Audrey Moores

Audrey Moores Assistant Professor, Canada Research Chair in Green Chemistry, Associate Director of the Centre for Green Chemistry and Catalysis, McGill University, Canada

Webpage: http://moores-group.mcgill.ca/ Education: B.Sc, Chemistry, 2001, Ecole Polytechnique, France; M.Sc. and Ph.D. with P. Le Floch, Chemistry, 2005, Ecole Polytechnique, France Professional Career: 2006-2007: Post-doctoral Fellow with R. H. Crabtree, Chemistry, Yale University, USA; Since 2007: Assistant Professor, Chemistry, McGill University, QC, Canada Publications: 40 peer-reviewed publications, 2 book chapters Awards and Honors: Best Ph.D. Thesis Award (2005, Ecole Polytechnique, France); Lavoisier Post-doctoral Fellowship (2005-2006); Science Communication Fellowship for Green Chemistry (2011, Environmental Health News and Advancing Green Chemistry) Research Interests: Our research focuses on synthesizing, characterizing and studying novel and simple catalysts, based on metal nanoparticles, ionic liquids and/or cellulose nanocrystals in order to propose innovative and recyclable catalysts for organic reactions. We are also interested in developing greener, solvent free, nanoparticles synthetic methods.