Odile Eisenstein

Class of 2022-2023

Director de Recherche CNRS Emeritus, Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier
CTMM group Universite de Montpellier
Hylleraas Center for Quantum Molecular Science
University of Oslo, Norway

Odile Eisenstein, director de Recherche CNRS Emeritus at the Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, CTMM group Universite de Montpellier and Hylleraas Center for Quantum Molecular Science, University of Oslo, is known best for computational studies of structure, bounding and reactivity in inorganic and organometallic chemistry and their application to problems in catalysis and bioinorganic and materials chemistry. She is a member of the French Academy of Sciences and received the Centenary Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Award in Organometallic Chemistry from the American Chemical Society, the Sir Edward Frankland Medal and Lectureship from the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Grand Prix Le Bel from the French Chemical Society. In addition, Eisenstein received the Silver Medal from the French National Scientific Research Center—one of the highest CNRS awards.

Eisenstein will collaborate with faculty, researchers and students in the College of Arts & Sciences, the Laboratory of Molecular Simulation, High Performance Research Computing, and Advanced Computing Enablement.