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Created in memory of the founder of UNamur's Department of Biology, the Fonds Adrien Bauchau (FAB) has been promoting research excellence in the life sciences since 1989.

In practice Who are open courses for?Open courses are open to all, although they are primarily aimed at secondary school students to help them take that first step in exploring higher education.What is the schedule for open courses?Courses are open from February 27 to Wednesday, March 5, 2025, from 08:30 to 16:30.To find out the precise timetable and location of each course, please visit the Info études service (Rue de Bruxelles, 85 5000 Namur), 15 minutes before the start of the course.The provisional program is available 15 days before the start of open courses.How to meet a guidance counselorYou have the opportunity to meet a guidance counselor at the guidance workshop scheduled for Tuesday, March 4, 2025, from 1:30 to 4:00 pm.The aim of this workshop is to help you think about the guidance process, gain a better understanding of the higher education landscape and define the main markers in the process of clarifying your project (educational and professional).Our advisor is also available by appointment for a one-to-one meeting throughout the week of open courses and outside of it.Do you have to register to take part?Access to open courses is without prior registration.To participate in the orientation workshop, however, online registration is mandatory and will be available some ten days before the start of the open courses.Who organizes the open courses?Open courses are organized by Info études, the service that provides information on all matters relating to choice of studies, prerequisites, reorientation, gateways, course curricula, job opportunities, additional training, recognition of prior learning... or any general questions about university life in Namur. Find out more about open courses

Save the date! The next UNamur Open House will take place on Saturday, March 29, 2025, from 1pm to 5pm.Save this date in your diary already!!On the programInspiring encounters: chat with our professors, assistants and students.Immersive tours: explore our auditoriums, classrooms and laboratories.Valuable information: get answers to all your questions about our programs and the specifics of studying in Namur.Practical resources: discover all the services available to support you before, during and after your studies.Stay tuned!The detailed afternoon program will be available some ten days before the event.Can't join us? No worries! A second open house is scheduled for Saturday, June 28, 2025, from 1pm to 5pm. Find out more about the open house

Save the date! On Saturday June 28, 2025, from 1pm to 5pm, UNamur once again opens its doors to you before the summer vacations.At the programProfessors, assistants, students and staff members look forward to welcoming you to answer all your questions about your future studies;share with you their experience of university life and its many opportunities for fulfillment;guide you through your final practical steps: registration, preparatory courses, finding accommodation, financial aid and more.Forthcoming informationThe afternoon's detailed program will be available some ten days before the event. Find out more about the open house

Statistics usually focus on anticipating events that fall within the norm. But what about rare events? They are dealt with by a branch of mathematics called extreme value theory, in which Anna Kiriliouk, lecturer in statistics at UNamur, is a specialist. Applied to the climate, this theory enables us to better predict extreme climatic events, at a time when these are multiplying due to climate change.

Gabriel Dias De Carvalho Junior adds his expertise in didactics and cognitive psychology to the physics didactics research unit of UNamur's Department of Physics. With almost two decades of teaching experience in Brazil, he works to improve teaching practices. His innovative projects aim to make teaching more inclusive and accessible, while establishing international collaborations.

An astrophysics expert, Professor André Fűzfa (Faculté des sciences, Institut Naxys) also harnesses his scientific knowledge to take everyone on a journey into the world of the imagination, through literature. Finding Ganymede is his new novel, co-created with illustrator Fabrice Rasir, an alumnus of the Mathematics Department. A book that incorporates images generated by artificial intelligence (AI). The novel is thus a skilful blend of graphic AI, physics and fiction that helps stimulate the imagination while providing an instructive dimension.

The conference is co-organized by the University of Namur, Belgium and Wuhan University of Technology, China and supported by Foshan Xianhu Laboratory and other organisms.More info on the GCMC2025 website...

On January 23 and 24, 2025, UNamur experts were present at the SETT (School Education Transformation Technology) trade show for its sixth edition. A must-attend event for digital education in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, dedicated to principals, teachers and technical-pedagogical advisors.

In 2022, Professor Guillaume Berionni was awarded an ERC consolidation grant.

Our Cover pages The ERC B-YOND project This project was funded by the European Research Council (ERC) as part of the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation program (grant agreement no. 101044649). More info about the ERC B-YOND project Our publications Enhancing the Lewis Superacidity of Pyramidal Boranes With Boratriptycenes Containing Positively Charged Pyridinium Units. N. Niessen, L. Mineur, A. Chardon, A. Osi, A. I. Adjieufack, D. Mahaut, N. Tumanov, J. Wouters, B. Champagne, G. Berionni, Chemistry Europe, 2025, submitted. [Download] - 64 Synthesis of Vinyl Boronates from Aldehydes and Ketones by Peterson Olefination: Investigation of the Peterson/Boron-Wittig Chemoselectivity. J. Janssens, G. Berionni, R. Robiette, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2025, e202500033. [Download] - 63 - (link for download: https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202500033)Atropisomerism in Triarylboranes: Lewis Base Assisted Rotation at C-B Stereogenic Axis in Asymmetrical Boron Lewis Acids. T.-H. Doan, A. Chardon, N. Vanthuyne, T. N. Ramos, N. Tumanov, L. Fusaro, M. Albalat, L. Collard, J. Wouters, B. Champagne, G. Berionni, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202421931. [Download] - 62 - (link for download: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202421931 )Reactivity and Steric Parameters from 2D to 3D Bulky Pyridines: Increasing Steric Demand at Nitrogen with Chiral Azatriptycenes, A. BenSaida, D. Mahaut, N. Tumanov, J. Wouters, B. Champagne, N. Vanthuyne, R. Robiette, G. Berionni, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202407503. [Download] - 61 - (link for download: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202407503)- Regulating iminophosphorane PN bond reactivity through geometric constraints with cage-shaped triarylphosphines. L. Hu, S. Chakraborty, N. Tumanov, J. Wouters, R. Robiette, G. Berionni, Chem. Comm. 2024, 60, 7073. [Download] - 60 - (download link: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CC01868K)Frustrated Lewis pair chemistry: early concepts, scope, and recent developments with 9-phosphatriptycenes Damien M., Benoit C., Guillaume B., Chimie Nouvelle n°143, 2023, 15 - [Download] - 59Controlling precision on the ring: "Desired borylation of fluoroaromatic compounds is achieved with cobalt catalyst" Guillaume B., Science 382, 2023, 1122-1123 - [Download] - 58Association of Pyramidal Boron Lewis Superacids with Pyridines: Bending 2,4,6-Collidine with the 10-Sulfonium-9-boratriptycene Osi, A., Niessen, N., Mahaut, D., Champagne, B., Chardon, A., Tumanov, N., Wouters, J., Berionni, G., Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2023, 649, e202300066. [Download] - 57A focus on anionic boron anthracenes and triptycenes as entry point toward B-doped polyaromatic materials and Lewis acids G. Berionni, Chem. Sci.,2023, 14, 5241-5242 - [Download] - 56From Proton to Boron: The Lewis Analogs of Protonated Brønsted Super Acids, Osi, A., Tumanov, N., Fusaro, L., Wouters, J., Berionni, G., Chardon, A., Chem. Eur. J. 2023, e202301146 - [Download] - 55 - Dedicated to Prof. Alain Krief for his 80th birthday.Regioselective Transition-Metal Free Arenes C-H Borylations: From Directing Groups to Borylation Template Reagents, G. Berionni, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202210284. - [Download] - 54Reprogramming Main-Group Compounds: Toward New Superelectrophilic and Superacidic Catalysts, G. Berionni, Chimie Nouvelle, 2022, 139, 27-29. - DOI: 10.52809/cn2022.nxmn2068 - [download] - 53A Selenium Substituted Pyramidal 9-Boratriptycene Lewis Acid, A. Osi, N. Tumanov, J. Wouters, A. Chardon, G. Berionni, Synthesis 2022, online - DOI: 10.1055/a-1840-5680 - [download] - 529-phosphatriptycene derivatives: from their weak basicity to their application in frustrated Lewis pair chemistry, D. Mahaut, G. Berionni, B. Champagne, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2022, 126, 18, 2794-2801 - [download] - 51 Frustrated Lewis pair-catalyzed hydrogenation of unactivated alkenes with sterically hindered 9-phosphatriptycenes, D. Mahaut, B. Champagne, G. Berionni, 2022, ChemCatChem 2022,14, e202200294. - [download] - 50Taming the Lewis Superacidity of Non-Planar Boranes: C-H Bond Activation and Non-Classical Binding Modes at Boron - A. Osi, D. Mahaut, N. Tumanov, L. Fusaro, J. Wouters, B. Champagne, A. Chardon, G. Berionni. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202112342. - [download] - 49 Young Career Focus presents Guillaume Berionni, Synform, 2021, 159-161 - [download] - 48Future Prospects in Boron Chemistry: Boron Lewis Acids in Perspective - Chem. Syn. 2021, 1:10. - [download] - 47Rational Development of a Metal-Free Bifunctional System for the C-H Activation of Methane: A Density Functional Theory Investigation, D. Mahaut, A. Chardon, L. Mineur, G. Berionni, B. Champagne, ChemPhysChem 2021, 22, 1958-1966. - [download] - 46Six-membered Rings with One Phosphorus Atom, F. Rammal, V. Magné, G. Berionni, S. Lakhdar, Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry IV, Elsevier,2022, Volume 7, 685-717 (book chapter). - [download] - 45Four-membered Rings with One Phosphorus, Arsenic, Antimony, or Bismuth Atom - V. Magné, F. Rammal, G. Berionni, S. Lakhdar, Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry IV, Elsevier, 2022, Volume 2, 335-362 (book chapter). - [download] - 44Sterically hindered ortho-substituted phosphatriptycenes as configurationally stable P-chirogenic triarylphosphines, L. Hu, D. Mahaut, N. Tumanov, J. Wouters, L. Collard, R. Robiette, G. Berionni, Dalton Trans. 2021, 50, 4772-4777 - [download] - 43Triptycene Boronates, Boranes, and Boron Ate-Complexes: Toward Sterically Hindered Triarylboranes and Trifluoroborates, M. Gama, X. Antognini Silva, T-H. Doan, A. Osi, A. Chardon, N. Tumanov, J. Wouters, G. Berionni, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2021, 1440-1445 - [download] - 42Methylene Bridging Effect on the Structures, Lewis Acidities and Optical Properties of Semi Planar Triarylboranes, T.-H. Doan, A. Chardon, A. Osi, D. Mahaut, N. Tumanov, J. Wouters, B. Champagne, G. Berionni, Chem. Eur. J.2021, 27, 1736-1743. - [download] - 41Non-planar Boron Lewis Acids Taking the Next Step: Development of Tunable Lewis Acids, Lewis Superacids and Bifunctional Catalysts, A. Chardon, A. Osi, D. Mahaut, A. Ben Saida, G Berionni, Synlett. 2020, 31, 1639-1648. - [download] - 40Controlled Generation of 9-Boratriptycene by Lewis Adduct Dissociation: Accessing a Unique Non-Planar Triarylborane, A. Chardon, A. Osi, D. Mahaut, T.-H. Doan, N. Tumanov, J. Wouters, L. Fusaro, B. Champagne, G Berionni, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 12402-12406. - [download] - 39Pushing the Lewis Acidity Boundaries of Boron Compounds With Non-Planar Triarylboranes Derived from Triptycenes, A. Ben Saida, A. Chardon, A. Osi, N. Tumanov, J. Wouters, A. I. Adjieufack, B. Champagne, G. Berionni, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 16889-16893. - [download] - 38Complementary Synthetic Approaches toward 9-Phosphatriptycene and Structure-Reactivity Investigations of Its Association with Sterically Hindered Lewis Acids, L. Hu, D. Mahaut, N. Tumanov, J. Wouters, R. Robiette, G. Berionni, J. Org. Chem. 2019, 84, 11268-11274. - [download] - 37The Halogen-Samarium Exchange Reaction: Synthetic Applications and Kinetics, L. Anthore-Dalion, A. D. Benischke, B. Wei, G Berionni, P. Knochel, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 4046. - [download] - 36Opening Up New Research Lines in Lewis Acid/Base Catalysis, G. Berionni, L. Hu, A. Ben Saida, A. Chardon, M. Gama, A. Osi, D. Mahaut, X. Antognini Silva, Chimie Nouvelle, 2018, 128, 13. - [download] - 35Stereospecific Allylic Functionalization: The Reactions of Allylboronate Complexes with Electrophiles, A. D. Benischke, L. Anthore-Dalion, G. Berionni, P. Knochel, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 51, 16390-16394.[download] - 34Stereospecific Allylic Functionalization: The Reactions of Allylboronate Complexes with Electrophiles, C. García-Ruiz, J. L.-Y. Chen, C. Sandford, K. Feeney, G. Berionni, H. Mayr, V. K. Aggarwal, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 15324-15327.[download] - 33Mechanistic studies of formal thioboration reactions of alkynes, A. Issaian, D. J. Faizi, J. O. Bailey, P. Mayer, G. Berionni*, D. A. Singleton*, S. A. Blum*, J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 8165-8178. [download] - 32Barbier continuous flow preparation and reactions of carbamoyllithiums for nucleophilic amidation, M. A. Ganiek, M. R. Becker, G. Berionni, H. Zipse, P. Knochel*, Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 10280-10284. [download] - 31Nucleophilicities and Lewis basicities of sterically hindered pyridines, E. Follet, H. Zipse, S. Lakhdar, A. R. Ofial, G. Berionni*, Synthesis 2017, 49, 3495-3504. [special issue on the occasion of the 70th birthday of Professor Herbert Mayr] [download] - 30Superelectrophilicity in Michael-Type Reactions: Water Addition to 4-Nitrobenzodifuroxan, S. Lakhdar,* G. Berionni*, F. Terrier,* Synthesis 2017, 49, 3453-3459. [special issue on the occasion of the 70th birthday of Professor Herbert Mayr] [download] - 29Reactivity-tuning in frustrated Lewis pairs: nucleophilicities and lewis basicities of sterically hindered phosphines, E. Follet, P. Mayer, D. S. Stephenson, A. R. Ofial, G. Berionni*, Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 7422-7427. [download] - 28Structures, Lewis acidities, electrophilicities, and protecting group abilities of phenyl-fluorenylium and tritylium ions., E. Follet, P. Mayer, G. Berionni*, Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 623-630. [download][Selected as hot paper] - 27Nucleophilicity of alkyl zirconocene and titanocene precatalysts and kinetics of activation by carbenium ions and by B(C6F5)3, G. Berionni*, H. Kurouchi, L. Eisenburger, H. Mayr, Chem. Eur. J.2016, 22, 11196-11200. [download] - 26Before 2015 - https://researchportal.unamur.be/fr/persons/gberionn/publications/ RCO in detail SVG .cls-1 { fill: #323232; stroke-width: 0px; } Homepage See content SVG .cls-1 { fill: #323232; stroke-width: 0px; } Our team See content SVG .cls-1 { fill: #323232; stroke-width: 0px; } Our equipment See content SVG .cls-1 { fill: #323232; stroke-width: 0px; } Join us See content

Promoter (PI) Guillaume BERIONNI is also affiliated to the NISM Institute (FSM Cluster)Other membersAssistant : Oumayma Ben RomdhanePost-doc researchers: Sophie Rodrigues, Romain Losa and Akshitha SelvarajDoctors: Nicolas Niessen, Antoine Willems, Sayandip Chakraborty, Maxence Bonnevial and Merlin Lieuwouo ChimiInterns: Leny Gassas, Dorian JarlanAdministrative assistant: Marion Mathot May 2024 2nd row, left to right: Marion Mathot, Sophie Rodrigues, Nicolas Niessen, Merlin Lieuwouo Chimi, Tom Nazé, Antoine Willems, Lina Guinefa1st row, left to right: Mathilde Lebreton, Maxence Bonnevial, Sayandip Chakraborty, Guillaume Berionni, Julia Volk, Kajetan Bijouard, Oumayma Ben Romdhane RCO in detail SVG .cls-1 { fill: #323232; stroke-width: 0px; } Homepage See content SVG .cls-1 { fill: #323232; stroke-width: 0px; } Our research See content SVG .cls-1 { fill: #323232; stroke-width: 0px; } Our equipment See content SVG .cls-1 { fill: #323232; stroke-width: 0px; } Join us See content