postdoc
Pierre Josse
Pierre obtained his PhD from the University of Angers (France) under the direction of Philippe Blanchard and Clément Cabanetos. There, he worked on the elaboration of original π-conjugated systems based on dyes for applications in organic solar cells. After a stay in the group of Benoît Lessard in the University of Ottawa (Canada), he came back to France to join the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) as a postdoctoral researcher. His work, conducted between France and Yonsei University (Korea) focused on the design of active compounds for light emitting devices (OLEDs, LECs). The peculiar optical properties of some of these newly developed molecules also led him to get interested in photodynamic therapy and photocatalysis. Now part of the IBS Center for Quantum Nanoscience (Korea), he is applying his synthetic skills to design and prepare on-surface arrays of molecular qubits.
"Le scientifique n'étudie pas la nature car elle est utile ; il l'étudie parce qu'il y prend plaisir." — Henri Poincaré
- 2015-2018
- Ph.D in organic chemistry, University of Angers (France)
- 2023-current:
- Postdoctoral researcher at Center for Quantum Nanoscience(QNS), Institute for Basic Science(IBS), Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
- 2021 - 2023:
- Postdoctoral researcher, CNRS/Yonsei University joint laboratory (France/Korea)
- 2019 - 2020:
- Postdoctoral researcher, University of Ottawa (Canada)
- 2023
- A new G-quadruplex-specific photosensitizer inducing genome instability in cancer cells by triggering oxidative DNA damage and impeding replication fork progression. M. Deiana, J. M. Andrés Castán, P. Josse et al., Nucleic Acids Res., 51, 6264 (2023)
- 2020
- Structural control of the molecular packing and dynamics of mechanofluorochromic materials based on small donor–acceptor systems with turn-on luminescence. P. Josse et al., Adv. Optical Mater., 8 (13), 2000420 (2020)
- 2018
- Bromination of the benzothioxanthene bloc: toward new π -conjugated systems for organic electronic applications. P. Josse et al., J. Mater. Chem. C, 6, 761 (2018)
- 2017
- Enantiopure versus racemic naphthalimide end-capped helicenic non-fullerene electron acceptors: impact on organic photovoltaics performance. P. Josse et al., Chem. Eur. J., 23, 6277 (2017)
- 2016
- Phthalimide end-capped thienoisoindigo and diketopyrrolopyrrole as non-fullerene molecular acceptors for organic solar cells. P. Josse et al., J. Mater. Chem. A, 4, 250 (2016)