Jean Fréchet

Bio

Jean Fréchet is Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and Director of the Organic and Macromolecular Facility of the Molecular Foundry at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Prior to joining Berkeley, Dr. Fréchet was Professor at Cornell University and received Ph.D. degrees from both SUNY and Syracuse University in 1971. He has worked closely with industry throughout his career and is credited with developing the chemically amplified photoresists, essential for today's manufacturing of semiconductor microprocessors. He has further worked closely with materials and biomedical start-up companies, several of which are now publicly traded companies. Fréchet has over 60 patents issued.