She carried out her post-doctoral research at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom where she worked with Michael Lappert, Fellow of the Royal Society.
She earned her habilitation in 2003 at Université Paris VI (formerly known as Pierre and Marie Curie University).
According to IFP Energies Nouvelle, Catalysts are substances that accelerate chemical reactions and direct their selectivity.
They are used in processes for transforming raw materials (of petroleum or vegetable origin) into molecules with higher added value for the production of plastics, polymers, etc.
... [The work of Olivier-Bourbigou] aims to develop more efficient catalysts, for a more sustainable and economically competitive chemistry and which has led to major scientific advances in catalysis.