Category: Faculties
Status: Senior researcher
Employer: CNRS
Team: Polymerization catalyses and engineering
Location: B8
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Key Research Areas : Flow Chemistry - Machine Learning - Bayesian Optimization - Control of Polymer Microstructure - Polymerization Kinetics - Statistical Analysis of Polymer Structure - Gradient and Asymmetric Copolymers
Dr Simon Harrisson is a Research Director at the Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques (LCPO CNRS UMR5629) in Bordeaux. He obtained his PhD from the University of New South Wales, Australia, in 2002. After postdoctoral work at the University of Warwick, UK, and Washington University in St Louis, USA, he joined the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Australia in 2005. In 2010, he moved to France, where he worked at the Institut Galénique Paris Sud and Solvay Research & Development Centre Paris, before joining the CNRS in 2014, first at the IMRCP in Toulouse and then at the LCPO in 2019. His research combines polymerization kinetics and mechanisms with continuous-flow chemistry, automation and machine learning. Since 2022, he has led the development of the AMETHYST platform at the LCPO, integrating automated flow synthesis, online characterization and data-driven optimization for polymer synthesis and materials discovery.
IUPAC
Titular Member, IUPAC Division IV (Polymer Division)
Chair of the IUPAC Subcommittee on Polymer Terminology (from 2027)
Co-Chair of the IUPAC Subcomittee on Kinetics and Processes in Polymerization
GFP
Treasurer of the Groupe Français d'etudes et d'applications des Polymères
Member of the GFP Conseil d'Administration
Past activities
Member of the Comité National de la Recherche Scientifique (Section 11, 2016-2021)
• Taming the Tiger: Bayesian Optimization of Organocatalyzed Ring-Opening Polymerization in Flow
Clothier, G. K. K.; Doat, O.; Li, B.; Taton, D.; Harrisson, S.
Polymer Chemistry, 2026, 17, 3275-3286.
• Comment on "Multidimensional kinetic study on the organocatalyzed ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of l-lactide via a robotic high-throughput flow platform” by B. Zhang and T. Junkers, Chem. Sci., 2026, 17, 4706"
Clothier, G. K. K.; Harrisson, S.
Chemical Science, 2026, 17, 12142-12146.
• Exploiting machine learning and automated synthesis in continuous flow for process optimization of the organocatalyzed ring-opening polymerization of L-lactide.
Clothier, G. K. K.; Taton, D.; Harrisson, S.
ACS Polymers Au, 2025, 5, 603–612.
• Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization.
Harrisson, S.; Whitfield, R.; Anastasaki, A.; Matyjaszewski, K.
Nature Reviews Methods Primers, 2025, 5, 2.
• Memory Effect in Thermoresponsive Proline-Based Polymers.
Badreldin, M.; Le Scouarnec, R.; Lecommandoux, S.; Harrisson, S.; Bonduelle, C.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 61, e202209530.
• The downside of dispersity: why the standard deviation is a better measure of dispersion in precision polymerization.
Harrisson, S.
Polymer Chemistry, 2018, 9, 1366–1370.
• The limits of precision monomer placement in chain growth polymerization.
Gody, G.; Zetterlund, P. B.; Perrier, S.; Harrisson, S.
Nature Communications, 2016, 7, 10514.
A full list of publications is available on my Google Scholar page.
Clothier Glenn Keith Kim, Harrisson Simon
Journal title: Chemical Science, Volume(s): 17, Issue(s): 24, Page(s): 12142-12146 10.1039/d6sc02040b (2026)
Clothier Glenn Keith Kim, Doat Olivier, Li Bo, Taton Daniel, Harrisson Simon
Journal title: Polymer Chemistry, Volume(s): 17, Issue(s): 30, Page(s): 3275-3286 https://hal.science/hal-05749170/document 10.1039/d6py00238b (2026)
Merland Théo, Despax Laurie, Destarac Mathias, Harrisson Simon, Benyahia Lazhar, Nicolai Taco, Chassenieux Christophe
Journal title: Macromolecules https://hal.science/hal-05316716/document 10.1021/acs.macromol.5c02457 (2025)
