OLIVIER COULEMBIER graduated from the University of Mons-Hainaut in 2005 and subsequently undertook postdoctoral research at Stanford University and the IBM Almaden Research Center under the supervision of Prof. Robert M. Waymouth and Dr. James L. Hedrick. In 2008, he returned to Belgium as a Research Associate of the F.R.S.-FNRS, before being appointed Professor of Chemistry at the University of Mons in 2017 and later promoted to Senior Research Associate of the F.R.S.-FNRS in October 2020. In 2022, he was awarded the AXA Research Chair in Chemistry, with a focus on health and environmental challenges, particularly the recycling and upcycling of plastic waste through the utilization of CO2. Since October 2025, he is Research Director of the F.R.S.-FNRS, working within the Laboratory of Polymeric and Composite Materials (LPCM) at the University of Mons.
ORCID iD is 0000-0001-5753-7851
He has (co)authored more than 150 scientific papers in international journals, 5 patents and 4 book chapters.
h-factor: 44; i-10 factor: 126
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Teaching Activities
2025 – present: General Chemistry II (BAB 1 – CHIM, PHYS, BIO) – University of Mons
2016 – present: Organic Chemistry II: Reaction Mechanisms (BAB 2 – CHIM) – University of Mons
2007 – present: Nanotechnology of Drug Targeting (Master 1 & 2 – CHIM) – University of Mons
2006 – present: Ring-Opening Polymerization (Master 1 & 2 – CHIM) – University of Mons
Recognitions
2025 – Laureate of the « Prix Louis Melsens » – Royal Belgian Academy
2024 – Recipient of the Assucopie Grant for Scientific Article Publication – Belgium
2024 – Recipient of the IAAM Scientist Medal – Sweden
2022 – Professor Holder of an AXA Chair in Chemistry
2021 – Laureate of the « Prix Agathon De Potter of chemistry » – Royal Belgian Academy
2014 – Laureate of the C.G.B.-C.B.B. incentive award – Royal Society of Chemistry of Belgium
2012 – Selected as “Author of the week” by the Polymer Chemistry journal (http://blogs.rsc.org/py/ 16/11/12, cfr. Article 61 in the articles list)
2006 – Stanford Grant Fellowship
2002 – Best Master thesis award – Belgian Polymer Group – Belgium
Coulembier's research 