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Elsje Alessandra Quadrelli

Researcher

Orcid number: 0000-0002-8606-1183


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Keywords

Green Chemistry, Energy, Organometallic chemistry, MOFs and Porous organic polymers, interdisciplnarity, situated knowledges,

2012                              Habilitation H.D.R Université Lyon 1  (France) «Contributions to Organometallic Surface Chemistry: from silsesquioxane modeling to the use of MOF crystalline materials»    

1998                              Ph.D. Organometallic chemistry , University of Maryland at college park (MD, US): « Interaction of Cyclopentadienyl Derivatives of Mo(II) with Electrohilic Reagents» Supervisor : Dr. Rinaldo Poli

1994                              Science Diploma , Scuola Normale Superiore , Pisa (Italy).

1994                              Laurea (Master of Science equivalent), Universita di Pisa (Italy) magna cum laude Mémoire: « New Carbamiques µ-oxo derivatives of     Fe(II) and Fe(III)» Superviors : Prof. Fausto Calderazzo

Hi,

I am director of research in chemistry from the French National Centre for Scientific Research, CNRS, at the IRCELYON laboratories.  

My research focuses on designing functional materials:

 

- based on MOFs and porous polymers, mostly for CO2 photoreduction in projects lead by dr. Jérôme Canivet, but also in other settings.  One of them is  the POWERCO2 targeted project, which I supervise.

 

- based on ALD ( atomic layer  deposition). 

 

Their application are mostly in the area of  energy conversion devices ( converting renewable energy  into chemical energy )   in research projects falling under the "Energy transition" heading. 

 

In light of the speed and directions of ecological, social  and research directions wthat we are seeing  in their Athropocene- framed context, I am  concurrently working on developting the “Situated Green Chemistries” framework to explore  transdisciplinary definition of sustainable chemistry. Inspired by Donna  Haraway’s “situated knowledges” concept in science and technology studies and feminist epistemologies, the framework proposes several other possible chemistries, built from perspectives under-represented in the current academic arena.  The goal of this framework is  to help address present challenges and shape thte research arena around  chemistry in order to make room for  more diverse scenarios of sustainable futures.The first draft of  "Situated Green chemistries"   can be found here link