Jean-Marie Basset

Chemist, Person

1943 –

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Who is Jean-Marie Basset?

Jean-Marie Basset is a French chemist, currently the director of KAUST catalysis research center.

Professor Basset received his PhD in 1969 from the University of Lyon, France. After a postdoctoral position in Toronto he moved to the Institute of Catalysis in Lyon where he became vice-director. He is Chevalier dans l’Ordre National du Mérite. He came to CNRS in 1971 and has occupied several positions, including vice-director of the Institute of Catalysis Institut de recherches sur la catalyse et l'environnement de Lyon IRCEL Lyon. Dr. Basset also founded the consortium, "Actane," on alkane activation with 11 university labs and five companies. Since 1992, he also has served as scientific director of L’École Supérieure de Chimie Physique Electronique de Lyon, which is training 450 chemists and 350 physiscists in a three-year scholarship program. In 1987, he funded the Laboratory of Surface Organometallic Chemistry that became later the laboratory of Chemistry, Catalysis, Polymer, Process that he has held from 1994 to 2007. Professor Basset’s Lyon lab was home to 100 scientists, including Nobel Laureate Yves Chauvin Yves Chauvin who got his Nobel in 2005.

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Born
Jun 9, 1943
Nationality
  • France
Profession
Education
  • University of Lyon

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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