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Professor Raymond Maurel
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Professor
Raymond
Maurel
Professor Maurel, who was formerly a member of the Editorial Board of Applied Catalysis, has decided to retire from his position as Professor at the University of Poitiers and as Director of the lnstitut de Aecherches sur la Catalyse in Villeurbanne. He will continue to be involved in catalytic research as a scientific councillor of ELF Aquitaine and as a consultant in several private companies. On October 1 st 1988, Raymond Maurel was succeeded at the lnstitut de Recherches sur la Catalyse by Mrs Danielle Olivier, Professor at the University Paris VI and former “Chargee de Mission” to the Director of the Chemistry Department of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). Raymond Maurel was born at Quins, Aveyron, France in 1928. After his training at the “Ecole Normale Superieure”, he passed the “agregation” examination and was placed first. He joined the laboratory of Professor J.E. Germain in Lille in 1954 and obtained his Doctorate es Science in 1959. He taught at the University of Lille from 1957 to 1965. He was then appointed as Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Poitiers, where he created the laboratory of Catalysis in Organic Chemistry. His research work was focused on fundamental and applied aspects of heterogeneous catalysis: catalysis in organic chemistry including the kinetics and mechanism of reactions; acidic and bifunctional catalysts, in particular isomerisation and cracking; and metallic and bimetallic catalysts, in particular hydrogenation, hydrogenolysis, cracking and poisoning. In 1977, he was appointed as “Directeur Scientifique” of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris. Here he was in charge of all the CNRS laboratories in Chemistry and headed the committees deciding the research trends and programmes in Chemistry. In 1984, he
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succeeded Dr. Boris lmelik as Director of the lnstitut de Recherches sur la Catalyse (200 members, including 65 permanent scientists, 55 technicians and administrative staff, 70 students and IO postdoctoral fellows). He developed there the relationships between catalysis and different fields of chemistry, such as theoretical chemistry, inorganic chemistry and chemical engineering. In this latter field, he was involved in the establishment in the Lyon area of a research and training group in close relationship with industry. This group includes three joint laboratories involving CNRS industrial firms (ELF, IFP (Institut Francais du P&role) and Rh6ne Poulenc) working on catalytic engineering subjects as well as several teaching groups corresponding to different teaching levels of chemical engineering. During his very productive academic career, he was concerned with the need to develop close relationships between heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis and other domains of the chemistry (academic or industrial). He was one of the founders of the French Group on Catalysis (GECAT) in 1969. He was also involved in the establishment in 1974 of the Research Group on Catalysis of the Council of Europe as one of the first full members in 1974. He also created various committees for exchanges between industrial and academic scientists involved in chemistry within the CNRS (“Club CRIN”). Recognition of his accomplishments in France came with nominations as Officer in the “Ordre National du Merite”, and as Chevalier of the “Legion d’Honneur”. Professor Maurel’s career will continue in close contact with industry, without him giving up all his contact with academic research and laboratories. We wish him much success in his new activities.
15 December 1988
Professor
Raymond
Maurel
Professor Maurel, who was formerly a member of the Editorial Board of Applied Catalysis, has decided to retire from his position as Professor at the University of Poitiers and as Director of the lnstitut de Aecherches sur la Catalyse in Villeurbanne. He will continue to be involved in catalytic research as a scientific councillor of ELF Aquitaine and as a consultant in several private companies. On October 1 st 1988, Raymond Maurel was succeeded at the lnstitut de Recherches sur la Catalyse by Mrs Danielle Olivier, Professor at the University Paris VI and former “Chargee de Mission” to the Director of the Chemistry Department of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). Raymond Maurel was born at Quins, Aveyron, France in 1928. After his training at the “Ecole Normale Superieure”, he passed the “agregation” examination and was placed first. He joined the laboratory of Professor J.E. Germain in Lille in 1954 and obtained his Doctorate es Science in 1959. He taught at the University of Lille from 1957 to 1965. He was then appointed as Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Poitiers, where he created the laboratory of Catalysis in Organic Chemistry. His research work was focused on fundamental and applied aspects of heterogeneous catalysis: catalysis in organic chemistry including the kinetics and mechanism of reactions; acidic and bifunctional catalysts, in particular isomerisation and cracking; and metallic and bimetallic catalysts, in particular hydrogenation, hydrogenolysis, cracking and poisoning. In 1977, he was appointed as “Directeur Scientifique” of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris. Here he was in charge of all the CNRS laboratories in Chemistry and headed the committees deciding the research trends and programmes in Chemistry. In 1984, he
applied CatalySiS
- Volume 45 NO. 2 -
succeeded Dr. Boris lmelik as Director of the lnstitut de Recherches sur la Catalyse (200 members, including 65 permanent scientists, 55 technicians and administrative staff, 70 students and IO postdoctoral fellows). He developed there the relationships between catalysis and different fields of chemistry, such as theoretical chemistry, inorganic chemistry and chemical engineering. In this latter field, he was involved in the establishment in the Lyon area of a research and training group in close relationship with industry. This group includes three joint laboratories involving CNRS industrial firms (ELF, IFP (Institut Francais du P&role) and Rh6ne Poulenc) working on catalytic engineering subjects as well as several teaching groups corresponding to different teaching levels of chemical engineering. During his very productive academic career, he was concerned with the need to develop close relationships between heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis and other domains of the chemistry (academic or industrial). He was one of the founders of the French Group on Catalysis (GECAT) in 1969. He was also involved in the establishment in 1974 of the Research Group on Catalysis of the Council of Europe as one of the first full members in 1974. He also created various committees for exchanges between industrial and academic scientists involved in chemistry within the CNRS (“Club CRIN”). Recognition of his accomplishments in France came with nominations as Officer in the “Ordre National du Merite”, and as Chevalier of the “Legion d’Honneur”. Professor Maurel’s career will continue in close contact with industry, without him giving up all his contact with academic research and laboratories. We wish him much success in his new activities.
15 December 1988