A new-generation research and training institute in the emerging field of complex systems chemistry
SysChem is a new-generation research and training institute, in the form of an Interdisciplinary Thematic Institute, created from the alliance between laboratories at the cutting edge of progress in the emerging field of complex systems chemistry and a research school unlike any other in France: the CSC Graduate School, which offers interdisciplinary training through research, from Masters to PhD.
SysChem’s objectives
- To maintain and strengthen our high level of excellence in research
- To train the future leaders of academic and industrial research
- To initiate new collaborations with industrial partners
CSC Graduate School students
What is an Interdisciplinary Thematic Institute ?
Interdisciplinary Thematic Institutes (ITI) are bodies created by the University of Strasbourg with a unique structure, combining a group of academic laboratories with a research school around a theme, to create a centre of excellence. These new institutes contribute in a new way to the understanding and resolution of the major scientific and social challenges of the 21st century. They benefit from financial support from the university’s IdEx (Initiatives of Excellence) scheme, under the Investments for the Future Program (PIA) put in place by the French state.
Complex systems chemistry
Over the past two decades, Strasbourg researchers have been at the leading edge of progress in the emerging field of complex systems chemistry. They use the framework defined by supramolecular chemistry and complex systems to enable major developments in smart systems with emerging functions.
At the interface between chemistry, biology, physics, materials sciences and nanosciences, complex systems chemistry uses a material’s self-organising properties (like self-programming capabilities for software) to create “smart” materials capable of responding to their environment.
A successful intergenerational collaboration
A pioneer in this discipline, Jean-Marie Lehn won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1987 for his work in the field of supramolecular chemistry. He was the founder of the network of researchers investigating complex systems chemistry that was established in Strasbourg in 2011.
Joseph Moran was named one of the world’s most brilliant young researchers by the prestigious magazine Chemical & Engineering News in 2018. In collaboration with Jean-Marie Lehn, he founded the research school: the CSC Graduate School.