Philippe Lesot

Philippe Lesot is a Research Director (Directeur de Recherche) at the Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay (ICMMO) within Université Paris-Saclay, part of the LRMN team (RMN en Milieu Orienté). His research focuses on advanced NMR methodologies in oriented media, particularly in chiral liquid crystals, to explore molecular orientation, enantiomeric discrimination, and structural analysis. He holds a PhD in Chemistry from Université Paris-Sud (1995) and has been recognized with the CNRS Bronze Medal (2001), Royal Society Fellowship (1996), and Lavoisier Fellowship (1996).

• Education: Doctorat en Chimie (1995), Université Paris-Sud.
• Key Roles: Head of Research (DR-2, CNRS), Member of Paris-Saclay Academic Council, and Editor for journals like Spectra Analyse.
• Collaborations: Over 40 national and international partnerships, including with Indian Institute of Science, Weizmann Institute, and Technion-Israel Institute.

His work pioneered techniques like anisotropic NMR for enantiomeric analysis, isotopic fractionation studies, and applications in pharmaceutical and environmental chemistry. He has supervised 7 PhD students and contributed to 173+ publications, including high-impact journals.