Guillaume BERIONNI is also affiliated to the Institute NISM (Pôle FSM)

Our team aims to develop bifunctional catalysts consisting of Lewis acid and base functions to activate small molecules (H₂, CO₂, SO₂, C₂H₂, CH₄...). The reactivity of these catalysts as well as the mechanism and kinetics of activation reactions are studied by advanced spectroscopic methods.

These research themes are located at the frontier between organic, organometallic, heterochemistry (Group 13 and 14 elements), and coordination chemistry and advance the development of new concepts in homogeneous catalysis. Our research projects are funded by the FNRS, the ERC, the Wallonia-Brussels Federation and the University of Namur.

Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique - FNRS

Since 2018, our group has been funded by the FNRS.

Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles through Actions de Recherche Concertées - ARC

In the context of an inter-university ARC collaboration with UCLouvain, our group is supported by the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles aimed at fundamental research.

European Research Council - ERC

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

With this funding, the European Research Council enables outstanding scientists to implement pioneering concepts over a 5-year period, thus strengthening the European research landscape.

The ERC received 2652 consolidation grant proposals, 313 laureates were awarded funding from Europe. In the PE5 panel for physical sciences and engineering, 12 grants were awarded in Europe, including just one for Belgium: Professor Guillaume Berionni's B-YOND project. ERC Consolidator Grants are designed to support excellent research programs that must demonstrate innovative character and multidisciplinary ambition.

Inspired by transition metal catalysis and main-group chemistry, the B-YOND project aims to reprogram molecular systems based on s- and p-block elements to override current rules of chemical reactivity.