- Jean Fréchet
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name = Jean M.J. Fréchet
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birth_date = 1944
birth_place =Burgundy ,France
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occupation = Professor of Chemistry
spouse = Janet FréchetProfessor Jean M.J. Fréchet is the
Henry Rapoport Chair ofOrganic Chemistry at the Department ofChemistry ,University of California, Berkeley . In addition he is the head of Materials Synthesis, Materials Science Division,of theLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , and Director of the Organic and Macromolecular Facility for theMolecular Foundry , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He has authored over 700 scientific papers and holds over 60 United StatesPatents . His research areas includeorganic synthesis andpolymer chemistry applied tonanoscience andnanotechnology with emphasis on the design, fundamental understanding, synthesis, and applications of functionalmacromolecules .Education
*Ingénieur-Chimiste, ICPI (now CPE) Lyon, France 1967.
*MS, SUNY College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry 1969
*MS, Syracuse University 1969
*Ph.D., SUNY College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry, 1971
*Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1971.Professional employment
*Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Ottawa, Canada, 1973-1978
*Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Ottawa, Canada, 1978-1982
*Visiting Scientist, IBM Research Laboratory, San Jose, CA, 1979.
*Professor of Chemistry, University of Ottawa, Canada, 1982-1987.
*Visiting Scientist, IBM Research Laboratory, San Jose, CA, 1983.
*Vice Dean, School of Graduate Studies & Research, University of Ottawa, Canada, 1983-1987
*IBM Professor of Chemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1987 – 95
*Peter J. Debye Chair of Chemistry, Cornell University, NY, 1995 - 98
*Faculty Senior Scientist and Head of Materials Synthesis, Materials Science Division, E.O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 1997-
*Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley 1996-
*Director of Organic/Polymer/Biopolymer facility, The Molecular Foundry, E.O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 2003-
*Henry Rapoport Chair of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley 2003-External links
* [http://frechet.cchem.berkeley.edu Fréchet's website]
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