Nathalie Katsonis
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Nathalie Katsonis | |
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| Born | 22 February 1978 |
| Alma mater | Chimie ParisTech Pierre and Marie Curie University |
| Known for | Bioinspired molecular systems |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Groningen University of Twente Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique |
Nathalie Helene Katsonis (born 22 February 1978 in Vienna, Austria) is a Professor of Active Molecular Systems at the Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen. In 2016 she was awarded the Royal Netherlands Chemical Society Gold Medal.
Katsonis was born in Vienna.[1] She grew up in Orsay, in Paris Region. She is half French and half Greek. She studied chemical engineering at the Chimie ParisTech, before moving to Ecole Normal Superieure for her graduate studies with Ludovic Jullien. Katsonis earned her doctoral degree at the Pierre and Marie Curie University. She worked on nanoscale probes of two dimensional molecular self-assemblies with Denis Fichou.[2] She joined the research group of Ben Feringa at the University of Groningen, where she worked on self-assembly of motors and switches.[3] Whilst at Groningen Katsonis developed scanning probe microscopy for the determination of molecular chirality.[4]
