Biography:
Olivier graduated from the University of Mons (UMons) in 2005 and moved to Stanford University and the IBM Almaden Research Center to undertake periods of postdoctoral research under the supervision of Prof. Waymouth and Dr. Hedrick. In 2008, Olivier returned to Belgium as Research Associate of the F.R.S.-FNRS before being appointed as a Professor of Chemistry for UMons in 2017 and Senior Research Associate of the F.R.S.-FNRS in October 2020. Olivier is currently working in the Laboratory of Polymeric and Composite Materials at UMons. He has (co)authored 144 scientific papers in international journals, 4 patents and 4 book chapters.
Title : The organocatalysis: an efficient tool in ring-opening polymerization - valuable interests of DBU & TBD superbases