Christian Serre
Professor, Eberhard Karls University, Tubingen (Germany)
Abstract
Metal-Organic Frameworks or MOFs, crystalline porous hybrid solids, after more than 2 decades of intensive research to develop theirexceptional chemical and structural diversity, have now started to be commercialised at large scale. At the institute of Porous Materials from Paris, we have a long-term expertise in the design of new robust MOFs and related composites from their synthesis and structural characterization, their (green) synthesis optimisation, scale-up and shaping.
During this presentation, l will highlight how this versatile chemistry can be successfully applied to address important challenges in the field of energy(hydrogen production, heat transfer, fuel cells/batteries..), environment (capture of pollutants, CO2 reduction...)and health (wound healing, cancer...).
Speaker's Introduction
Dr. Serre, Research Director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), became a researcher at the CNRS Lavoisier Institute in Versailles in 2001, where he discovered most of the MIL-series MOF materials (i.e., MIL-n). He was the first to propose the use of mesoporous MOF nanoparticles as drug carriers. Promoted to CNRS Research Director in 2008, he assumed the role of Director at the Lavoisier Institute in 2015. In 2016, under the framework of École Normale Supérieure (Paris), ESPCI Paris, CNRS, and Université PSL, he founded the IMAP Institute for Porous Materials (i.e., MIP-n), dedicated to designing novel functional MOFs and composite materials for applications in health, environment, and energy. To date, he has published over 450 papers, holds 43 patents (with an H-index of 139 and over 90,000 citations), and has received numerous awards including the CNRS Bronze Medal, ERC grants, and the French Academy of Sciences' Berthelot Medal. He is also a co-founder of the startup SquairTech, which focuses on indoor air quality.
