Aix Marseille Universite, CNRS, CINAM, France
Marc Gingras obtained his undergraduate degree in chemistry (Bachelor of Sciences) at the University of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada in 1984, after some research trainings with Pr. Pierre Deslongchamps and at Merck Frosst Canada. From 1985-89, he completed a PhD degree in organic chemistry at McGill Univ. in Montréal (guidance of Pr. T. H. Chan and Pr. D. N. Harpp coadvisors). In 1989, he joined the team of Pr. Edwin Vedejs as an NSERC Canada postdoctoral Fellow at the Univ. of WisconsinMadison, USA for about 3 years (synthetic methods) and a postdoctoral stay at Cornell University, USA for 4 months (Pr. J.M.J. Fréchet). In 1992, he continued for a postdoctoral year in chemical biology at the Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison with Pr. Laura L. Kiessling (glycochemistry, now at MIT). Recipient of a French scholarship (SSHN – high level scientific visiting guest), he joined the Laboratory of Supramolecular Chemistry of Pr. Jean-Marie Lehn at the Univ. of Strasbourg (1993-95). A faculty position was held at the Université Libre de Bruxelles from 1995-99. In 1999, he came back to France as a professor (PR2) at the Univ. of Nice-Sophia Antipolis until 2007. He then moved to the CNRS Laboratory CINAM at Marseille and as professor at Aix-Marseille II university. He was promoted professor PR1 in 2010. He was Chairman of the Chemistry Department, a member of the Sciences Faculty Council. He was promoted full professor (ClEx1) in 2017. He has supervised more than 90 research trainees (PhD, Master and mostly undergraduate students). He produced 74 publications (h index: 29 ; > 4685 citations, 50 cit./article), reviews, book chapters, patent, about 140 invited conferences, 39 oral comunications and 5 public lectures. He has been a coordinator and a partner of several national French (4 ANR) and regional grants, and industrial contracts. He has been involved in grant reviews in France, Canada, Poland and in Switzerland.