Clémence Corminboeuf
{{Short description|Swiss chemist}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Clémence Corminboeuf
| image = Clémence Corminboeuf at 11th European Conference on Theoretical and Computational Chemistry.jpg
| caption = Corminboeuf at the 11th European Conference on Theoretical and Computational Chemistry in 2018
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1977}}
| workplaces = École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
| alma_mater = University of Geneva
Dresden University of Technology
National Research Council Canada
| thesis_title = Quantum chemical calculations of NMR parameters and conformational study of organometallic compounds
| thesis_url = http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/718279913
| thesis_year = 2004
}}
Clémence Corminboeuf (born 1977) is a Swiss chemist who is Professor of Computational chemistry at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. She was awarded the Swiss Chemical Society 2021 Heilbronner-Hückel Award.
Early life and education
Corminboeuf earned her bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Geneva.{{Cite web |title=Prof. Clémence Corminboeuf |url=https://www.epfl.ch/labs/lcmd/corminboeuf/ |access-date=2021-03-25 |website=www.epfl.ch |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=Clémence Corminboeuf - Women of MARVEL - Profiles - Equal Opportunities - Outreach - nccr-marvel.ch :: NCCR MARVEL |url=https://nccr-marvel.ch/outreach/equal-opportunities/women-profiles/clemence-corminboeuf |access-date=2021-03-25 |website=nccr-marvel.ch |language=en-EN}} She moved to Canada for her master's research, where she studied at the National Research Council Canada Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences. She worked at both the Dresden University of Technology and the University of Geneva for her graduate studies, where she developed quantum chemical approaches to better calculate nuclear magnetic resonance of organometallic compounds.{{Cite thesis |last=Corminboeuf |first=Anne-Clémence |title=Quantum chemical calculations of NMR parameters and conformational study of organometallic compounds |date=2004 |publisher=[s.n.] |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/718279913 |place=Genève |language=English |oclc=718279913}} After completing her doctorate, Corminboeuf was awarded a Swiss National Science Foundation fellowship to move to New York University, where she investigated the catalytic mechanisms of zinc-dependent histone deacetylases using molecular models of how the deacetylation reaction is impacted by histone-deacetylase-like proteins.{{Cite journal |last1=Corminboeuf |first1=Clémence |last2=Hu |first2=Po |last3=Tuckerman |first3=Mark E. |last4=Zhang |first4=Yingkai |date=2006-04-01 |title=Unexpected Deacetylation Mechanism Suggested by a Density Functional Theory QM/MM Study of Histone-Deacetylase-Like Protein |url=https://doi.org/10.1021/ja0600882 |journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society |volume=128 |issue=14 |pages=4530–4531 |doi=10.1021/ja0600882 |issn=0002-7863 |pmid=16594663|url-access=subscription }} She moved to the University of Georgia to work in the laboratory of Paul von Ragué Schleyer.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
Research and career
In 2007, Corminboeuf was appointed tenure-track assistant professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), and was promoted to full Professor in 2019.{{Cite news |date=2019-09-27 |title=Nominations of EPFL professors {{!}} Mirage News |language=en-AU |work=Mirage News |url=https://www.miragenews.com/nominations-of-epfl-professors-2 |access-date=2021-03-25}} Corminboeuf works on theoretical predictions of electronic structure for catalytic and organic electronic materials. She was involved with the development of several quantum chemical approaches to predicting material properties. She serves on the executive committee of MARVEL, a Swiss National Science Foundation programme that looks to accelerate the computational design of new materials.
Corminboeuf developed the Density Overlap Regions Indicator (DORI), which allows the prediction of bonding and non-covalent interactions between molecular systems.{{Cite journal |last=Ritter |first=Stephen |year=2016 |title=The art of the chemical bond |url=https://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i41/art-chemical-bond.html?type=paidArticleContent |url-status=live |journal=ACS Central Science |volume=2 |issue=11 |pages=769–772 |doi=10.1021/acscentsci.6b00337 |pmc=5126715 |pmid=27924304 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103035548/http://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i41/art-chemical-bond.html?type=paidArticleContent |archive-date=2016-11-03 |access-date=2021-03-25}} She has made use of machine learning to understand the material properties of large systems that consist of non-covalent interactions, such as Van der Waals forces, halogen bonds and carbon-hydrogen-π interactions.{{Cite web |last=Crawford2019-10-02T13:40:00+01:00 |first=Ellis |title=Machine learning predicts electron densities with DFT accuracy |url=https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/machine-learning-predicts-electron-densities-with-dft-accuracy/4010448.article |access-date=2021-03-25 |website=Chemistry World |language=en}}
Corminboeuf is a member of the Young Academy of Europe.{{Cite web |date=2016-12-19 |title=Corminboeuf |url=https://yacadeuro.org/clemence-corminboeuf/ |access-date=2021-03-25 |website=Young Academy of Europe |language=en-US}} In 2021 Corminboeuf was awarded the Heilbronner-Hückel Lectureship Award.{{Cite web |title=Swiss Chemical Society - Heilbronner-Hückel Lectureship Award 2021 awarded to Clémence Corminboeuf, EPFL |url=https://scg.ch/scg-news/74-news-fundamental/2516-heilbronner-hueckel-2021 |access-date=2021-03-25 |website=scg.ch}}
Awards and honours
- 2010 European Young Chemists' Network Silver Medal{{Cite journal |last=European Young Chemists Network team |date=2012 |title=Introducing the European Young Chemist Network (EYCN) |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chemv.201200122 |journal=ChemViews |doi=10.1002/chemv.201200122 |issn=2190-3735|url-access=subscription }}
- 2012 European Research Council Starting Grant{{Cite web |title=ERC FUNDED PROJECTS |url=https://erc.europa.eu/projects-figures/erc-funded-projects/results |access-date=2021-03-25 |website=ERC: European Research Council |language=en}}
- 2014 Swiss Chemical Society Werner Prize{{Cite web |title=Awards: Werner Prize |url=https://scg.ch/component/page/werner |access-date=2021-03-25 |website=Swiss Chemical Society |language=en-gb}}
- 2018 American Chemical Society Early-Career Award in Theoretical Chemistry{{Cite web |title=The Physical Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society |url=http://phys-acs.org/awards/2018.html |access-date=2021-03-25 |website=phys-acs.org}}
- 2018 European Research Council Consolidator Grant{{Cite journal |last=Papageorgiou |first=Nik |date=2018-06-12 |title=ERC Consolidator Grants awarded to three Basic Sciences professors |url=https://actu.epfl.ch/news/erc-consolidator-grants-awarded-to-three-basic-sci/ |language=en}}
- 2020 University of Geneva Prix Jaubert{{Cite web |title=Swiss Chemical Society (SCS) - Prof. Clémence Corminboeuf, EPFL wins the Prix Jaubert 2020 from the University of Geneva |url=https://scg.devkonzept.ch/scg-news/704-news-computational/2363-prof-clemence-corminboeuf-epfl-wins-the-prix-jaubert-2020-from-the-university-of-geneva |access-date=2021-03-25 |website=scg.devkonzept.ch}}
- 2021 Swiss Chemical Society Heilbronner-Hückel Lectureship Award
Selected publications
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- {{Cite Q|Q41003783}}
- {{Cite Q|Q63973412}}
- {{Cite Q|Q103824915}}
- {{Cite Q|Q41811223}}
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Category:Academic staff of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne