Birth Name:

Didier Astruc

Male

Birth Date:

Sun, Jun 09, 1946

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Versailles, Île-de-France, France

Age:

78

Zodiac Sign:

Gemini

Astrology Data:

Sun

17°

Gem

60'

About Didier Astruc

Didier Astruc (born 9 June 1946 in Versailles) carried out his studies in chemistry in Rennes. After a Ph. D. with professor R. Dabard in organometallic chemistry, he did post-doctoral studies with professor R. R. Schrock (2005 Nobel Laureate) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the U.S. and later a sabbatical year with professor K. P. C. Vollhardt at the University of California at Berkeley. He became a CNRS Director of research in Rennes, then in 1983 full Professor of Chemistry at the University Bordeaux 1. He is known for his work on “Electron-Reservoir” complexes and dendritic molecular batteries, catalytic processes (olefin metathesis, C-C coupling, catalysis in water) using nanoreactors and molecular recognition using gold nanoparticles and metallodendrimers. He is the author of three books, scientific publications and the editor of five books or special issues. He has been a member of the National CNRS committee from 2000 to 2008 and the President of the Coordination Chemistry Division of the Société Française de Chimie from 2000 to 2004. Didier Astruc is on the Thompson-Reuters list of the top 100 chemists who have achieved the highest citation impact scores for their chemistry papers published between 2000 and 2010. and on the list of the Highest Cited Researchers 2015 and 2016 (Thomson-Reuters). and 2017 (Clarivate Analytics)

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Didier Astruc: Sun 17 Gemini, Moon 19 Libra, Mercury 28 Gemini, Venus 19 Cancer, Mars 23 Leo, Jupiter 17 Libra, Saturn 23 Cancer, Uranus 17 Gemini, Neptune 5 Libra, Pluto 9 Leo, Sun Trine Jupiter, Sun Semi Sextile Venus, Sun Conjunct Uranus, Venus Square Jupiter, Venus Conjunct Saturn, Venus Semi Sextile Uranus, Mars Semi Sextile Saturn, Jupiter Trine Uranus

Categories related to Didier Astruc: Living people, June 9 births, Members of Academia Europaea, Members of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, 1946 births, People from Versailles, 21st-century French chemists, 20th-century French chemists

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