Emmanuel Lacôte

Emmanuel Lacôte serves as a Research Director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), a position held continuously since 2000 following his recruitment into this permanent academic research role.

His academic formation includes:

• Studies at École Normale Supérieure in Paris
• Joint PhD (1999) completed at Sorbonne University (formerly Pierre & Marie Curie University) and University of Fribourg, Switzerland
• Postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University under Paul Wender focusing on bryostatin analog synthesis

Dr. Lacôte's research program integrates radical chemistry with materials innovation, specifically targeting radical photopolymerization techniques in dispersed media systems and advancing main group chemistry through Boron-Nitrogen compound design. His work extends into energy materials development and leverages organometallic catalysis principles for polymerization processes, with applications in next-generation material synthesis.

He directs the COCP research team dedicated to Organometallic Chemistry and Polymerization Catalysis, where his group explores catalytic mechanisms for polymer synthesis and novel applications of main group elements in functional materials.