Département de Chimie Organique

Université de Genève

30, quai Ernest Ansermet

CH-1211 Genève 4, Switzerland

Phone: +41 (0)22 379 6062 Fax: +41 (0)22 379 3215

e-mail: jerome.lacour(a)unige.ch

http://www.unige.ch/sciences/chiorg/lacour/

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Post-doctoral Fellow (1993-1994)

Advisor: Professor David A. Evans.

Approaches to the total synthesis of the antibiotic Vancomycin

University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry (1989-1993).

Advisor: Prof. Philip D. Magnus.

Oxidative b-azidation of TIPS enol ethers. Conjugate Additions without enone. Regioselective synthesis of a,b-unsaturated ketones. Oxidation of aromatic amines

Université Paris Sud, Orsay, France Doctorat en Sciences (1989-1992).

Advisor: Prof. Gilbert Balavoine

Ecole Normale Supérieure (Ulm), Paris, France (1988-1989) Agrégation in Physical Sciences, Major in Chemistry

Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France (1987-1988) Diplome d'Etudes Approfondies (M. Sc.) in Organic Chemistry

PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Full Professor of Chemistry (09.2004 - present)

Organic Chemistry Department, University of Geneva, Switzerland.

Primary research interest: Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis using Organic, Physical Organic, Organometallic and Coordination Chemistry Tools

Associate Professor of Chemistry (09.2001 - 08.2004)

Organic Chemistry Department. University of Geneva, Switzerland;

Sponsored by the Sandoz Family Foundation

Maître d'Enseignement et de Recherche (1999-2001)

Organic Chemistry Department. University of Geneva, Switzerland

Maître-Assistant (1995-1999)

Organic Chemistry Department. University of Geneva, Switzerland

HONORS, AWARDS, ACTIVITIES AND APPOINTMENTS

Scientific editor of Chimia (2011-) ● Editorial Advisory Board of Chemical Society Reviews (2011-) ● Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Geneva (2010-) ● President of the “Société Chimique de Genève” (2010-) ● Visiting Professorships: Ecole Centrale Marseille (2010), Universities of Strasbourg (2009), Angers and Dijon (2008), Lyon (2000) ● Secretary of the Organizing Committee of the EUCHEM “Bürgenstock” Conference on Stereochemistry (2008-) ● Editorial Board of Chirality (2008-) ● Chair of “Chirality 2008”, the 20th International Symposium on Chirality ● Vice-Chair of COST Action D31 (2007- 2009) ● Vice-President of the “Société Chimique de Genève” (2007-2010) ● Visiting Lecturer, National Science Council, Taiwan (2007) ● 2006 Holger Erdtman Lecturer (KTH, Sweden) ● Member of the International Scientific Committee of the International Symposium on Chirality (2006-) ● Editorial Board of Chimia (2006-) ● Grammaticakis-Neuman Prize, French Academy of Sciences (2005) ● Editorial Board of Heteroatom Chemistry (2004-) ● Editorial Advisory Board of Chemical Communications (2003-) ● Werner Prize and Medal, Swiss Chemical Society (2002) ● Sandoz Family Foundation Professorship (2001-2004) ● Synthélabo Postdoctoral Fellowship (1993-1994) ● Rhône-Poulenc Predoctoral Fellowship (1989-1993)

Author or co-author of more than 130 publications and 170 lectures