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Jean Dalibard Symposium 08 Oct 2026 The Energy Transition: Today and Tomorrow (4) (1) Marc Fontecave Lecture 24 Feb 2027 10:00 to 11:00 The Energy Transition: Today and Tomorrow (4) (1) Marc Fontecave Seminar 24 Feb 2027 11:00 to 12:00 The Energy Transition: Today and Tomorrow (4) (2) Marc Fontecave Lecture 3 Mar 2027 10:00 to 11:00 The Energy Transition: Today and Tomorrow (4) (2) Marc Fontecave Seminar 3 Mar 2027 11:00 to 12:00 The Energy Transition: Today and Tomorrow (4) (3) Marc Fontecave Lecture 10 Mar 2027 10:00 to 11:00 The Energy Transition: Today and Tomorrow (4) (3) Marc Fontecave Seminar 10 Mar 2027 11:00 to 12:00 The Energy Transition: Today and Tomorrow (4) (4) Marc Fontecave Lecture 17 Mar 2027 10:00 to 11:00 The Energy Transition: Today and Tomorrow (4) (4) Marc Fontecave Seminar 17 Mar 2027 11:00 to 12:00 The Energy Transition: Today and Tomorrow (4) (5) Marc Fontecave Lecture 24 Mar 2027 10:00 to 11:00 The Energy Transition: Today and Tomorrow (4) (5) Marc Fontecave Seminar 24 Mar 2027 11:00 to 12:00 The Energy Transition: Today and Tomorrow (4) (6) Marc Fontecave Lecture 30 Mar 2027 10:00 to 11:00 The Energy Transition: Today and Tomorrow (4) (6) Marc Fontecave Seminar 30 Mar 2027 11:00 to 12:00 The Energy Transition: Economic Issues Marc Fontecave Symposium 20 Apr 2027 09:00 to 18:00 Next 37 series Filters Event type Event type Lecture (18) (-) Seminar (37) Symposium (9) Opening lecture (1) Special events (4) Academic year Academic year 2026 - 2027 (1) 2025 - 2026 (1) 2023 - 2024 (1) 2022 - 2023 (1) 2021 - 2022 (1) 2020 - 2021 (1) 2018 - 2019 (2) 2017 - 2018 (4) 2016 - 2017 (7) 2015 - 2016 (9) 2014 - 2015 (3) 2013 - 2014 (1) 2012 - 2013 (1) 2011 - 2012 (1) 2010 - 2011 (1) 2009 - 2010 (1) 2008 - 2009 (1) Active filters Seminar 2026 - 2027 The Energy Transition: Today and Tomorrow (4) Marc Fontecave 24 Feb 2027 → 30 Mar 2027 Seminar 24 Feb 2027 → 30 Mar 2027 2025 - 2026 Energy transition: today and tomorrow (3) Marc Fontecave 05 Nov 2025 → 17 Dec 2025 Seminar 05 Nov 2025 → 17 Dec 2025 2023 - 2024 The energy transition: today and tomorrow (2) Marc Fontecave 10 Jan 2024 → 13 Feb 2024 Seminar 10 Jan 2024 → 13 Feb 2024 2022 - 2023 The energy transition: today and tomorrow (1) Marc Fontecave 04 Jan 2023 → 24 May 2023 Seminar 04 Jan 2023 → 24 May 2023 2021 - 2022 Biological chemistry : trends in enzymology (2) Marc Fontecave 10 Nov 2021 → 15 Dec 2021 Seminar 10 Nov 2021 → 15 Dec 2021 2020 - 2021 Biological chemistry: trends in enzymology (1) Marc Fontecave 04 Nov 2020 → 16 Dec 2020 Seminar 04 Nov 2020 → 16 Dec 2020 2018 - 2019 Heterogeneous catalysis and small molecule activation (2) Marc Fontecave 07 Nov 2018 → 19 Dec 2018 Seminar 07 Nov 2018 → 19 Dec 2018 Managing Reactivity of Hydrides in CO2 Reduction to Formate Louise A. Berben 30 Apr 2019 11:00 - 12:00 Not recorded Seminar Salle D2, Site Marcelin Berthelot 30 Apr 2019 11:00 - 12:00 2017 - 2018 Perovskites Full of Surprises Artem Abakumov 19 Dec 2017 10:30 - 11:30 Not recorded Seminar Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot 19 Dec 2017 10:30 - 11:30 Operando Photoemission Spectroscopies for Understanding Electrocatalytic Materials Elena R. Savinova 17 Jan 2018 11:00 - 12:00 Not recorded Seminar Salle D2, Site Marcelin Berthelot 17 Jan 2018 11:00 - 12:00 Molecular and Hybrid Systems for Charge Photoaccumulation Fabrice Odobel 05 Jun 2018 11:00 - 12:00 Seminar Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot 05 Jun 2018 11:00 - 12:00 Oxygen Tolerant Hydrogen Evolution and CO2 Reduction Abhishek Dey 24 Jul 2018 11:00 - 12:00 Seminar Salle D2, Site Marcelin Berthelot 24 Jul 2018 11:00 - 12:00 2016 - 2017 Synthesis, Structure and Electrochemical Properties of Fe-N-C Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction to Water Frédéric Jaouen 02 Nov 2016 11:00 - 12:00 Seminar Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot 02 Nov 2016 11:00 - 12:00 Mechanistic Studies on Polyhydridecatalyzed Transformations Sylviane Sabo-Etienne 07 Dec 2016 16:00 - 17:00 Seminar Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot 07 Dec 2016 16:00 - 17:00 Salt-Free Reduction of Transition Metal Complexes for Generating Catalytically Active Low-Valent Species Hayato Tsurugi 08 Dec 2016 10:30 - 11:30 Not recorded Seminar Salle D2, Site Marcelin Berthelot 08 Dec 2016 10:30 - 11:30 The contribution of X-ray absorption spectroscopy to energy science Valérie Briois 04 Jan 2017 16:00 - 17:00 Seminar Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot 04 Jan 2017 16:00 - 17:00 Aromatic Foldamers: Expanding the Chemical Spacebio Ivan Huc 01 Mar 2017 11:00 - 12:00 Not recorded Seminar Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot 01 Mar 2017 11:00 - 12:00 Enzymatic Catalytic performance of cluster catalysts of zinc, cobalt and manganese for transesterification and amide alcoholysis Kazushi Mashima 28 Mar 2017 16:00 - 17:00 Not recorded Seminar Salle D2, Site Marcelin Berthelot 28 Mar 2017 16:00 - 17:00 From Chemical Topology to Molecular Machines Jean-Pierre Sauvage 07 Jun 2017 11:00 - 12:00 Seminar Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot 07 Jun 2017 11:00 - 12:00 2015 - 2016 Integration of Selective Heterogeneous, Homogeneous and Enzyme Catalysis on the Nanoscale Gabor A. Somorjai 02 Oct 2015 11:00 - 12:00 Not recorded Seminar Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot 02 Oct 2015 11:00 - 12:00 Spatio-Temporal Regulation of a Respiratory Complex in "Escherichia Coli" Axel Magalon 20 Oct 2015 11:00 - 12:00 Seminar Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot 20 Oct 2015 11:00 - 12:00 Design of Advanced Materials? M. J. Rosseinsky 04 Nov 2015 11:00 - 12:00 Not recorded Seminar Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot 04 Nov 2015 11:00 - 12:00 Controlled Functionalization and Molecular Understanding of Surfaces: Towards supported singme-site catalysts and beyond Christophe Copéret 06 Jan 2016 11:00 - 12:00 Not recorded Seminar Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot 06 Jan 2016 11:00 - 12:00 First Principles Design of Water-Soluble Photochemical Proteins Engineered for Solar Energy Conversion in Living Cells P. Leslie Dutton 10 Feb 2016 11:00 - 12:00 Not recorded Seminar Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot 10 Feb 2016 11:00 - 12:00 Molecular Tectonics: From Molecules to Crystal Welding Mir Wais Hosseini 02 Mar 2016 11:00 - 12:00 Not recorded Seminar Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot 02 Mar 2016 11:00 - 12:00 From biological chemistry to biotechnologies: research and applications (2) Marc Fontecave 09 Mar 2016 → 13 Apr 2016 Seminar 09 Mar 2016 → 13 Apr 2016 Bio-Inspiration and H2 Technologies: Is There a Place for Molecular Chemistry? Vincent Artero 04 May 2016 11:00 - 12:00 Not recorded Seminar Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot 04 May 2016 11:00 - 12:00 The Bottom-Up Modelling Approach to Cement Paste Roland Pellenq 01 Jun 2016 11:00 - 12:00 Not recorded Seminar Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot 01 Jun 2016 11:00 - 12:00 2014 - 2015 From biological chemistry to biotechnology: research and applications (1) Marc Fontecave 11 Mar 2015 → 15 Apr 2015 Seminar 11 Mar 2015 → 15 Apr 2015 Redox Catalysis for Water Splitting and CO2 Reduction Hubert H. Girault 04 May 2015 11:00 - 12:00 Not recorded Seminar Salle 2, Site Marcelin Berthelot 04 May 2015 11:00 - 12:00 Understanding and controlling the electronic properties of transition metal oxides : a physicist's perspective Antoine Georges 03 Jun 2015 11:00 - 12:00 Seminar Amphithéâtre Guillaume Budé, Site Marcelin Berthelot 03 Jun 2015 11:00 - 12:00 2013 - 2014 FromCO2 to hydrocarbons, a salutary reversal Marc Fontecave 26 Feb 2014 → 09 Apr 2014 Seminar 26 Feb 2014 → 09 Apr 2014 2012 - 2013 Metal clusters and enzymes : inorganic life Marc Fontecave 22 Jan 2013 → 26 Feb 2013 Seminar 22 Jan 2013 → 26 Feb 2013 2011 - 2012 Bioinspired catalysts and artificial metalloenzymes : the marriage of chemistry and biology Marc Fontecave 02 May 2012 → 20 Jun 2012 Seminar 02 May 2012 → 20 Jun 2012 2010 - 2011 Radical biological chemistry : from the origin of DNA to today's metabolism Marc Fontecave 27 Apr 2011 → 25 May 2011 Seminar 27 Apr 2011 → 25 May 2011 2009 - 2010 Chemistry and the energy challenges of the 21st century : from the sun to new energies Marc Fontecave 07 Apr 2010 → 26 May 2010 Seminar 07 Apr 2010 → 26 May 2010 2008 - 2009 The chemistry of life : enzymes and metalloenzymes, fascinating bio-catalysts Marc Fontecave 08 Apr 2009 → 03 Jun 2009 Seminar 08 Apr 2009 → 03 Jun 2009