Francois-Xavier Felpin's Biography

Francois-Xavier Felpin, Professor, University de Nantes

François-Xavier Felpin was born in Villefranche-sur-Saône (France) in 1977. He received his Ph.D. degree in 2003 from the University of Nantes under the supervision of Prof. Jacques Lebreton working on synthesis of alkaloids. After his PhD, he was engaged in a post-doctoral position with Prof. Robert S. Coleman at The Ohio State University working on the synthesis of Mitomycin. In 2004 he joined the University of Bordeaux as an Assistant Professor and he received his habilitation in 2009. In fall 2011 he moved to the University of Nantes where he was promoted full Professor. Prof. Felpin is a junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France and he received the 2014 Young Researcher Award from the French Chemical Society. His research interests include heterogeneous and homogeneous sustainable catalysis, new technologies as well as material chemistry.