chemistry, Martin-Luther-Universität

Halle, Germany, 20 May, 2009

The intermolecular hydroamination of non activated olefins: challenges and progress using Pt catalysis

 

169. Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse

Rostock, Germany, 12 May, 2009

Interplay of different one-electron processes in coordination/organometallic chemistry: their role in controlled radical polymerization

 

168. Anorganische und Angewandte Chemie, Universität Hamburg

Hamburg, Germany, 11 May, 2009

The intermolecular hydroamination of non activated olefins: challenges and progress using Pt catalysis

 

167. Istituto Superior Tecnico

Lisbon, Portugal, 6 November 2008

Interplay of different one-electron processes in coordination/organometallic chemistry: their role in controlled radical polymerization

 

166. University of Maryland College Park,

College Park,MD, USA, 22 April, 2008

Asymmetric hydrogenation of aryl ketones catalyzed by iridium complexes containing chiral ferrocenyl phosphine-thioethers

 

165. University of Maryland College Park

College Park, MD, USA, 17 April, 2008

Recollections of an inorganic globetrotter. From carbonyl chemistry to controlled radical polymerization, though multiple metal-metal bonds, spin crossover reactivity and other weird stuff

 

164. Université Paris Sud

Orsay, France, 26 March 2008

Hydrogenation asymétrique d'arylcétones catalysée par des complexes d'iridium avec des phosphine-thioethers ferrocéniques chiraux

 

163. Universität Aachen

Aachen, Germany, 7 March 2008

Interplay of different one-electron processes in coordination chemistry and their role in controlled radical polymerization

 

162. Université "Louis Pasteur"

Strasbourg, France, 6 March 2008

Juxtaposition de différents processus à un électron en chimie de coordination et leur rôle dans la polymérisation radicalaire contrôlée

 

161. Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse

Rostock, Germany, 4 March 2008

Chemistry and Catalysis with High Oxidation State Cp*Mo and Cp*W Complexes in Water

 

160. Universität Heidelberg

Heidelberg, Germany, 22 February 2008

Interplay of different one-electron processes in coordination chemistry and their role in controlled radical polymerization

 

159. Universität Heidelberg

Heidelberg, Germany, 20 February 2008

Chemistry and Catalysis with High Oxidation State Cp*Mo and Cp*W Complexes in Water

 

158. Universität Heidelberg

Heidelberg, Germany, February 14, 2008

Proton transfer to hydride complexes through the formation of intermediate hydrogen-bonded adducts

 

157. University of Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv, Israel, April 11, 2007

Asymmetric hydrogenation of aryl ketones catalyzed by iridium complexes with chiral ferrocenyl phosphine thioethers

 

156. Weizmann Institute of Science

Rehovot, Israel, April 10, 2007

Asymmetric hydroge­nation of aryl ketones catalyzed by iridium complexes with chiral ferrocenyl phosphine thioethers

 

155. Université de Liège

Liège, Belgium, 29 January, 2007

Juxtaposition de differents processus à un électron en chimie de coordination et leur rôle en polymérisation radicalaire contrôlée

 

154. Ege Üniversitesi

Izmir, Turkey, November 2, 2006

Interplay of different one-electron processes in controlled radical polymerization mediated by transition metal complexes

 

153. Celal Bayar Üniversitesi

Muradiye-Manisa, Turkey, October 30, 2006

Interplay of different one-electron processes in controlled radical polymerization mediated by transition metal complexes

 

152. Institute of organometallic chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, July 10, 2006

Controlled Radical Polymerization Mediated by Transition Metal Complexes. New Mechanistic Twists and Perspectives

 

151. Università di Pisa

Pisa, Italy, October 10, 2005

Principi e fenomeni in reattività organometallica coinvolgente dei cambiamenti di stato di spin

 

150. University of Maryland College Park

College Park, MD, August 25, 2005

“Basic Transition Metal Reactivity of Relevance to Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization” 149.

 

The Mellon Institute, Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA, August 5, 2005

Basic Transition Metal Reactivity of Relevance to Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization

 

148. Istituto Superior Tecnico

Lisbon, Portugal, February 3, 2005

Basic Transition Metal Reactivity of Relevance to Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization”

 

147. Humboldt Universität

Berlin, Germany, November 24, 2004

Basic Transition Metal Reactivity of Relevance to Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization

 

146. Technische Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany, November 23, 2004

Reactions Involving Organometallic Open-Shell Systems: New Concepts in Organometallic Chemistry

 

145. Warsaw Technical University

Warsaw, Poland, April 16, 2004

Controlled radical polymerization with coordination compounds of molybdenum: mechanistic issues

 

144. University of Wrocław

Wrocław, Poland, April 15, 2004

Controlled radical polymerization with coordination compounds of molybdenum: mechanistic issues

 

143. Institute of Molecular and Macromolecular Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Łodź, Poland, April 14, 2004

Controlled radical polymerization with coordination compounds of molybdenum: mechanistic issues

 

142. Polimeri Europa, Istituto Donegani

Novara, Italy, March 15, 2004

Recent Studies on the Protonation Mechanism of Transition Metal Hydride Complexes

 

141. Universitat de Girona

Girona, Spain, January 20, 2004

High oxidation state organometallic chemistry in water: new opportunities for catalysis and electrocatalysis

 

140. Universitat de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain, January 21, 2004

High oxidation state organometallic chemistry in water: new opportunities for catalysis and electrocatalysis

 

139. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

Bellaterra, Spain, January 20, 2004

Organometallic Reactions Involving Open-Shell Systems and Spin State Changes: Spin Acceleration Effects and the Explicit Calculation of Minimum Energy Crossing Points

 

138. Universitat Jaume I

Castellon de la Plana, Spain, January 19, 2004

Organometallic Reactions Involving Open-Shell Systems and Spin State Changes: Spin Acceleration Effects and the Explicit Calculation of Minimum Energy Crossing Points

 

137. Ege Üniversitesi

Izmir, Turkey, November 19, 2003

High oxidation state organometallic chemistry in water: new opportunities for catalysis and electrocatalysis

 

136. Izmir Institute of Technology

Izmir, Turkey, November 14, 2003

High oxidation state organometallic chemistry in water: new opportunities for catalysis and electrocatalysis

 

135. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Israel, November 12, 2003

Organometallic Reactions Involving Open-Shell Systems and Spin State Changes: Spin Acceleration Effects and the Explicit Calculation of Minimum Energy Crossing Points

 

134. Technion

Haifa, Israel, November 10, 2003

Organometallic Reactions Involving Open-Shell Systems and Spin State Changes: Spin Acceleration Effects and the Explicit Calculation of Minimum Energy Crossing Points

 

133. Ben Gurion University

Be’er Sheva, Israel, November 9, 2003

Organometallic Reactions Involving Open-Shell Systems and Spin State Changes: Spin Acceleration Effects and the Explicit Calculation of Minimum Energy Crossing Points

 

132. Celal Bayar Üniversitesi

Muradiye-Manisa, Turkey, November 7, 2003

High oxidation state organometallic chemistry in water: new opportunities for catalysis and electrocatalysis

 

131. Universidad de Oviedo

Oviedo, Spain, June 10, 2003

The contribution of coordination chemistry to living radical polymerization

 

130. Universidad de Oviedo

Oviedo, Spain, June 9, 2003

High oxidation state aqueous organometallic chemistry: new opportunities for catalysis and electrocatalysis in water

 

129. Université de Bretagne Occidentale

Brest, France, June 6, 2003

Une nouvelle chimie organométallique en phase aqueuse: nature et transformations du fragment Cp*Mo

 

128. Università di Pisa

Pisa, Italy, January 23, 2003

L'apporto della chimica di coordinazione alla polimerizzazione radicalica vivente

 

127. Università di Firenze

Florence, Italy, January 22, 2003

The contribution of coordination chemistry to living radical polymerization

 

126. Università di Bologna

Bologna, Italy, January 21, 2003

Catalisi di idroformilazione asimmetrica: nuovi leganti e nuovi aspetti meccanicistici

 

125. Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination (LCC) CNRS

Toulouse, November 8, 2002

"Apport des forces homolytiques de liaison au contrôle de la polymérisation radicalaire; le cas des complexes organométalliques de molybdène"

 

124. Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine

South Kensington, London, UK, October 10, 2002

Use of molybdenum organometallics in controlled radical polymerization of polart olefins: all basic mechanisms are possible

 

123. LCOO, UMR 5802, Université Bordeaux I

Bordeaux, France, May 17, 2002

Apport des forces homolytiques de liaison au contrôle de la polymérisation radicalaire; le cas des complexes organométalliques de molybdène

 

121. Center for Functional Nanostructures, Universität Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe, Germany, April 22, 2002

"Opportunities in aqueous high oxidation state organometallic chemistry; the case of half-sandwich molybdenum systems"

 

121. BASF Aktiengesellschaft

Ludwigshafen, Germany, March 5, 2002

"Use of molybdenum complexes in controlled radical polymerization of polar olefins: interplay of SFRP and ATRP; living vs. CCT polymerization"

 

120. Università di Milano

Milano, Italy, February 1, 2002

"Approccio meccanicistico e teorico per la comprensione della polimerizzazione radicalica controllata; l'esempio di composti organometallici e di coordinazione di molibdeno"

 

119. Polimeri Europa, Instituto Donegani

Novara, Italy, January 31, 2002

"Approccio meccanicistico e teorico per la comprensione della polimerizzazione radicalica controllata; l'esempio di composti organometallici e di coordinazione di molibdeno"

 

118. Universität Kaiserslautern

Kaiserslautern, Germany, December 20, 2001

"Opportunities in aqueous high oxidation state organometallic chemistry; the case of half-sandwich molybdenum systems"

 

117. Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques - Université de Bordeaux 1

Bordeaux, France, October 26, 2001

"Réactivité organométallique impliquant des différentes surfaces de spin. Etudes expérimentales et théoriques"

 

116. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compound, Russian Academy of Sciences

Moscow, Russia, August 30, 2001

"Aqueous high oxidation state organometallic chemistry"

 

115. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Chemistry Division

Los Alamos, NM, USA, August 7, 2001

"Aqueous high oxidation state organometallic chemistry"

 

114. Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule

Zürich, Switzerland, May 29, 2001

"Two-state reactivity in organometallic chemistry: experiments and computations"

 

113. University of Bristol

Bristol, UK, April 25, 2001

"New ligands for asymmetric hydroformylation"

 

112. Glaxo Smith Klein

Verona, Italy, April 20, 2001

"Nuovi leganti per l’idroformilazione asimmetrica"

 

111. Universidad de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain, March 1, 2001

"Two-state reactivity in organometallic chemistry: experiments and computations"

 

110. Universidad de Tarragona

Tarragona, Spain, February 28, 2001

"New ligands for asymmetric hydroformylation catalysis"

 

109. Universidad de Zaragoza

Zaragoza, Spain, February 26, 2001

"Two-state reactivity in organometallic chemistry: experiments and computations"

 

108. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, The Netherlands, December 8, 2000

"Two-state reactivity in organometallic chemistry: experiments and computations"

 

107. Anorganisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland, May 12, 2000

"Stability and decomposition pathways of paramagnetic mono- and polyhydrides"

 

106. Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris (ENSPC)

Paris, France, April 27, 2000

"Nouveaux ligands bifonctionnels optiquement actifs pour la catalyse énantiosélective"

 

105. Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos, NM, USA, March 17, 2000

"Organometallic reactivity on more than one spin surface"

 

104. Laboratoire de Physique (LPUB), Université de Bourgogne

Dijon, France, November 19, 1999

"Réactivité organométallique avec croisement de surfaces de spin"

 

103. Université de Montpellier II, Laboratoire de Structure et Dynamique des Systemes Moleculaires et Solides

Montpellier, France, October 25, 1999

"Réactivité organométallique avec croisement de surfaces de spin"

 

102. Università di Milano

Milano, Italy, October 15, 1999

"Reattività organometallica con cambiamento di stati di spin"

 

101. University of Maryland College Park

College Park, MD, USA, September 16, 1999

"When electrons flip in organometallic reactions"

 

100. University of Texas

Austin, Texas, USA, September 14, 1999

"When electrons flip in organometallic reactions"

 

99. Istituto per lo Studio della Stereochimica ed Energetica dei Composti di Coordinazione - CNR

Florence, Italy, April 8, 1999

"Stabilità e meccanismi di decomposizione di complessi mono- e poliidruri paramagnetici"

 

98. Shell International Chemicals B.V.

Amsterdam, February 12, 1999

"Stability and decomposition pathways of paramagnetic mono- and polyhydrides"

 

97. Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Laboratoire de chimie inorganique et matériaux moléculaires

Paris, France, January 25, 1999

"Effets d'un changement d'état de spin dans la stabilité et la réactivité en chimie organométallique"

 

96. Universität Kaiserslautern

Kaiserslautern, Germany, November 10, 1998

"Stability and decomposition pathways of paramagnetic mono- and polyhydrides"

 

95. Universität Erlangen

Erlangen, Germany, November 9, 1998

"Stability and decomposition pathways of paramagnetic mono- and polyhydrides"

 

94. University of Oxford

Oxford, England, July 18, 1998

"The transition metal-hydrogen bond. New surprises in an old field"

 

93. University of Bristol

Bristol, England, July 17, 1998

"Effects of the spin state on the stability and reactivity of open-shell organometallics: interplay of theory and experiment"

 

92. University of Cardiff

Cardiff, Wales, July 16, 1998

"Effects of the spin state on the stability and reactivity of open-shell organometallics: interplay of theory and experiment"

 

91. University of Nottingham

Nottingham, England, July 15, 1998

"The transition metal-hydrogen bond. New surprises in an old field"

 

90. University of Oxford, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory

Oxford, England, July 9, 1998

"Effects of the spin state on the stability and reactivity of open-shell organometallics: interplay of theory and experiment"

 

89. Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination (LCC) CNRS

Toulouse, April 17, 1998

"Réactivité organométallique avec croisement de surfaces de spin"

 

88. Université Louis Pasteur

Strasbourg, France, February 6, 1998

"Réactivité organométallique avec croisement de surfaces de spin"

 

83-87. « Convention intercantonale romande pour l’enseignement du 3ème cycle en chimie »

Université de Berne

Berne, Switzerland, December 8, 1997

"Propriétés des complexes organométalliques à couche ouverte: un pont entre la chimie des bas degrés d'oxydation et la chimie de coordination de type Werner"

Université de Genève

Genève, Switzerland, December 9, 1997

"Complexes à 15 et 17 électrons de Cr(III) et Mo(III)"

Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland, December 10, 1997

"Complexes de Mo(II) à 16 électrons: effets de spin et de donation p sur la stabilité et sur la réactivité"

Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland, December 11, 1997

"Influence d'un changement d'état de spin sur la vitesse des réactions organométalliques"

Université de Fribourg

Fribourg, Switzerland, December 12, 1997

"Complexes de Mo(II) et de Mo(III) avec des liugands allyles et diènes: vers la catalyse de polymérisation"

 

82. Istituto di Chimica dei Materiali, CNR

Area della Ricerca di Roma, Montelibretti, Italy, October 28, 1977

 

81. Université de Rennes I

Rennes, France, May 31, 1997

 

80. MIT/Harvard Inorganic Colloquium

Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 20, 1996

 

79. Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Blacksburg, Virginia, November 8, 1996

 

78. Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan, October 20, 1996

 

77. Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan, October 29, 1996

 

76. Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas, October 9, 1996

 

75. Rice University

Houston, Texas, October 8, 1996

 

74. University of Houston

Houston, Texas, October 7, 1996

 

73. Georgetown University

Washington D.C., September 25, 1996

 

72. Monash University

Melbourne, Australia, July 17, 1996

 

71. University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, March 22, 1996

 

70. University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, March 20, 1996

 

69. University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada, March 18, 1996

 

68. Université de Bourgogne

Dijon, France, February 26, 1996 (interview seminar)

 

67. Université de Rennes I

Rennes, France, February 20, 1996 (interview seminar)

 

66. University of Maryland Baltimore County

Baltimore, Maryland, February 13, 1996

 

65. Colorado State University

Fort Collins, Colorado, January 26, 1996

 

64. University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado, January 25, 1996

 

63. Brigham Young University

Provo, Utah, January 24, 1996

 

62. University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah, January 23, 1996

 

61. Utah State University

Logan, Utah, January 22, 1996

 

60. Smith College

Northampton, Massachusetts, November 3, 1995

 

59. University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont, November 2, 1995

 

58. Middlebury College

Middlebury, Vermont, November 1, 1995

 

57. Université de Bourgogne

Dijon, France, April 11, 1995

 

56. Université de Lyon I, Laboratoire de Chimie Organometallique de Surface

Villeurbanne, France, April 10, 1995

 

55. University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Canada, March 23, 1995

 

54. University of Delaware

Newark, DE, March 8, 1995

 

53. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Tokyo, Japan, February 20, 1995

 

52. Tokyo University

Tokyo, Japan, February 15, 1995

 

51. Kinki University

Osaka, Japan, February 10, 1995

 

50. Osaka University

Osaka, Japan, February 10, 1995

 

49. Nagoya University

Nagoya, Japan, February 9, 1995

 

48. University of Maryland College Park

College Park, MD, January 19, 1995 (promotion seminar)

 

47. Howard University

Washington D.C., October 14, 1994

 

46. Università di Roma "La Sapienza", Istituto CNR "Meccanismi di Reazione"

Rome, Italy, October 6, 1994

 

45. Technische Universität München

Garching, Germany, May 20, 1994

 

44. Université Louis Pasteur

Strasbourg, France, May 5, 1994

 

43. Universität Marburg

Marburg, Germany, May 2, 1994

 

42. Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule

Zürich, Switzerland, April 26, 1994

 

41. Universität Konstanz

Konstanz, Germany, April 25, 1994

 

40. Università di Pisa

Pisa, Italy, March 4, 1994

 

39. Università di Bologna

Bologna, Italy, March 3, 1994

 

38. Universität Heidelberg

Heidelberg, Germany, February 9, 1994

 

37. Technische Hochschule Aachen

Aachen, Germany, February 7, 1994

 

36. Universidad de Zaragoza

Zaragoza, Spain, December 2, 1993

 

35. Universidad de Alcalá

Alcalá de Henares, Spain, November 30, 1993

 

34. Universidad de Sevilla

Sevilla, Spain, November 29, 1993

 

33. Universidad de Valencia

Valencia, Spain, November 26, 1993

 

32. Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland, November 24, 1993

 

31. Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos, NM, April 16, 1993

 

30. Georgetown University

Washington D.C., November 9, 1992

 

29. Università di Padova

Padova, Italy, July 9, 1992

 

28. Università di Torino

Torino, Italy, July 7, 1992

 

27. University of Maryland College Park

College Park, MD, November 21, 1991 (tenure seminar)

 

26. University of Oxford

Oxford, UK, April 16, 1991

 

25. University of Cambridge

Cambridge, UK, April 15, 1991

 

24. Università di Pisa

Pisa, Italy, April 12, 1991

 

23. University of Veszprem

Veszprem, Hungary, April 10, 1991

 

22. Eötvös University

Budapest, Hungary, April 9, 1991

 

21. Kossuth Lajos University

Debrecen, Hungary, April 8, 1991

 

20. Technische Universität München

Garching, Germany, April 5, 1991

 

19. Università di Milano

Milano, Italy, April 3, 1991

 

18. Università di Firenze

Florence, Italy, March 27, 1991

 

17. Università di Camerino

Camerino, Italy, March 26, 1991

 

16. Università di Roma "La Sapienza"

Rome, Italy, March 25, 1991

 

15. Indiana University

Bloomington, IN, USA, March 7-8, 1991

 

14. University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN, USA, March 6, 1991

 

13. Villanova University

Villanova, PA, USA, January 15, 1991

 

12. American University

Washigton, D. C., USA, October 19, 1990

 

11. U.S. Naval Academy

Annapolis, MD, USA, October 12, 1990

 

10. University of West Virginia

Morgantown, WV, USA, October 3, 1990

 

9. E.I. Dupont de Nemours, Central Research Department

Wilmington, DE, USA, July 20, 1990

 

8. W. R. Grace, Research Division

Columbia, MD, USA, June 15, 1990

 

7. Catholic University of America

Washington D.C., USA, March 16, 1990

 

6. University of Maryland College Park

College Park, MD, USA, February 7, 1987 (interview seminar)

 

5. Rutgers University

Newark, NJ, USA, December 10, 1986 (interview seminar)

 

4. State University of New York

Buffalo, NY, USA, November 20, 1986 (interview seminar)

 

3. Texas A&M University

College Station, TX, April 15, 1986

 

2. Scuola Normale Superiore

Pisa, Italy, September 30, 1985 (Ph. D. graduation seminar)

 

1. University of Pisa

Pisa, Italy, April 19, 1981 (Laurea graduation seminar)