Clotilde POLICAR

Metals in Biology and Redox Homeostasis

Clotilde POLICAR

Clotilde POLICAR

Professor

Bioinorganic chemistryInorganic chemical biologyMimics of superoxide dismutases

see https://ens-bic.fr/

Trained in organic, inorganic and physical chemistry, Clotilde Policar specialized in bio-inorganic chemistry. Professor at the Ecole Normale Supérieure—Paris Sciences et Lettres, since 2008, she has set up a group in bioinorganic chemistry and inorganic biological and cellular chemistry that works on the study of inorganic compounds in biological environments.

She is currently a member of the international society in biological inorganic chemistry SBIC and serves currently as its past president. She is a member of the Société Chimique de France.

She is currently the dean of sciences education at ENS-PSL.

Research Topics

Endogenous metals imaging in biological processes

Endogenous metals imaging in biological processes

While present at relatively low concentrations compared to organic species, endogenous metals are in…

Bio-active metal complexes and catalysis

Bio-active metal complexes and catalysis

We design metal-complexes as mimics of antioxidant metalloenzymes (catalases, superoxide dismutases)…

Metal-based probes

Metal-based probes

Re(CO)3 complexes are developed as multimodal probes to correlate fluorescence, IR-imaging and X-flu…