Electrifying the Synthesis of Organics and Chemical Building Blocks by Metallacyclic Strategies

Keywords: Electrifying the Synthesis of Organics and Chemical Building Blocks by Metallacyclic Strategies

To shift from fossil-based to sustainable resources in chemical production, the wiring of synthetic pathways with renewable electricity offers a promising alternative. In this context, our team is developing original approaches to deploy electrocatalysis in synthesis. In particular, we aim at functionalizing organic unsaturated backbones with abundant building blocks as H2O, CO(2) or NxOy, through metallacyclic strategies, barely known under electrochemical conditions.Our expertise lies at the intersection between electrochemistry and -synthesis, organometallic chemistry, (in situ) spectroscopies and feeds a specific interest towards in-depth mechanistic understanding.The postdoctoral research project will address electroreductive C-C couplings between carbon-heteroatom multiple bonds and small molecules (e.g. CO(2)) or synthons, by developing electrocatalysts based on transition-metal complexes.Our group evolves in a multidisciplinary context at the interface of electrocatalysis, synthesis and organometallic chemistry and offers a dynamic, interactive working environment.

Who can apply?

Researchers of any nationality who:

• Have completed a PhD or will complete it at the date of the call deadline (September 2026).
• Have a maximum of 8 years full-time equivalent experience in research at the time of the call deadline.
• Have not resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in France for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the call deadline.

Beware that applicants who have applied to the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship 2025 call and received an evaluation below 80% are not eligible for an application in 2026.

How to apply?

We encourage all motivated and eligible postdoctoral researchers to send their expressions of interest to the supervisor’s e‑mail address before 24th April 2026.

Your application shall include:

• a CV (5 pages max)
• a cover letter outlining your research background and its synergies with the supervisor’s field and/or the proposed research topic.

Estimated timetable:

• Deadline for sending an expression of interest: 24th April 2026
• Selection of the applicant: May 2026 at the latest