Sophie Guillaume

Dr Sophie Guillaume Sciences Chimiques de Rennes CNRS - Université de Rennes 1 - UMR 6226 Equipe Catalyse et Organométalliques Campus de Beaulieu - 263, Avenue du Général Leclerc - Bât.10C Pce 919 Rennes France 35042 Email: sophie.guillaume@univ-rennes1.fr Biographical Sketch: Sophie completed her PhD in Organometallic Chemistry from Syracuse University, N.Y.-USA, and her postdoctoral research at the CEA-France before joining the CNRS working on uranium and lanthanides chemistry centered on borohydride and cationic derivatives. In 2000, she became interested in polymer chemistry, joining the LCPO-Bordeaux working with Dr A. Deffieux and Pr A. Soum, and more recently the SCR-Rennes. Dr Guillaume has a long experience in catalysis, green and sustainable chemistry, polymer chemistry and macromolecular engineering. She has been investigating polymers derived from monomers issued from renewable resources to elaborate biocompatible and biodegradable polyesters and polycarbonates based materials, for over a decade. She has pioneered the introduction of borohydride derivatives (especially rare earth complexes) in polymerization of polar monomers. She is also at the origin of the generalisation of the immortal ROP of cyclic esters from various (metallo)organic catalytic systems, among which cyclic carbonates, lactones or diesters .