Christian Serre

Christian Serre
Born (1970-08-27) 27 August 1970
OccupationsChemist and academic
Academic background
EducationEng.
M.Sc.
Ph.D.
Alma materÉcole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris
Université Paris VI
University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Academic work
InstitutionsParis Sciences et Lettres University
University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines

Christian Serre (born 27 August 1970) is a French chemist and academic. He is a research director at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the head of the Institute of Porous Materials of Paris.

Serre's research interests include the synthesis and applications of porous hybrid solids, such as metal-organic frameworks. He has received the CNRS Bronze Medal, the Solid State Chemistry Award from the French Chemical Society, and the Berthelot Medal from the French Academy of Sciences. He is also an elected member of the French Academy of Sciences.

Education

Serre earned an engineering degree from the École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI) in 1994. He completed an M.Sc. in Physical Chemistry at Université Paris VI in 1995. In 1999, he received his Ph.D. in Materials Chemistry from the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.[1]

Career

Serre's academic career includes his appointment as a CNRS research scientist at the Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines from 2001 to 2009. He then became CNRS research director at the same institute from 2009 to 2016.[2] In 2016, he established the Institute of Porous Materials of Paris at the École Normale Supérieure, ESPCI Paris, the CNRS, and PSL University.[3] He also headed the Paris region priority project 'Respore' from 2017 to 2021[2] and has also been a director of the 'MaTerRE' Paris region priority project.[4] In 2021, he co-founded the startup Squair Tech.[5]

Research

Serre's research has centered on the design and applications of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), to improve performance in advanced nanomaterials[6] with a focus on controlled structural modifications.[7]

Serre worked on the synthesis of iron-, chromium- and aluminum based MIL series, demonstrating how typology control[8] and linker functionalization can be used to tune pore environments[9] and generate large-pore, robust structures.[10] He has also highlighted the scale-up[11] and development of “green” MOFs,[12] for sustainable synthesis practices on MOF structure and performance.[13]

Serre's research on robust scalable MOFs[14] has explored polymorphism, hydrophilicity,[15] and water adsorption.[16]

In the area of nanomaterials, Serre has worked on biocompatible biodegradable MOF nanoparticles for imaging and targeted delivery[17] and has introduced synthesis routes that enabled uniform MOF nanoparticles.[18]

Awards and honors

Selected articles

  • Serre, C.; Millange, F.; Thouvenot, C.; Nogues, M.; Marsolier, G.; Loüer, D.; Férey, G. (2002). "Very High Breathing Effect in the First Nanoporous Chromium(III)-based Solids: MIL-53 or CrIII(OH).{O2C-C6H4-CO2}.{HO2C-C6H4-CO2H}x.H2Oy". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 124 (45): 13519–13526. doi:10.1021/ja0276974. PMID 12418906.
  • Serre, C.; Millange, F.; Surblé, S.; Férey, G. (2004). "A route to the synthesis of trivalent transition-metal porous carboxylates with trimeric secondary building units". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 43 (46): 6285–6289. doi:10.1002/anie.200454250. PMID 15372643.
  • Férey, G.; Mellot-Draznieks, C.; Serre, C.; Millange, F.; Dutour, J; Surblé, S; Margiolaki, I (2005). "A chromium terephthalate-based solid with unusually large pore volumes and surface area". Science. 309 (5743): 2040–2042. Bibcode:2005Sci...309.2040F. doi:10.1126/science.1116275. PMID 16179475.
  • Serre, C.; Mellot-Draznieks, C.; Surblé, S.; Audebrand, N; Filinchuk, Y.; Férey, G. (2007). "Role of solvent-host interactions that lead to very large swelling of hybrid frameworks". Science. 315 (5820): 1828–1831. Bibcode:2007Sci...315.1828S. doi:10.1126/science.1137975. PMID 17395825.
  • Dan-Hardi, M.; Serre, C.; Frot, T.; Rozes, L.; Maurin, G.; Sanchez, C.; Férey, G. (2009). "A New Photoactive Crystalline Highly Porous Titanium(IV) Dicarboxylate". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 131 (31): 10857–10859. Bibcode:2009JAChS.13110857D. doi:10.1021/ja903726m. PMID 19621926.
  • Horcajada, P.; Chalati, T.; Serre, C.; Gillet, B.; Sebrie, C.; Baati, T.; Eubank, J. F; Heurtaux, D. (2010). "Porous metal-organic-framework nanoscale carriers as a potential platform for drug delivery and imaging". Nature Materials. 9 (2): 172–178. Bibcode:2010NatMa...9..172H. doi:10.1038/nmat2608. PMID 20010827.
  • Cadiau, Amandine; Lee, Ji Sun; Damasceno Borges, Daiane; et al. (2015). "Design of Hydrophilic Metal Organic Framework Water Adsorbents for Heat Reallocation". Advanced Materials. 27 (32): 4775–4780. Bibcode:2015AdM....27.4775C. doi:10.1002/adma.201502418. PMID 26193346.
  • Wang, Sujing; Lee, Ji Sun; Wahiduzzaman, Mohammad; Park, Jaedeuk; et al. (2018). "A robust large-pore zirconium carboxylate metal–organic framework for energy-efficient water-sorption-driven refrigeration". Nature Energy. 3 (11): 985–993. Bibcode:2018NatEn...3..985W. doi:10.1038/s41560-018-0261-6.
  • Daturi, Marco; Blasin-Aubé, Vanessa; Yoon, Ji Wong; Bazin, Philippe; Vimont, Alexandre; et al. (2024). "Room Temperature Reduction of Nitrogen Oxide on Iron Metal–Organic Frameworks". Advanced Materials. 36 (31) 2403053. Bibcode:2024AdM....3603053D. doi:10.1002/adma.202403053. PMID 38767509.

References

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  2. 1 2 "Christian Serre". Département de Chimie de. Retrieved November 19, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Institute of Porous Materials (IMAP)". Département de Chimie. Retrieved December 19, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Organisation". MaTerRE. Retrieved February 12, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Squair Tech". PSL University. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
  6. ↑ Li, Bin; Lu, Feng-Fan; Gu, Xiao-Wen; Shao, Kai; Wu, Enyu; Qian, Guodong (2022). "Immobilization of Lewis Basic Nitrogen Sites into a Chemically Stable Metal-Organic Framework for Benchmark Water-Sorption-Driven Heat Allocations". Advanced Science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany). 9 (11): 3. doi:10.1002/advs.202105556. ISSN 2198-3844. PMC 9009103. PMID 35146963.
  7. ↑ Li, Jinyan; Pei, Xiaoqi (2025). "Tuning ligand defect in porphyrins metal-organic frameworks to boost electrochemiluminescence for sensitive detection of amyloid-β1-42". Chemical Engineering Journal. 516 164016: 5. doi:10.1016/j.cej.2025.164016.
  8. ↑ Fu, Jiarui; Wu, Yi-nan (2021). "A Showcase of Green Chemistry: Sustainable Synthetic Approach of Zirconium-Based MOF Materials". Chemistry – A European Journal. 27 (39): 9974. doi:10.1002/chem.202005151. PMID 33955075.
  9. ↑ Abdelmigeed, Mai O; Mahle, John J (2024). "Highly Mesoporous Zr-Based MOF-Fabric Composites: A Benign Approach for Expeditious Degradation of Chemical Warfare Agents and Simulants". Small. 20 (49): 2. doi:10.1002/smll.202405831. PMC 11618724. PMID 39308233.
  10. ↑ Shi, Le; Kirlikovali, Kent O.; Chen, Zhijie; Farha, Omar K. (2024). "Metal-organic frameworks for water vapor adsorption". Chem. 10 (2): 488. Bibcode:2024Chem...10..484S. doi:10.1016/j.chempr.2023.09.005. OSTI 2294145 – via Chem Journal.
  11. ↑ Engel, Emile R.; Scott, Janet L. (2020). "Advances in the green chemistry of coordination polymer materials". Green Chemistry. 22 (12): 3705. doi:10.1039/D0GC01074J. ISSN 1463-9270.
  12. ↑ Eltahan, Noura N.; Elbesh, Zeyad Y.; Abdullah, Abdulkarim A.; Gaafar, Mostafa M. (2023). "Some Metal-Organic Frameworks: from Green Synthesis to Applications - A mini-review". SSRN Electronic Journal: 7. doi:10.2139/ssrn.4606833 – via Damietta University - Faculty of Science.
  13. ↑ Ding, Meili; Cai, Xuechao; Jiang, Hai-Long (2019). "Improving MOF stability: approaches and applications". Chemical Science. 10 (44): 10213, 10217. doi:10.1039/c9sc03916c. PMC 7069376. PMID 32206247 – via RSC Publishing.
  14. ↑ El-Sharkawy, Ibrahim I.; Gado, Mohamed G. (2024). "Material characteristics and selection criteria for adsorption-based atmospheric water harvesting: An overview". Solar Energy. 283 112996: 10. Bibcode:2024SoEn..28312996E. doi:10.1016/j.solener.2024.112996 – via ScienceDirect.
  15. ↑ Zhang, Bo; Zhu, Zerui (2023). "Water Adsorption in MOFs: Structures and Applications". Advanced Functional Materials. 34 (43): 9. doi:10.1002/adfm.202304788 – via Open Access.
  16. ↑ Hastürk, Emrah; Höfert, Simon-Patrick; Topalli, Burhan; Schlüsener, Carsten; Janiak, Christoph (2020). "Shaping of MOFs via freeze-casting method with hydrophilic polymers and their effect on textural properties". Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 295 109907: 01. Bibcode:2020MicMM.29509907H. doi:10.1016/j.micromeso.2019.109907. ISSN 1387-1811.
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  18. ↑ "Low temperature process for the synthesis of MOF carboxylate nanoparticles". Google Patent. Retrieved November 19, 2025.
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