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Blanca MARTIN-VACA

Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse & CNRS, FR

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Blanca M. Martin Vaca studied chemistry at the University of Oviedo (Spain) where she obtained her PhD in 1995 under the supervision of Professor J. Gimeno in organometallic chemistry. She then joined Dr. Rudler’s group at the University Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris) as a postdoctoral fellow supported by the Spanish M.E.C. (1996-1998), and studied cyclopropanation and other cyclisation reactions with alkoxycarbenes and ylide complexes of tungsten. She was appointed Assistant Professor in the group of Dr Guy Bertrand at the University Paul Sabatier (Toulouse) in 1998 and was promoted to Full Professor in 2008.  Her research interests deal with organometallic chemistry, organic catalysis of polymerization and Biodegradable polymers. She is interested in non-innocent pincer complexes and their application in metal-ligand cooperative catalysis. She also works on the development of organic catalytic systems for the ring-opening polymerization reactions of lactones and cyclic carbonates (including functionalized ones) allowing the preparation of polyesters and polycarbonates of tuned structures.