Biographie
Vincent Artero was born in 1973. He is a graduate of the Ecole Normale Supérieure (Ulm) and of the University Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6). He received the Ph.D. degree in 2000 under the supervision of Prof. A. Proust and Prof. P. Gouzerh. His doctoral work dealt with organometallic derivatives of polyoxometalates. After a postdoctoral stay at the University of Aix la Chapelle with Prof. U. Kölle, he joined in 2001 the group of Prof. M. Fontecave in Grenoble where he obtained a position in the Life Science Division of the CEA. His current research interests are in the structural and functional modelisation of hydrogenases, the design of artificial organometallic proteins and the photo- and electro-production of hydrogen.