Our group employs coordination and supramolecular chemistry to solve medical and environmental problems. We design unique metal-based receptors to modernize dialysis and treat hyperphosphatemia - a condition affecting millions of patients with kidney diseases. As part of our environmental efforts, we are designing new complexes, supramolecular receptors and polymeric membranes that can catch pollutants from lakes and rivers. Our current goal is to design new tools that can economically remove phosphates and other environmentally-relevant anions from surface water contaminated with agricultural run-offs. In order to address climate change, we are developing new supramolecular approaches to directly capture, separate, and sequester carbon dioxide from ocean. Separately, we are developing a new class of biomaterials for drug delivery by DNA-templated polymerization.
Removing phosphates and nitrates from polluted water.
Biography
Education
B.S. Engineer’s Diploma, Ecole Superieure de Chimie, Lyon, 2001
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 2005 (Kenneth N. Raymond)
Post Doctorate California Institute of Technology, 2005-2007 (Jacqueline K. Barton)
Publications & Awards
Honors and Awards
Edward I. Stiefel award in Bioinorganic Chemistry, 2012
National Science Foundation CAREER, 2012
Earle C. Anthony Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley, 2002-2003
Rhône-Alpes Fellowship, France, 2000-2001
Leonardo Fellowship, European Union, 1999-2000
Books
Professor Pierre is co-editor of a new practical reference guide for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), Contrast Agents for MRI: Experimental Methods. Her co-editor was Professor Matthew J. Allen from Wayne State University. The e-book is available at http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/ebook/978-1-78262-447-9, and a hard copy is available on Amazon. The book was published by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Mailing Address
Valérie C. Pierre University of Minnesota Department of Chemistry B-13, 139 Smith Hall, 207 Pleasant St SE Minneapolis, MN 55455-0431
