Adrien Smith
After joining the ENS Paris-Saclay (former ENS Cachan) in 2017, Adrien Smith completed his master’s degree at the Université Paris-Saclay (ENS Paris-Saclay / Ecole Polytechnique) in 2020 and obtained a double-degree from ESPCI Paris – PSL in 2021. He then joined the Inorganic Chemistry team at ICMMO (Université Paris-Saclay) as PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Ally Aukauloo and Dr. Zakaria Halime, where he studied the influence of second coordination sphere groups on the performances of new iron porphyrin catalysts for the electroreduction of CO2 to CO. He then joined Prof. Jean-François Soulé’s group at Chimie ParisTech (ICLeHS, CSB2D) in 2025 to work on the development of the new photocatalytic methods for the synthesis of active pharmaceutical ingredients, in collaboration with EUROAPI, within the Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI), Med4Cure framework supported by Bpifrance
