Draft:Quentin Michaudel

Quentin Michaudel is an organic chemist and polymer scientist serving as an assistant professor and researcher at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. His research focuses on catalytic processes and polymerization mechanisms with energy production, sustainable plastic development, and therapeutic applications.



Early life and education
Quentin Michaudel (born in La Rochelle, France) is a chemist known for his contributions to the field of organic chemistry. Michaudel completed his undergraduate and master's studies at the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, obtaining a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry in 2008 and a Master of Science in Chemistry in 2010. He pursued doctoral studies in the United States at the Scripps Research Institute, where he earned a PhD in Organic Chemistry in 2015. His doctoral research, supervised by Professor Phil S. Baran, focused on the development of novel methodologies in synthetic organic chemistry.

After receiving his PhD, Michaudel undertook postdoctoral research at Cornell University, working under the guidance of Professor Brett P. Fors. His postdoctoral work continued to expand his expertise in organic synthesis, contributing to several notable publications in the field.

Career
Michaudel’s current research focuses on polymer synthesis from stereoselective olefin metathesis polymerization to SuFex click chemistry. Additional topics of interest includes heteroaryne chemistry. One of his research publications in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) in 2023 focuses on synthesis of polymers that can kill bacteria without risk of developing antibiotic resistant bacteria.

Awards and honors

 * 2023, TAMU College of Arts and Sciences Early Career Teaching Award
 * 2022, NSF CARRER Award
 * 2022, ACS PMSE Young Investigator Award