Jean-Marc Sotiropoulos was born in Toulouse FRANCE, in 1963 and studied chemistry at the University Paul Sabatier Toulouse, where he obtained his Ph.D. degree (Research supervisor: Dr. Guy Bertrand). After a postdoctoral position with Prof. Dr. K. Seppelt at the FU Berlin as A.v. Humbolt fellow, he joined the CNRS in the Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour to mainly work on reactive species from the group 13, 14, 15, their electronic properties and reactivities. He also contributes to the developpment of new photoelectron system. He is currently the director of IPREM (Institute of Analytical Sciences and Physico-Chemistry for the Environment and Materials).
