Hélène Pellissier Author

Hélène Pellissier carried out her PhD under the supervision of Dr G. Gil in Marseille (France) in 1987. The work was focused on the reactivity of isocyanides. In 1988, she entered The National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) as a researcher. After a postdoctoral period in Professor K. P. C. Vollhardt’s group at the University of California, Berkeley, she joined the group of Professor M. Santelli in Marseille in 1992, where she focused on the development of novel very short total syntheses of non-natural steroids starting from 1,3-butadiene and benzocyclobutenes. She is the author of 130 papers including reviews in international journals, 11 books, and 11 book chapters. She is currently researcher (CNRS) at Aix Marseille Université (France).