Roger Guilard is a French

chemist A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties. Chemists carefully describe ...

. He is a professor of chemistry at the

University of Burgundy The University of Burgundy (french: Université de Bourgogne, uB; formerly known as ''Université de Dijon'') is a public university located in Dijon, France. The University of Burgundy is situated on a large campus (more than 150 ha) in the east ...

Dijon Dijon (, , ) (dated) * it, Digione * la, Diviō or * lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920. The earl ...

, France where he is a member of the Institute of Molecular Chemistry of the University of Burgundy.

Career

Guilard received the "Agrégation de Sciences Physiques" Degree in 1966 and a PhD in 1971 from the

. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the

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, Switzerland and at the University of Darmstadt, Germany from 1972 to 1973, and subsequently has been at the University of Burgundy from 1973 to present. At the University of Burgundy he has been the director of the Laboratory of Synthesis and Organometallic Electrosynthesis and the Molecular Engineering Laboratory for Separation and Applications of Gases. Guilard was Scientific Director of the Department of Chemistry at the French Ministry of Education, Technology and Research, and then Managing Director for the partnership of local authorities in the Partnership Branch of the

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique The French National Centre for Scientific Research (french: link=no, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS) is the French state research organisation and is the largest fundamental science agency in Europe. In 2016, it employed 31,637 ...

, CNRS. Guilard founded two companies, Chematech and PorphyChem which produce tetraazamacrocycles,

porphyrin Porphyrins ( ) are a group of heterocyclic macrocycle organic compounds, composed of four modified pyrrole subunits interconnected at their α carbon atoms via methine bridges (=CH−). The parent of porphyrin is porphine, a rare chemical ...

phthalocyanine Phthalocyanine () is a large, aromatic, macrocyclic, organic compound with the formula and is of theoretical or specialized interest in chemical dyes and photoelectricity. It is composed of four isoindole units linked by a ring of nitrogen atom ...

s and related compounds, respectively, for use in research, industrial applications and health care. He is also a member of the advisory board of LARS - Ligament Augmentation and Reconstruction System which provides synthetic ligaments for soft tissue repair. Guilard holds 23 patents, including a technique for decontamination of radioactive elements from wastewater, a process for removing lead from drinking water and a carbon monoxide sensor. He has published more than 475 articles in peer-reviewed journals and has co-edited several influential book series including The Porphyrin Handbook, the

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, the World Scientific Series on Chemistry, Energy and the Environment, and the World Scientific Series: From Biomaterials Towards Medical Devices. He was an associate editor for the journal ''

Dalton Transactions ''Dalton Transactions'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing original (primary) research and review articles on all aspects of the chemistry of inorganic, bioinorganic, and organometallic compounds. It is published weekly by the Ro ...

'' and has served on the editorial boards for ''Dalton Transactions,'' the '' Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines'' and the ''

New Journal of Chemistry The ''New Journal of Chemistry'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing research and review articles on all aspects of chemistry. It is published by the Royal Society of Chemistry on behalf of the French National Centre for Scien ...

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Selected awards/honors

* 2013 - "Grand Prix - Emile Jungfleish" Grand prize from the

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, * 2010 - Robert Burns Woodward Career Award in Porphyrin Chemistry, 6th International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (ICPP) * 2001 - "Grand Prix - Gaz de France (Applications)" Grand prize from the

* 2001 - Honoris Causa Doctorate from the

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(Canada) * 1997 - "Prix - Paul Langevin" Prize from the

* 1999 -

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Award for Excellence in Professional/Scholarly Publishing * 1991 - "Prix - Marguerite de la Charlonie" Prize from the

* 1978 - "Prix - Société chimique de France" Prize from the French Chemical Society (SCF), Coordination Chemistry Division

Memberships/fellowships/positions

* 2000–present - Vice President of the Society of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (SPP) * 1996-2018 - Editorial board of Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (JPP) * 2015 - Fellow of the

Academia Europaea The Academia Europaea is a pan-European Academy of Humanities, Letters, Law, and Sciences. The Academia was founded in 1988 as a functioning Europe-wide Academy that encompasses all fields of scholarly inquiry. It acts as co-ordinator of Europea ...

* 2014 - Distinguished Member of the

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* 2008 -

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(JSPS) fellow * 1997-2002 - Member, Editorial Board of the New Journal of Chemistry * 1996-2002 - Associate Editor and member, Editoral Board of the Journal of the Royal Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions * 2001 - Knight of the National Order of Merit, France * 1999 - Commander, Order of Academic Palms

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Guilard, Roger Living people 1940 births Date of birth missing (living people) 20th-century French chemists 21st-century French chemists Academic staff of the University of Burgundy University of Burgundy alumni French National Centre for Scientific Research scientists French company founders Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite Academic journal editors Members of Academia Europaea Academic staff of Technische Universität Darmstadt