Research associate
2007
2019
Research Director
DR CNRS, Bordeaux University (France), working on foldamers and molecular recognition.
2017
Goup Leader
Institute of Chemistry and Biology of Membranes and Nano-objects CBMN UMR 5248, Bordeaux, France.
2015
Habilitation Diploma
2007
Research Associate
CR CNRS, Bordeaux University (France), working with Prof. Ivan Huc on foldamers and molecular recognition.
2005 – 2007
Post-Doctoral Fellow
School of Chemistry, Bristol (UK), working with Prof. Anthony Davis on artificial lectin analogs.
2001 – 2005
PhD Thesis
Under the supervision of Dr. Gérard Simonneaux at Rennes University (France)
Recent selected publications
- B. Gole, B. Kauffmann, V. Maurizot, I. Huc,* Y. Ferrand* Light-controlled conformational switch of an aromatic oligoamide foldamer Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 8063.
- S. Saha, B. Kauffmann, Y. Ferrand*, I. Huc* Selective encapsulation of disaccharide xylobiose by an aromatic foldamer helical capsule. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 13542.
- Y. Ferrand*, I. Huc* Designing helical molecular capsules based on folded aromatic amide oligomers Acc. Chem. Res. 2018, 51, 970.
- X. Wang, B. Wicher, Y. Ferrand,* I. Huc* Orchestrating Directional Molecular Motions: Kinetically Controlled Supramolecular Pathways of a Helical Host on Rod-like Guests J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 9350.
- G. Lautrette, B. Wicher, B. Kauffmann, Y. Ferrand,* I. Huc* Iterative evolution of an abiotic foldamer sequence for the recognition of guest molecules with atomic precision J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 10314.
- S. A. Denisov, Q. Gan, X. Wang, L. Scarpantonio, Y. Ferrand,* B. Kauffmann, G. Jonusauskas, I. Huc, N. D. McClenaghan* Electronic energy transfer modulation in a dynamic foldaxane: proof-of-principle of a lifetime-based conformation probe Angew. Chem. Int. Ed 2016, 55, 1328.