Anne Ponchel was born in Lille (France) in 1971. She received her pH.D. degree in 1998 from the University of Lille I under the supervision of Louise Duhamel for work on the relationships between the structures of mixed oxides and catalytic properties in oxidative dehydrogenation of alkanes. She then spent 12 months as a postdoctoral position at the University of Munich (Germany) with Pr. Helmut Knözinger, working on the characterization of the surface acidity of oxidation catalysts by low temperature FTIR spectroscopy. In 2000, she became «Maître de Conférences» at the University of Artois and joined the LPCIA in the research group of Pr. Eric Monflier, where she completed her «Habilitation» in 2007. In 2008, she was promoted Professor. Her research studies are at the interface between host-guest chemistry, functionalized surface chemistry for non linear optic or catalytic applications. Currently, her research interests are mainly focused on catalysis promoted by cyclodextrins, performed in biphasic, multiphase and heterogeneized systems. She is the author of 24 publications and 30 oral or poster presentations.

Recent publications:

1. «Chemically modified cyclodextrins adsorbed on Pd/C Particles: new opportunities to generate highly Chemo- and stereoselective catalysts for Heck reaction»
   A. Cassez, N. Kania, F. Hapiot, S. Fourmentin, E. Monflier, A. Ponchel
   Catal. Commun. 2008, 9, 1346-1351. 6.
   
   
2. «Carbon-supported ruthenium nanoparticles stabilized by methylated cyclodextrins : a new family of heterogeneous supramolecular nanocatalysts for gas phase hydrogenation of arenes”
   A. Denicourt-Nowicki, A. Roucoux, F. Wyrwalski, E. Monflier, A. Ponchel
   Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 8090-8093
   
   
3. «Methylated Cyclodextrins: an efficient protective agent in water for zerovalent ruthenium nanoparticles and a supramolecular shuttle in alkene and arene hydrogenation reactions»
   A. Nowicki-Denicourt, A. Ponchel, E. Monflier, A. Roucoux
   Dalton Trans. 2007, 5714-5719. 5.
   
   
4. «Unexpected multifunctional effects of methylated cyclodextrins in a palladium charcoal-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura reaction»
   A. Cassez, A. Ponchel, F. Hapiot, E. Monflier
   Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 4823-4826
   
   
5. «Peracetylted β-cyclodextrins as solubilizer of aryl phosphines in supercritical carbon dioxide»
   G. Filardo, M. Dilasi, A. Galia, A. Ponchel, H. Bricout, A.D. Sayede, E. Monflier
   J. Supercritical Fluids. 2006, 36, 173-181.
   
   
6. «Cyclodextrin silica-based materials: advanced characterizations and study of their complexing behavior by Diffuse Reflectance UV-Vis spectroscopy»
   A. Ponchel, S. Abramson, J. Quartararo, D. Bormann, Y. Barbaux, E. Monflier
   Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 2004, 75, 261-272.