François Gabbaï
Department Head and Arthur E. Martell Chair of Chemistry, Texas A&M University
François Gabbaï was born in France and studied in Bordeaux where he obtained a bachelor in 1990. On the recommendations of Didier Astruc, François applied for a PhD at the University of Texas under the supervision of Alan Cowley. Despite sending his application months after the deadline, François was miraculously accepted and moved to Austin in July 1990. A few weeks later, he started working with Alan with whom he ultimately published 15 papers. Upon completion of his Ph.D., François was awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship and joined the group of Hubert. Schmidbaur at the Technische Universität München as a postdoctoral fellow. He stayed in Munich for four years and ultimately received a Habilitation. In 1998, he joined Texas A&M University where he now serves as Department Head and holds the Arthur E. Martell Chair of Chemistry. He is a Fellow of the American Chemical Society, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and was recently recognized with the 2016 ACS F. Albert Cotton Award in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry.
François Gabbaï was born in France and studied in Bordeaux where he obtained a bachelor in 1990. On the recommendations of Didier Astruc, François applied for a PhD at the University of Texas under the supervision of Alan Cowley. Despite sending his application months after the deadline, François was miraculously accepted and moved to Austin in July 1990. A few weeks later, he started working with Alan with whom he ultimately published 15 papers. Upon completion of his Ph.D., François was awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship and joined the group of Hubert. Schmidbaur at the Technische Universität München as a postdoctoral fellow. He stayed in Munich for four years and ultimately received a Habilitation. In 1998, he joined Texas A&M University where he now serves as Department Head and holds the Arthur E. Martell Chair of Chemistry. He is a Fellow of the American Chemical Society, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and was recently recognized with the 2016 ACS F. Albert Cotton Award in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry.