Patrick Pale obtained his PhD in 1982 from the University of Champagne-Ardenne, France, with Prof. J. P. Pete and J. Muzart. After an industrial stay in a pharmaceutical company, he joined Prof. L. Ghosez group in Belgium as a postdoc. He was then successively appointed as CNRS Researcher in Prof. J. Chuche's group, again at the University of Champagne-Ardenne, where he obtained a “Doctorat d’Etat” (Habilitation) in 1988, and then as Research Associate at Harvard University with Prof. G. Whitesides (1988-1990). In 1995, he was appointed as a full professor at the University of Strasbourg. Soon after, he was awarded Professor at the Institut Universitaire de France. His scientific interests include total synthesis, green chemistry, homo/heterogeneous catalysis and, more recently, organocatalysis based on chalcogen bonding.
Patrick Pale obtained his PhD in 1982 from the University of Champagne-Ardenne, France, with Prof. J. P. Pete and J. Muzart. After an industrial stay in a pharmaceutical company, he joined Prof. L. Ghosez group in Belgium as a postdoc. He was then successively appointed as CNRS Researcher in Prof. J. Chuche's group, again at the University of Champagne-Ardenne, where he obtained a “Doctorat d’Etat” (Habilitation) in 1988, and then as Research Associate at Harvard University with Prof. G. Whitesides (1988-1990). In 1995, he was appointed as a full professor at the University of Strasbourg. Soon after, he was awarded Professor at the Institut Universitaire de France. His scientific interests include total synthesis, green chemistry, homo/heterogeneous catalysis and, more recently, organocatalysis based on chalcogen bonding.