B.Sc. (1989) University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France

M.Sc. Chemistry (Pr. G. Bertrand) (DEA) (1989) University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France

Ph.D. Chemistry (Pr. G. Bertrand) (1993) Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, Toulouse, France

Postdoc (1993 - 1995) BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany

Research Associate CNRS (1995 - 1998) University Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI) UMR 7611. Prof. E Rose, Paris, France

Research Associate CNRS (1999) Sanofi-Synthelabo Research Center, Toulouse, France

Research Associate CNRS (2000 - 2001) Laboratoire de Chimie de Coodination UPR 8241, Prof. R Chauvin, Toulouse, France

Research Associate CNRS (2001 - 2012) University of California Riverside, UCR/CNRS Joint Research Laboratory, UMI 2957. Prof. G Bertrand, Riverside, CA, USA

Research Associate CNRS (2012 - Present) University of California San Diego, UCSD/CNRS Joint Research Laboratory, UMI 3555. Prof. G Bertrand, La Jolla, CA, USA

During my Ph.D. thesis, I focused on the stabilization of transient carbenes and other unstable species using main group elements (P, Si, B…). During my industrial postdoctoral experience, I’ve been working on the synthesis of new metallocene catalysts and their application in polymerization processes. My first CNRS position gave me the opportunity to work on porphyrin chemistry, especially the synthesis of biomimetic heme precursors. The Sanofi-Synthelabo Research Center offered me a one year position to develop a combinatorial chemistry approach of Mannich type reactions. With prof. Remi Chauvin in Toulouse, I was in charge of developing the new concept of « carbo-meric molecules. » More than carbon-rich, carbo-mers are carbon-enriched molecules obtained by formal insertion of C2 units into each or part of the bonds of a given molecule. The original optical, chromophoric, and redox properties of these three-folds expanded molecules are studied and systematically compared with those of their parents. Since 2001, I am working with Prof. Guy Bertrand, first at UCR and now at UCSD. I am involved in different projects including the synthesis of stable carbenes and the design of original ligands to be used in coordination chemistry.

Dr. Michèle Soleilhavoup CV.pdf

Singly and doubly oxidized carbenes and their applications in catalysis Alexis Day, Mehdi Abdellaoui, Michele Soleilhavoup, Guy Bertrand. Chem. Catal. 2025, 5, 101159.

DOI: 10.1016/j.checat.2024.101159

1H-1,2,3-Triazol-5-ylidenes as Catalytic Organic Single-Electron Reductants Mehdi Abdellaoui, Kai Oppel, Adam Vianna, Michele Soleilhavoup, Xiaoyou Yan, Mohand Melaimi, Guy Bertrand. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 2933.

DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c14360