Events

As part of Yuliia Oleksii’s PhD defense scheduled for Friday December 5th 2025, Professor Mohamed Eddaoudi from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Saudi Arabia) will deliver a seminar on Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs).

📅 Date: Thursday, December 4, 2025 – 2:30 PM
📍 Location: Amphitheater L003, Faculty of Science, University of Angers

📄[ABSTRACT] Demand for functional materials targeted for specific applications is ever increasing as societal needs and demands mount with advancing technology. Evidently, improvement of existing materials and quest for new approaches to the design of novel materials are both valuable paths worth pursuing in order to address the myriad technological challenges that face us, pertaining to energy and environmental sustainability.

    Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a unique class of solid-state materials amenable to design and manipulation for desired function and application, thanks to advancement in reticular chemistry and the various design strategies developed for its effective practice.¹ Several design strategies have been conceived and developed to target viable MOF platforms, from the single-metal-ion molecular building block (MBB) approach to the hierarchical supermolecular building block and supermolecular building layer approaches (SBB and SBL, respectively) to the merged nets approach,² and centering structure-directing agents (c-SDA) strategy.³ This inherent built-in information allows access to highly stabile and made-to-order porous materials, with controlled pore-aperture size and/or inner pore system functionality, toward applications pertaining to energy and environmental sustainability. Specifically, MOF materials addressing the energy-intensive separations and carbon capture will be highlighted, as well as insights into MOF based membranes, namely pure MOF membranes and mixed matrix membranes (MMMs), construction and their respective gas separation properties.⁴

1. (a)- Guillerm, V., Jiang, H., Alezi, D., Alsadun, N., Eddaoudi, M. « From Elementary to Advanced Design of Functional Metal–Organic Frameworks: A User Guide to Deciphering the Reticular Chemistry Toolbox » Adv. Mater. 2414153 (2024). (b)- Jiang, H.; Alezi, D.; Eddaoudi, M., A reticular chemistry guide for the design of periodic solids. Nature Reviews Materials, 6 (6), 466-487 (2021).
2. Jiang, H., Benzaria, S., Alsadun, N., Jia, J., Czaban-Józwiak, J., Guillerm, V., Shkurenko, A., Thiam, Z., Bonneau, M., Maka, V.K., Chen, Z., Ameur, Z.O., O’Keeffe, M., Eddaoudi, M. « Merged-nets enumeration for the systematic design of multicomponent reticular structures » Science 386 (6722), 659–666 (2024).
3. Barsukova, M.; Sapianik, A.; Guillerm, V.; Shkurenko, A.; Shaikh, A.C.; Parvatkar, P.; Bhatt, P.; Bonneau, M.; Alhaji, A.; Shekhah, O.; Balestra, S.R.G.; Semino, R.; Maurin, G.; Eddaoudi, M. « Face-directed assembly of tailored isoreticular MOFs using centring structure-directing agents. » Nat. Synth. 3, 33-46 (2024).
4. (a)- Zhou, S.; Shekhah, O.; Ramírez, A.; Lyu, P.; Abou-Hamad, E.; Jia, J.; Li, J.; Bhatt, P.; Huang, Z.; Jiang, H.; Jin, T.; Maurin, G.; Gascon, J.; Eddaoudi, M.Asymmetric pore windows in MOF membranes for natural gas valorization. Nature 606, 706–712 (2022). (b)-Datta, S.; Mayoral, A.; Bettahalli, S.; Bhatt, P.; Karunakaran, M.; Carja, D.; Fan, D.; Mileo, P.; Semino, R.; Maurin, G.; Terasaki, O.; Eddaoudi, M., Rational design of mixed-matrix metal-organic framework membranes for molecular separations. Science, 376 (6597) 1080-1087 (2022).  

📄[BIOGRAPHY] Professor Mohamed Eddaoudi is an Ibn Alhaythamen Distinguished Professor of Chemical Sciences and Chair of the Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials (AMPM) Center at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia.

Professor Mohamed Eddaoudi is a pioneer in the chemistry of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), designing and introducing new strategies for reticular chemistry, rational design, and construction of functional solid-state materials. His work focuses on the design and synthesis of functional porous solids for energy and environmental sustainability: hydrogen storage, methane storage, CO₂ capture, and direct air capture (DAC). He also designs and synthesizes functional adsorbents and membranes, enabling energy-efficient and cost-effective gas separations.

• Master’s and Ph.D. in Chemistry, Denis Diderot University (Paris VII), France
• Associate Editor: Chemical Science, IUCrJ
• Editorial Board Member: JACS, JMCA
• Fellow of the Royal Chemical Society (FRSC)
• Member: ACS, MRS, SASTA
• Kuwait Prize in Chemistry (2024)
• Almarai Award for Distinguished Scientists (2020)
• Abdul Hameed Shoman Award for Arab Researchers (2019)
• University Research Excellence Awards (2004, 2007)
• Chemistry Teaching Excellence Awards (2005, 2008)
• Highly Cited Researcher (2014–2025)
• Listed among the world’s most influential scientific minds (2014)
• Lifetime Member, The World Academy of Sciences (effective January 2026)
• 150+ invited lectures
• 350+ publications
• 105,000+ citations

Une journée d’intégration pour les Masters Lumomat à l’Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes

Le vendredi 12 septembre 2025 a eu lieu la journée d’intégration pour les étudiantes et étudiants du Master de chimie Lumomat, au sein de l’Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, un de nos quatre laboratoires partenaires. La matinée fut rythmée par la présentation de l’Ecole Universitaire de Recherche Lumomat par Muriel Hissler, co-directrice du programme au sein de l’Université de Rennes et celle de l’Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes par son directeur Marc Fourmigué.

Arnaud Fihey, Maitre de Conférence à l’ISCR, a pu partager ses recherches auprès des étudiants lors d’une conférence intitulée « Contribution of Molecular Modelling to research in Light-Matters Interactions – Contribution de la modélisation moléculaire dans la recherche en Interactions Lumière-Matières »

Ce fut aussi une opportunité donnée aux étudiantes et étudiants de découvrir les parcours inspirants de 4 diplômés de Lumomat afin de leur permettre de se projeter dans leur avenir. Un grand merci pour leurs témoignages à :

• Elodie Dureau – Doctorante à l’Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes
• Bruce Mioko Deme – Ingénieur en Recherche & Développement à Arc en Ciel Sérigraphie
• Kelvine Letellier – Doctorant à l’Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes
• Raphaël Burban – Responsable de projet chez Phone recycle Solution – Ingénieur en Physico-Chimie des Matériaux

Pour finir une partie d’Escape Game à Escape Yourself Rennes a permis aux étudiantes et étudiants de Master 1 et 2 de se rencontrer et tisser des liens.

Bonne rentrée à toutes et tous !

Integration day for Lumomat Master’s students at the Rennes Institute of Chemical Sciences

On Friday September 12, took place the integration day for the Master’s students in Chemistry Lumomat at the Rennes institute of Chemical Sciences, one of our partner laboratories. Muriel Hissler, co-director of the Lumomat Graduate School introduced the Lumomat Program and Marc Fourmigué presented the Rennes institute of Chemical Sciences.

Arnaud Fihey, assistant professor at the ISCR, shared his researches to the students with a lecture called « Contribution of Molecular Modelling to research in Light-Matters Interactions »

It was an opportunity for students to discover inspiring professional careers with 4 Lumomat’s graduates. Many thanks again for their testimonials: 

• Elodie Dureau – PhD student at the Rennes institute of Chemical Sciences
• Bruce Mioko Deme – R&D engineer at Arc en Ciel Sérigraphie
• Kelvine Letellier – PhD student at the Rennes institute of Chemical Sciences
• Raphaël Burban – Project Manager at Phone recycle Solution

At the end of the day, escape rooms missions gathered 1st and 2^nd years’ Master students for making connections.