Tribute to Pr Akim Kaddouri

Our colleague Akim (Abdel Hakim) Kaddouri sadly passed away on September 16, 2024 at the age of 65 after a short illness. Akim Kaddouri was full professor at the University Claude Bernard of Lyon since 2003. He had received a Ph.D. from the University of Strasbourg in 1990 on methane oxidative coupling, under the supervision of Prof Alain Kiennemann. He also researched at the Polytechnic University of Milan with Prof Carlo Mazzocchia before his appointment in Lyon. His expertise lay in solid-state chemistry, in particular perovskites, and heterogeneous catalysis. Akim was also a talented and dedicated lecturer and was greatly appreciated by his students. He will be sorely missed.
Our thoughts are with his family and friends.