Joelle
Dr Joëlle Prunet attended the Ecole Normale Supérieure (Paris) as an undergraduate and worked under the supervision or Professor Marc Julia during her Master, then obtained her Ph.D. from Harvard University with Professor David A. Evans in 1993. Afterwards she joined the CNRS as Chargée de Recherche at the Ecole Polytechnique. In 2002 she was awarded the Bronze Medal from the CNRS, and the following year she was promoted to Directrice de Recherche and obtained a teaching position at the Ecole Polytechnique. In 2009, she was appointed to the University of Glasgow. Her research interests include:
- Synthesis of biologically active natural products such as taxol, dolabelide and hexacyclinic acid
- Study of the ring-closing olefin metathesis
- New methodologies for the synthesis of chiral 1,3-diols
- Post-polymerisation functionalisation by olefin metathesis
Diplomas
| 1984-1987 | Ecole Normale Supérieure Master of Chemistry Research in the laboratory of Professor Marc Julia at Ecole Normale Supérieure: Synthesis of the spiroketal portion of antihelmintic Avermectin |
| 1987-1993 | Harvard University Ph.D. with Professor David A. Evans Studies directed towards the synthesis of polyacetate-derived natural products |
| 1999 | Université Paris-Sud Orsay Habilitation à Diriger les Recherches |
Research
| 1993-2003 | Laboratory of Organic Synthesis (DCSO), Ecole Polytechnique, Paris Chargée de Recherche, CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) |
| 2003-2009 | Laboratory of Organic Synthesis (DCSO), Ecole Polytechnique, Paris Directrice de Recherche, CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) |
| 2009-Present | University of Glasgow Senior Lecturer |
Teaching
| 2003-2013 | Ecole Polytechnique, Paris Professeur Chargée de Cours |
| 2010-2018 and 2022-Present | University of Glasgow Head of Organic Teaching |
Awards and Memberships
| 2002 | Bronze medal of the CNRS |
| 2003-2011 | Member of the Board of the Organic Division of the French Chemical Society, Treasurer (2007-2009) |
| 2004-Present | Member of the Board of the French-Japanese Society of Fine and Medicinal Chemistry |
| 2010 | Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship |
| 2019-Present | Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Organic Letters |
| 2021-Present | Member of the Organic Division Council of the Royal Society of Chemistry |