Jean-Michel Savéant

Jean-Michel Savéant (19 September 1933 – 16 August 2020) was a French chemist who specialized in electrochemistry. He was elected member of the French Academy of Sciences in 2000 and foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences in 2001. He published in excess of 400 peer-reviewed articles in chemistry literature.

Jean-Michel Savéant
Born(1933-09-19)19 September 1933
Rennes (France)
Died16 August 2020(2020-08-16) (aged 86)
NationalityFrench
AwardsCNRS Silver Medal (1976)
Member of the French Academy of Sciences (2000)
Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences (2001)
Scientific career
FieldsElectrochemistry
InstitutionsParis Diderot University
École Normale Supérieure
University of Padua
California Institute of Technology
Cornell University

Biography

Born in Rennes, Jean-Michel Savéant graduated in 1958 and obtained his PhD in 1966 at the École normale supérieure. In 1971 he moved to Paris Diderot University where he founded the Laboratoire d'Électrochimie Moléculaire. He was an emeritus professor of electrochemistry in this university as well as an emeritus CNRS Research Director. He was the author of over 500 publications.[1]

Major contributions

Jean-Michel Savéant’s scientific activity is outlined by the foundation and development of a new discipline - molecular electrochemistry. Molecular electrochemistry has transferred the knowledge acquired by electrochemistry towards various fields of chemistry and biochemistry, in particular towards the chemistry of electron and proton transfer, free radical chemistry, chemical reactivity theory, coordination chemistry, photochemistry, solid physico-chemistry, enzymology and catalytic activation of small molecules, especially those involved in solving contemporary energy challenges.

Awards

Bibliography
  • Savéant, Jean-Michel (1966), Sur le mécanisme de la réduction électrochimique des aldéhydes et des cétones alpha-substitués, p. 272
  • Savéant, Jean-Michel (1966), 2ème thèse : Etude de la polarisation chimique en chronoampérométrie à variation linéaire de potentiel, p. 268
  • Savéant, Jean-Michel (2006), Elements of Molecular and Biomolecular Electrochemistry: An Electrochemical Approach to Electron Transfer Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, p. 455, doi:10.1002/0471758078, ISBN 978-0-471-44573-9
  • Savéant, Jean-Michel; Costentin, Cyrille (2019), Elements of Molecular and Biomolecular Electrochemistry: An Electrochemical Approach to Electron Transfer Chemistry (2 ed.), John Wiley & Sons, p. 616, doi:10.1002/9781119292364, ISBN 9781119292333, S2CID 242109414

References
  1. Costentin, Cyrille; Limoges, Benoît; Robert, Marc; Tard, Cédric (2021-02-26). "A Pioneering Career in Electrochemistry: Jean-Michel Savéant". ACS Catalysis. 11 (6): 3224–3238. doi:10.1021/acscatal.0c05632. ISSN 2155-5435. S2CID 233960570.
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