Professor Dr. Xavier Ottenwaelder

Biography

Xavier Ottenwaelder is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Concordia University. He specializes in various research areas including Inorganic Chemistry, oxidation chemistry, catalysis, aerobic reactions, coordination complexes, organic transformations, and mechanochemistry. Xavier's educational background includes a PhD from Université Paris-XI in Orsay, France, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University. He actively supervises both Master's and PhD students within the Chemistry department. His research interests extend to metal complexes, bio-inorganic chemistry, dioxygen activation, C-H bond functionalization, catalysis, reactive intermediates, and X-ray crystallography. He teaches multiple courses that cover topics like Inorganic Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry, and advanced methods and techniques in Chemistry.

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