Morgan Donnard Research Director CNRS (DR2)

  • PhD, 2008 École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie Mulhouse (Prof. J. Eustache)
  • PostDoc 2009-2010 University of Manchester (UK) (Prof. J. Clayden) 
  • PostDoc 2011-2012 École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie Mulhouse (Dr. N. Blanchard)
  • CNRS Research Fellow, 2012-2025 University of Strasbourg
  • H.D.R. (Habilitation), 2019 University of Strasbourg
  • CNRS Research Director, since 2025 University of Strasbourg

Biography

After obtaining a Master's degree in Chemistry and Biology from Louis Pasteur University (Strasbourg) in 2005, Morgan Donnard joined the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Mulhouse (ENSCMu), where he obtained his PhD in organic chemistry in 2008 under the supervision of Prof. Jacques Eustache. His work focused mainly on olefin metathesis and rearrangement reactions. He then joined Prof. Jonathan Clayden's group in Manchester as a postdoctoral research associate, where he spent two years working on organolithium chemistry applied to asymmetric rearrangements. In early 2011, he returned to France for a second postdoctoral fellowship with Dr. Nicolas Blanchard's team (ENSCMu), where he worked on cycloaddition reactions of imidazoles. In 2012, he was offered a position as a Research Fellow at the CNRS (Ass. Prof.) at the University of Strasbourg. Initially based at the Faculty of Pharmacy (SOMHet team), he joined the School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials (ECPM) in the spring of 2018 (COHA team). In the fall of 2019, he obtained his Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) and in 2021 his qualification as a professor. In 2025, he was promoted to Director of Research and holds the position of Deputy Director of Unit UMR 7042 (LIMA).

Research interests

  • Alkynes and nitriles bound to a heteroatom (ynamides, cyanamides, thiocyanates, silylcyanates, allenamides)
  • Heterocyclic chemistry (Si, S, N, O) and fluorinated heterocycles
  • Organosilicon chemistry
  • Organometallic catalysis (Cu, Pd, Rh, Ru, Ni)
  • Domino and rearrangement reactions (involving sp or sp2 carbons directly bonded to heteroatoms)
  • Development of alternatives to PFAS (with & without fluorine)
  • Photo- and electrochemistry in organic chemistry
  • Continuous flow catalysis
  • Polar organometallic reagents (mainly Li)
  • Coordination polymers (synthesis of polytopic ligands involving cyanide heteroatoms)

Communication Scientifique

  • 53 publications (44 articles, 5 book chapters, 4 patents)
  • 22 invited conferences/seminars
  • 29 oral communications
  • 56 posters

Groupes de recherches

  • Member of the MGMC steering committee (coordinator, Main Group Metals Chemistry network)
  • Member of GDR SynthFlux (continuous flow synthesis)
  • Member of GIS Fluor (French network on fluorine chemistry)

National & International Duties

  • Elected member of the Organic Chemistry Division (DCO) of the French Chemical Society - DCO-SCF (since 2021), including management of the Yves Chauvin industrial prize, management of oral communications @ DCO days, and Depuy president dedicated to Communication.
  • National representative at the Organic and Biomolecular Division of the IUPAC (since 2020, promoted to full member from January 2024)
  • Invited member of the National Chemistry Committee (CNC) (since 2020)
  • Member of the board of directors of the Franco-Japanese Society of Fine and Medicinal Chemistry (FJS) - (also webmaster of the society's website) (since 2009) http://fjs.crihan.fr
  • Board member of the French American Chemical Society (FACS) - secretary and webmaster (since 2014) facs-symposium.unistra.fr/ 
  • Board member of the Organic Chemistry Study Group (GECO) - treasurer (2015-2019)
  • Extractor for the bibliographic notebooks on organometallic chemistry (2012-2014)

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