Anne-Marie Caminade was born in Carmaux (France).   She received two Ph.D.s in Toulouse (France) in 1984 and 1988.   She worked as a Post-doc at the Institut Français du Pétrole (Paris, 1984) and in Prof. M. Veith's group (1988-1989, Saarbrücken, Germany).   Since 1985, Dr. Caminade is working at the French CNRS in Toulouse with Jean-Pierre Majoral, where she is "Director of Research" since 1997.   Her research interest is on Main group elements.   She developed several aspects of the chemistry of phosphorus, including low coordinated compounds, coordination of transition metals, reactivity of metallic hydrides, synthesis of macrocycles.   Her current research interest is on the synthesis, reactivity and study of properties of phosphorus dendrimers.   Dr. Caminade is co-author of 200 publications and 20 patents.