The Science Crossroads Initiative (SCI) invites to its special talk “Bad Science” by Prof. Yves Gnanou, acting VP of Academic Affairs.
Tuesday, September 17
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Building 3, room 5209
Professor Yves Gnanou is the Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs. Professor Gnanou joined KAUST from the École Polytechnique in Paris where he held the role of Vice President of Academic Affairs and of Research.
Prior to that, he successively held the position of Professor and Director of the “Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques” (LCPO) at Bordeaux University (France) and Head of the Chemistry Department at the headquarters of the “Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique” (CNRS) in Paris. During his tenure in Bordeaux, he was also Adjunct Professor at the University of Florida from 2002-2007 and a Visiting Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, U.S. from 1989 to 1990.
Professor Gnanou received his Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry in 1985 from the Louis Pasteur University (Strasbourg). His research interests currently focus on the design of metal-free “green” catalysts for chain and step-growth polymerizations more particularly on the utilization of CO2 in polymer chemistry.
In 2003 Professor Gnanou received the Langevin Prize and the Berthelot Medal from the French Academy of Sciences and in 2009 was elected as a Member of the French Academy of Agriculture. In 2011 he was awarded the title of “Chevalier dans l’ordre des Palmes Académiques” and in 2013 he was awarded the title of “Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur.”
About the Science Crossroads Initiative:
Under the umbrella of the BESE division, the Science Crossroads Initiative aims to introduce the KAUST community to a variety of contemporary topics found at the intersection of science and other disciplines, such as philosophy, history, and the arts. Through seminars and other activities, SCI aims to encourage thinking beyond one’s personal areas of expertise and nourish curiosity about how science ventures work and what these mean in our society.
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