Ph.D. Chemical Engineer. Jean-Pierre is a graduate of the Ecole Nationale des Arts et Métiers de Paris. He received his Ph.D. in 1969 from the University of Paris working with Professor Etienne. He joined DIVERCHIM in 2001 as Scientific Advisor. During his long career in the life sciences industry, he has got a broad experience in chemistry and in other close areas as well. Within Roussel Uclaf, he started in pharmaceutical research (steroid chemistry: synthesis of new compounds and total synthesis) then he moved to the plant protection division where he has discovered and developed new potent insecticides from the pyrethroid family. Later as Head of the Chemical Process Development of Aventis Crop Science in Frankfurt he was involved in the development of various new active ingredients and in the improvement of the production of existing molecules. He published more than 30 scientific papers and he is quoted as inventor in more than 100 patents.
Chemistry