Jean-Marie Lehn
Curriculum Vitae
| Jean-Marie Pierre Lehn |
| Born on September 30, 1939 at Rosheim, Bas-Rhin |
| Addresses |
| ISIS, Université Louis Pasteur 8 allée Gaspard Monge, BP 70028, F-67083 Strasbourg cedex Tel. +33-390-245-145 Fax +33-390-245-140 E-mail [email protected] Collège de France |
| Director |
| Laboratoire de Chimie Supramoléculaire ISIS, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg Laboratoire de Chimie des Interactions Moléculaires, Director at the Nanotechnologie Institute of the Research Center of Karlsruhe, since 1998 |
| Education |
| Undergraduate Studies, University of Strasbourg: Licence ès-Sciences (Bachelor of Sciences), Strasbourg, 1960 |
| Graduate work on “Conformational Studies of Triperpenes”; with Professor Guy Ourisson, University of Strasbourg |
| Doctorat-ès-Sciences (Ph.D.), University of Strasbourg, 1963 |
| Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Harvard University, 1964: work on vitamin B12 total synthesis with Professor Robert B. Woodward |
| Appointments |
| Member of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 1960-66 |
| Maître de Conférences (Assistant Professor) at the University of Strasbourg, 1966-69 |
| Professeur sans chaire (Associate Professor) at the University Louis Pasteur of Strasbourg, 1970 |
| Professor of Chemistry at the University Louis Pasteur of Strasbourg, 1970-1979 |
| Professor at Collège de France, Paris, since October 23rd 1979; Chair of Chimie des Interactions Moléculaires |
| Visiting Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University, 1972 (Spring), 1974 (Spring), and on a part time basis until 1980 |
| Visiting Professor of Chemistry at the E.T.H. Zürich, 1977 |
| Alexander Todd Visiting Professor of Chemistry, Cambridge University, 1984 |
| Visiting Professor, University of Barcelona, 1985 |
| Rolf-Sammet Gastprofessor, Frankfurt University, 1985-86 |
| Heinrich-Hertz Gastprofessor, Karlsruhe University, Nov., Dec. 1989 |
| Robert Burns Woodward Visiting Professor, Harvard University, 1997, 2000 |
| Newton Abraham Professor, Lincoln College, Oxford University, 1999-2000 |
| Adjunct Professor at the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, 2005 |
| Honorary Degrees |
| Honoris Causa Doctorates |
| Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1984 |
| Universidad Autonoma, Madrid, 1985 |
| Georg-August University of Göttingen, 1987 |
| Université Libre of Bruxelles, 1987 |
| Iraklion University, 1989 |
| Università degli Studi di Bologna, 1989 |
| Charles University of Prague, 1990 |
| University of Sheffield, 1991 |
| University of Twente, 1991 |
| University of Athens 1992 |
| Polytechnical University of Athens, 1992 |
| Illinois Wesleyan University, 1995 |
| Université de Montréal, 1995 |
| University of Bielefeld, 1998 |
| Honorary Professor, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 1998 |
| Honorary Professor, Southeast University, Nanjing, 1998 |
| Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot; 1998 |
| Faculté des Sciences Appliquées, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1999 |
| Nagoya University, 2000 |
| Université de Sherbrooke, 2000 |
| Università di Trieste, 2001 |
| Honorary Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2003 |
| Honorary Professor, Nanjing University, 2003 |
| Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 2003 |
| University of St. Andrews, 2004 |
| Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, 2005 |
| Technical University, St Petersburg, 2005 |
| Mazaryk University, Brno, 2005 |
| Honorary Professor, Beijing University, 2005 |
| Kyushu University, 2005 |
| Awards |
| Bronze Medal of the CNRS, 1963 |
| Adrian Prize of the Société Chimique de France, 1968 |
| Silver Medal of the CNRS, 1972 |
| Raymond Berr Prize of the Société Chimique de France, 1978 |
| Gold Medal of the Académie Pontificale des Sciences, 1981 |
| Gold Medal of the CNRS, 1981 |
| Pierre Bruylants Medal, Louvain, 1981 |
| Paracelsus Prize of the Swiss Chemical Society, 1982 |
| Alexander von Humboldt Forschungspreis, 1983 |
| Prize of the Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique awarded by the Académie des Sciences, 1984 |
| Rolf-Sammet Prize, Frankfurt University, 1985 |
| Prize of the Fondation Alsace, 1986 |
| George Kenner Prize, University of Liverpool, 1987 |
| Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1987 |
| Sigillum Magnum, University of Bologna, 1988 |
| Minnie Rosen Award, 1989 |
| Vermeil Medal of the Ville de Paris, 1989 |
| Gold Medal of the Société d’Encouragement au Progrès, 1989 |
| Karl-Ziegler Prize, Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, 1989 |
| Grand Bretzel d’Or, Institut des Arts et Traditions Populaires d’Alsace, 1992 |
| Bonner Chemiepreis, 1993 |
| 1992 “Ettore Majorana-Erice-Science for Peace” Prize, 1994 |
| Gold Medal of the Société Académique Arts–Sciences–Lettres, 1995 |
| Gold Medal of Comenius University, Bratislava, 1995 |
| Golden Memorial Medal of the Faculty of Sciences, Charles University, Prague, 1995 |
| Honorary Medal of the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, 1996 |
| The Davy Medal of the Royal Society, 1997 |
| Lavoisier Medal 1997 of the Société Française de Chimie |
| Top 75 Award, C&N, American Chemical Society, 1998 |
| Allan R. Day Award of the Philadelphia Organic Chemists’ Club, 1998 |
| 1998 Messel Medal, Society of Chemical Industry, London |
| Premio Barocco, 2003 |
| Gold Medal “Giulio Natta” of the Italian Chemical Society, 2003 |
| JSPS Award (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science), 2003 |
| Gold Medal of the 70th Anniversary of the Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie, 2004 |
| Gold Medal of the University Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, 2005 |
| Memberships |
| Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 1980 |
| Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1980 |
| Foreign Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1983 |
| Member of the Académie des Sciences, Institut de France, 1985 |
| Foreign Member of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina, 1985 |
| Foreign Member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 1985 |
| Honorary Member of the Union des Physiciens, 1986 |
| Foreign Member of the American Philosophical Society, 1987 |
| Honorary Member of the Académie Européenne des Sciences, des Arts et des Lettres, 1987 |
| Honorary Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (Belgium), 1987 |
| Honorary Fellow ot the Royal Society of Chemistry (Great-Britain), 1987 |
| Member of the Academia Europaea, 1988 |
| Member of the Académie d’Alsace, 1989 |
| Honorary Fellow of Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie, 1989 |
| Foreign Associate of the Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur-Mainz, 1989 |
| Honorary Member of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts, 1990 |
| Member of the Akademie der Wissenschaften of Göttingen, 1990 |
| Associate Member of the Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten, 1990 |
| Honorary Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, 1991 |
| Foreign Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 1991 |
| Foreign Associate of the Academy of Arts and Sciences of Puerto Rico, 1991 |
| Foreign Member of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, 1992 |
| Honorary Member, Institut Grand Ducal, Luxembourg, 1992 |
| Foreign Member of the Royal Society, 1993 |
| Honorary Member of the Romanian Academy, 1993 |
| Honorary Foreign Member of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST), 1995 |
| Member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, 1996 |
| Foreign Member of the Third World Academy of Sciences, 1996 |
| Honorary Member of the Czech Learned Society, 1997 |
| Honorary Member of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, 1997 |
| Foreign Member of the Academy of Sciences of Turin, 1999 |
| Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy, Section Science, 1999 |
| Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1999 |
| Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Physics, 1999 |
| Member of the Académie des Technologies, Institut de France, 2001 |
| Honorary Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2001 |
| Honorary Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2001 |
| Honorary Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Chemistry, 2001 |
| Member of the International Academy of Humanism, 2001 |
| Honorary Member of The Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ), 2002 |
| Honorary Fellow of the Chemical Research Society of India, 2002 |
| Consulting Honorary Member of The World Innovation Foundation, 2003 |
| Corresponding Member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2003 |
| AAAS Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2003 |
| Honorary Fellowship of IChemE Institution of Chemical Engineers, 2003 |
| President of the Academia Bibliotheca Alexandrinae, 2004 |
| Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2004 |
| Member of the Gesellschaft Österreichischer Chemiker, 2004 |
| Honorary Member of the Académie des Sciences Inscriptions et Belles Lettres de Toulouse, 2005 |
| Honorary Member of the Real Academia Sevillana de Ciencias, 2005 |
| Honorary Member of the Société Française de Chimie, 2005 |
| Decorations |
| Chevalier dans l’Ordre National du Mérite, 1976 |
| Chevalier de l’ordre de la Légion d’Honneur, 1983 |
| Officier de l’ordre de la Légion d’Honneur, 1988 |
| Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques, 1989 |
| Member of the Order “Pour le Mérite” für Wissenschaften und Künste (RFA), 1990 |
| Officier dans l’Ordre National du Mérite, 1993 |
| Commandeur de l’Ordre de la Légion d’Honneur, 1996 |
| Ostereischiches Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst, Erste Klasse, 2001 |
| Grand Officer of the Order of Cultural Merit of Romania, 2004 |
| Scientific Work |
| 790 publications; 3 books |
| “Chemia Supramolekularna”, Collection of publications by J.-M. Lehn, organised and translated into Polish under the direction of Janusz Lipkowski, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, 1985. |
| B. Dietrich, P. Viout, J.-M. Lehn, “Aspects de la chimie des composés macrocycliques”, InterEditions/Editions du CNRS, 1991. |
| “Macrocyclic Chemistry – Aspects of Organic and Inorganic Supramolecular Chemistry”, VCH, Weinheim, 1993. |
| J.-M. Lehn, “Supramolecular Chemistry – Concepts and Perspectives”, VCH, 1995. |
| “La chimie supramoléculaire : Concepts et perspectives”, Traduit de l’anglais par A. Pousse, De Boeck Université, Bruxelles, 1997. – Japanese Version, translated by Y. Takeuchi, Kagaku Dojin, Tokyo, 1997. – Russian Version, translated by E.V. Boldyreva; coeditors, V.V. Vlassov and A.A. Varnek; Nauka, Novosibirsk, 1998. – Chinese Version, translated by X. Shen, Peking University, Beijing, 2002. |
| Fields of Research |
| Theoretical Organic Chemistry: Ab initio conformational analysis: computation of nitrogen and phosphine inversion, of the electronic structure of hydrocarbons, of stereoelectronic effects on chemical reactivity; theoretical studies of molecular receptors and recognition processes. |
| Dynamic Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: Studies of conformational rate processes, internal rotation and nitrogen inversion. |
| Molecular Dynamics and Liquid Structure from Nuclear Magnetic Relaxation data. Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance. |
| Supramolecular Chemistry: |
| Cryptates: Design, synthesis and properties of ligands forming stable and selective inclusion complexes with metal ions; di– and poly-nuclear cryptates; bioinorganic models; photoactive and electroactive cryptates; cluster cryptates; energy and electron transfer processes. |
| Molecular Recognition, Molecular Receptors and Coreceptors: Design, synthesis and properties of macropolycyclic complexing agents binding selectively one or several molecular substrates: metalloreceptors; photoactive receptors; cyclointercalands. |
| Anion Coordination Chemistry: Anion cryptates; receptors and coreceptors for anionic substrates; selective complexation of organic, inorganic and biological anions. |
| Supramolecular Catalysis: Design and properties of molecular catalysts performing a reaction on bound substrate species; enzyme models; cocatalysis. |
| Transport Processes: Design of selective carriers; transport of anions, cations and molecules; thermodynamic and kinetic properties; transport regulation; coupling to chemical potentials (protons, electrons) and to light. |
| Selfassembly and Selforganisation: Design of systems generating given supramolecular architectures by molecular recognition directed spontaneous assembly of the components; programmed chemical systems; hydrogen bonding and coordination interactions; selforganisation of organic and inorganic entities; polymolecular assemblies. |
| Supramolecular Materials: Recognition materials, supramolecular polymers, liquid crystals, vesicles, inorganic materials. |
| Chemionics: Molecular Photonic, Electronic and Ionic Devices: Photoactive and electroactive cryptates; energy and electron transfer processes; light conversion; photo-antenna; ion transfer; molecular and ionic switching and amplifying processes; molecular protonics. |
| Semiochemistry: Generation and processing of optical, electronic and ionic chemical signals; ion detection; ion pulses; non-linear optical properties. |
| Photochemistry and Solar Energy Storage: Photochemical activation of small molecules by means of transition metal complexes; photogeneration of hydrogen and oxygen; water photolysis; photoreduction of CO2; design of photoinduced charge separation systems. |
| Structural and Dynamic Studies by Multinuclear NMR on supramolecular complexes (in collaboration with the NMR Laboratory). |
| Bioorganic Chemistry and Biological Applications: Models of biological receptors, of enzymes and of biological transport processes; immunological labelling agents, selective nucleic acid reagents, helical and metallo-nucleic complexes; artificial gene transfer vectors. |
| Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry: Design of virtual combinatorial libraries; application to biological targets and to materials. |
* This CV was provided by the Laureate in January, 2006.
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