Professor Dr. Marie-Paule PILENI
Sorbonne University Department of Chemistry 5 Place Jussieu 75005 Paris France
http://www.supranano.fr,
mobile: + 33. 6. 83.02 82 06,
e-mail: mppileni(at)orange.fr
h factor: 81. Total citations: 25,604. Average citation per item: 55,87
Classification of papers by ISI: 29,6% Chemistry, 18,3% Physics, 17% Material Science,12,4% Science technology, 22,7% other domains (spectroscopy, crystallography, biophysics, biochemistry and others)
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RESEARCH TOPICS
Biomedicine: Self-assembly nanocrystals in cells/hyperthermia
Water soluble hydrophobic colloidal crystals (supracrystals): fabrication and collective Properties
Chemical and physical intrinsic properties due to the crystalline structure of isolated nanocrystals.
Chemical (stability, kinkendall etc…) and Physical (vibrational, magnetic, optical, crystal growth) properties of nanocrystal assemblies depending on the crystalline atomic structure of nanoparticles.
Colloidal crystals (Supracrystals): Fabrication and Collective properties of nanocrystals self assembled at the mesoscopic scale.
Nanomaterials : synthesis, characterization and physical properties.
Conceptual analogies between supracrystals and atomic crystalline structures.
Chemical modification of enzymes.
Physical chemistry in condensed matter.
Colloids sciences.
Solar energy.
Photophysic and photobiology.
Photochemistry in gas phase.
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SHORT RESEARCH SUMMARY
Professor Pileni has brought significant breakthroughs to science through a high interdisciplinary approach to develop nanotechnology solutions for worldwide research and more specially for energy to accompany the future needs of our societies. Over these last two decades, her major breakthroughs are related to 3D superlattices of nanocrystals called supracrystals. This concerns their high stability compared to isolated nanocrystals, their physical collective properties, their conceptual analogies between supracrystals and atomic crystalline structures and finally their intrinsic properties due to the nanocrystal ordering. Her recent developments in creating water-soluble new hybrid structures of nanocrystals self-assembled in crystalline 3D superlattices for studying their specific chemical, physical and thermal energy release properties open a research area: These structures exhibit supracrystal properties, those of isolated nanocrystals and also those due to the assemblies as a whole. These hybrids structures have been transfer in cancer cells inducing an increase in their death when they are subjected to light. Hence, they have high potential applications in biomedicine. This could be extended to other energy conversion processes such as water splitting or chemical reactions.
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POSITIONS
2018-……… Visiting Professor Bio-Nano Electronics Research Centre, Toyo University
2016-……… Emeritus Professor Sorbonne University.
2014-2017 Senior research Nuclear Center (Saclay).
2005-2010 Chair of Institut Universitaire de France.
2004-2010 Adjunct Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, USA
2002-–2010Distinguished Professor first class, University P. & M. Curie
1999-……… Member of Institut Universitaire de France
1997-2002 Distinguished Professor second class, University P.& M. Curie
1990-1997 Full Professor, University P. & M. Curie
1983-1990 Associate Professor, University P. & M. Curie
1969-1983 Assistant Professor, University P. & M. Curie
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SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS
2022. Marie-Paule Pileni Festschrift – The Journal of Physical Chemistry
2018. Guest of honor of the French-Swedish day on finding solution for the future
2017. ACS-SCF Franco-American Lectureship Prize
2017. Commandeur de la Légion d’Honneur
2016. Pierre Süe award, from the French Chemical Society
2015. Honorary Holmberg Lecture Chalmers – Gothenburg
2014. Journal Colloid Interface Science, JCIS, Life Achievement Award
2013. Commandeur dans l’Ordre National du Mérite
2012- Foreign member of The Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg
2012. Member of Academia net
2011. Catalán-Sabatier Lectureship award from the Royal Society of Chemistry of Spain (RSEQ).
2010-2015 European Research Council, ERC, Advanced Grant Award
2009- Member of the Academia Europaea
2009- Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom
2009. Officier dans l’ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur
2006. Emila Valori Award, French Academy of Sciences
2006. Officier dans l’ordre National du Mérite.
2006. Lecture for Marie Curie 100 years anniversary.
2005. Blaise Pascal Medal in engineering and material sciences, European Academy of Sciences
2004- Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
2004. Descartes-Huygens Prize, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
The Welch Foundation lecture, USA
2003. Senior research Award, Alexender von Humboldt Foundation, Germany
2003- Member of European Academy of Science
2002. Doctor Honoris Causa , Chalmers University, Göteberg, Swede
2001. Lecture Award of Japanese Chemical Society, Division of Colloids and Surface Science.
2001. French citation laureate, Institute of Scientific Information. Award for most quoted French scientist between 1981 and 1998.
2001. Special Recognition Award, Riken Institute, Japan
2000. Langmuir Award, American Chemical Society, division of colloids and surface science.
1999. Chevalier dans l’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur
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NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2012-2014 Member of the council scientific of Defense
2010- Member of European Network for Women in Leadership (WIL)
2009-2011 Member of the Presidium of the european academy of sciences
2007- 2014 Scientific comity member of France-Israel Foundation
2006-2009 Chair of a material science scientific committee of the european academy of sciences
2006-2008 Vice-Chair of the committee for professional equality between woman and man in academia and research.
2001-2011 Member of the board of “Institut Universitaire de France”
1991-1999 Member of the Education National Comity
1991-1992 Member of the “Institut des Hautes Etudes de Sécurité Intérieure” (IHESI)
1990-1992 Chairperson on workshops related to the French Defense research
1989-1992 Consultant at the Minister of Recherche concerning the National Defense.
1989. Member of the “Institut des Hautes Etudes de Défense Européenne ”
1987-1988 Member of the ’“Institut des Hautes Etudes de Défense Nationale” (IHEDN)
1984-1986: Member of National exam in Chemistry
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EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIP
2018- Molecules
2014-2018 Co-editor of European Physical Society
2013- Material Horizons Royal Society of Chemistry
2010-2016 Journal Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, PCCP, Royal Society of Chemistry,
2009- International Journal of Photoenergy, Hindawi Publishing corporation
2008- Advanced in Physical Chemistry, Hindawi Publishing corporation
2006- 2016 Accounts of Chemical Research, American Chemical Society
2006- 2016 Journal of experimental nanosciences, Publisher Taylor&Francis
2002- Journal of Physical Chemistry, American Chemical Society.
1996-2007 Langmuir, American Chemical Society.
1988-1996 Journal de Chimie-Physique French Chemical Society.
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CONSULTING EXPERIENCE
1985-2001. Nuclear Center, C.E.A. D.S.M, Saclay, France
1995. Procter & Gamble, Cincinnatti, USA
1990-1994. Société Nationale des Poudres et Explosifs, SNPE, France
1990. Toyota (Japan), Aventis (France), EADS (France).
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LABORATORY MANAGEMENT
2001-2009 Laboratoire des matériaux mésoscopiques et nanomètriques, LM2N
1992-2000 Structure et réactivité des systèmes interfaciaux, SRSI
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RESEARCH PUBLICATION
Journals- 452 publications: feature articles, perspective, peer journals (Journal of Physical Chemistry, Langmuir, Advanced Materials, Phys Rev Letters, Phys Rev, Nature Mat. etc…), publications in international refereed conference proceeding, monographies, 38 chapters of books, articles in popular journals, 2 patents.
Book and Guest editors – Reverse micelles, Elsevier, 1990, Nanocrystals forming Mesoscopic Structures, Wiley, 2005. Metal Nano Supracrystals Wiley to be published 2021
Special issues :J.Phys.Chem.B.-honoring Pr.J.Fendler. (2008); Account Chemical Research- “Nanosciences” (2008); Account Chemical Research-honoring Pr. B.Barbara (2012). Langmuir-honoring. T Kunitake (2016)
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