BUCHER Christophe

• Grade/Statut : Directeur de Recherches
• Établissement : ENS de Lyon
• Bâtiment : M6
• Bureau : M6.140
• Téléphone : +334.72.72.88.64
  
• Télécopie : +334.72.72.88.60
• E-mail : Christophe.Bucher
• Axe : Chimie Supramoléculaire et Chimie Biologique (CSCB)
• Source(s) of funding : ANR PRC 22-26(ANR -21-CE06-0020-01 ANGEL) RAdically RespoNsive Metal-Organic Supramolecular GELs.
  ANR PRC 23-27(ANR-22-CE07-0025 stargate) Synthesis of e-deficient conjugated nanorings by host-guest templates.
  ANR PRC 24-27(ANR-23-CE07-0049-02 FuN2) Functionalization of N2 by a series of (XCX)M complexes.
  

• CV 

   

  Dr. Christophe Bucher obtained a Ph.D. in Physical chemistry from the University of Burgundy at Dijon in 1999 (Supervision : R. Guilard and Dr. J.M. Barbe). His thesis work involved investigations on the catalytic properties of iron and cobalt cyclam complexes. He was then Postdoctoral Fellow with Professor J. L. Sessler at the University of Texas at Austin from Nov.1999 to Sept. 2001 working on pyrrole-based macrocycles and cryptands for applications in anion sensing. He started his academic career in 2001 as a CNRS researcher at the University Joseph Fourier-Grenoble in the Laboratory of Organic Electrosynthesis and Redox Photochemistry which became in 2005 the Department of Molecular Chemistry. In 2008 he obtained a HDR diploma delivered by the University of Grenoble. He joined the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Lyon in 2012 where he currently develops his own research activity as a senior CNRS researcher (http://www.ens-lyon.fr/CHIMIE/). He has a fully pluridisciplinary background with expertise ranging from organic synthesis, coordination chemistry and supramolecular chemistry to advanced physical chemistry including molecular/analytical electrochemistry and surface modification. His current fields of interest cover different aspects of supramolecular chemistry, including the design, synthesis and applications of electron-switchable molecular and supramolecular materials with particular emphasis on molecular hosts featuring e-switchable recognition properties and on e-responsive self-assembled supramolecular materials.

  Since 2004, he has been involved in teaching electrochemistry at UJF-Grenoble and at ENS-Lyon at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.  Since 2012, he has served as member of the local board of the French Chemical Society (Section Rhône-Alpes), as an expert for the “Observatoire des Micro et Nanotechnologies” and as a member of the Scientific evaluation panel of the ANR (CES 09) and of HCERES. Since 2014, he has been a member of the scientific board of the institute of chemistry in Lyon and of the steering committee of the chemistry department at ENS Lyon. Since 2024 he is deputy director of the chemistry laboratory at ENS de Lyon (UMR5182).

  C. Bucher is author or co-author of two book chapters, two patent and of more than 120 articles in peer reviewed international journals. ORCID ID : orcid.org/0000-0003-1803-6733

  He has received in 2011 the Young researcher award from the French division of the International Society of Electrochemistry.

  Professional Career

  1999                 Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry; Université de Bourgogne, Dijon - France.

  1999-2001       Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas at Austin-USA.

  2001-2005       Researcher at CNRS (CR); Laboratory of Organic Electrochemistry and Redox

                            Photochemistry ;Université Joseph  Fourier (UJF)  Grenoble – France.

  2008                 HDR diploma (Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches); UJF  Grenoble – France.

  2012-2013       Researcher at CNRS (CR); Laboratoire de chimie, ENS de Lyon-France.

  2013-2021       Research Director at CNRS (DR2); Laboratoire de chimie, ENS de Lyon-France.

  Since 2021      Research Director at CNRS (DR1); Laboratoire de chimie, ENS de Lyon-France.

  Research

  Supramolecular Chemistry & Electrochemistry – Switchable Molecular and Supramolecular Materials – Molecular Machinery – Host-Guest Chemistry – Redox Activation and Sensing  

  Funding

   

  Current fundings

  ANR PRC 22-26 (ANR -21-CE06-0020-01 ANGEL)
  RAdically RespoNsive Metal-Organic Supramolecular GELs.

  
  ANR PRC 23-27 (ANR-22-CE07-0025 stargate)
  Synthesis of e-deficient conjugated nanorings by host-guest templates.

  
  ANR PRC 24-27(ANR-23-CE07-0049-02 FuN2)
  Functionalization of N2 by a series of (XCX)M complexes.