Academician Bernard Meunier, distinguished professor
College: College of light industry and chemical engineering
Tutor category: doctoral supervisor, master supervisor
Research direction:
contact information:bmeunier@lcc-toulouse.fr
Doctoral College: College of light industry and chemical engineering
Graduate School: College of light industry and chemical engineering
Science Degree in subject area: Applied Chemistry
Professional degree:
Educational background "doctorat de Troisi è me cycle" with Robert corriu at the University of Montpellier in November 1971
“Doctorat d'Etat with Hugh FELKIN at the “Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles du CNRS” at Gif-sur-yvette in June 27th of 1977 (University of Paris-Orsay).
Post-doctoral stay at the UniversityofOxford(October 1977 – September 1978).
Member of the French Academy of Sciences since 1999
Member of the CNRS Committee on Ethics (2003-2006).
President of the CNRS (2004-2006).
Member of the Board of the Institut Pasteur (Paris) (2004-2006).
Member of the Board of INSERM (2004-2006).
Member of the Board of IRD (2004-2006).
Member of the Board of ANDRA (2005-2006).
Foreign Member of thePolishAcademyof Sciences (2005).
Member of the Board of the "Agence de l'Innovation Industrielle (A2I) (2005-2007).
Member of the "Comité d'orientation stratégique de la chimie" (COSIC) (2005-2006).
Member of the Board of «La Maisondela Chimie» (2006-).
Member of the Jury of the « Grand Prix dela Maisondela Chimie» (2007-2011).
Member of the Board of the Foundation « InnaBioSanté » (2007-).
President of the Board of the Foundation « CIRFC » (RTRA-Chimie) inStrasbourg(2007-).
President of the Scientific Advisory Board of the "Pôle Balard",Montpellier(2008-2011).
Member of the Strategic Committee for the Health Industries (2009-).
President of the Foundation Balard (UniversityofMontpellier) (2011-2012).
Member of the Scientific Board of the Foundation « Chimie des produits naturels et leurs applications » of theFrenchAcademyof Sciences (2012-).
Head of the Delegation for scientific informations and media relations of theFrenchAcademyof Sciences (2011-).
Main papers (1) photolysis and thermolysis of platinum (IV) 2,2 '- bipyridine complexes lead to identity platinum (II) - DNA adducts, chem. EUR. J. 2010, 16, 11420 – 11431
(2) Trioxaferroquines as New Hybrid Antimalarial DrugsJ. Med. Chem. 2010, 53, 4103–4109
(3) Antischistosomal Activity of Trioxaquines: In Vivo Efficacy and Mechanism of Action on Schistosoma mansoni (2012 )PLoS Negl Trop Dis 6(2): e1474. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001474
(4) Preparation of New Bis(8-aminoquinoline) Ligands and Comparison with Bis(8-hydroxyquinoline) Ligands on Their Ability to Chelate CuII and ZnIIEur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2008, 5622–5631
(5) Platinated Copper(3-Clip-Phen) Complexes as Effective DNA-Cleaving and Cytotoxic Agents Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 3418 – 3426