Dr. Yann Molard
Full Professor of Chemistry
Equipe Chimie du Solide et Matériaux
UMR 6226 Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes
Bureau 33, Bât 10A
Avenue du Général Leclerc
35042 Rennes cedex
France
tel: +33 (0) 223 235 814
e-mail: yann.molard[@]univ-rennes1.fr
Career summary:
Yann obtained his PhD in 2000 at the University Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (France) under the supervision of Pr. H. Parrot-Lopez and Pr. J.-B. Regnouf de Vains in the field of Supramolecular chemistry.
After two years working in the field of molecular modelling as temporary Lecturer in the same university and at INSA Lyon, he came back to supramolecular chemistry by taking during two years a post doctoral research associate position in Dr. J. H. Tucker's group in UK (in Exeter, but now Jim moved to Birmingham) where he developped anthracene containing molecular photoswitchable receptors, in collaboration with Dr. Dario Bassani and Dr. J.-P. Desvergne from the University of Bordeaux 1.
He was appointed as permanent Lecturer in chemistry at the University of Rennes 1 in September 2005 and joined the solid state chemistry and material team to develop a new research in the field of hybrid organic-inorganic functional nanomaterials. In particular, his research interests are focused on the integration of metallic clusters in organic matrices such as polymers or liquid crystals. He was officially promoted as Full Professor in September 2021.
keywords: organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, molecular chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, molecular sensors, functional hybrid nanomaterials, polymers, metallic cluster based materials, luminescence.
Other interest:
Computer and molecular modelisation, webdesign, music.