Opening Lecturer
Opening Lecture - PL01 - How Natural Products Can Inspire Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery
Prof. Herbert WALDMANN
MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY
Dortmund, Germany
Dortmund, Germany
1976-1985: Studied chemistry at the University of Mainz. Received a Ph. D. in Organic Chemistry in 1985 under the guidance of Prof. H. Kunz.
1985-1986: Postdoctoral fellow with Prof. George Whitesides at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1986-1991: Habilitation at the University of Mainz. Obtained tenure in 1991.
1991: Appointment as Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Bonn.
1993: Appointment as Full Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Karlsruhe.
1998: Calls to the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund and to the University of Dortmund, to the Technische Universität München and the Technische Universität Stuttgart.
1999: Appointment as Director at the Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Physiology Dortmund, Department of Chemical Biology and as Full Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Dortmund.
1999: Call to the Chair of Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry at the University of Leeds.(not accepted)
2007-2008: Managing Director of the Center of Advanced European Studies and Research (“caesar”), Bonn
2014: Honorary Doctorate (Dr. h. c.) bestowed by Leiden University, NL
Prof. Waldmann’s research interests lie in the analysis of natural product structure for Biology Oriented Synthesis (BIOS) which employs biological relevance and prevalidation to identify novel bioactive compounds for the study of biology. This work includes the design and synthesis of natural product-inspired compound collections and the development of novel enantioselective synthesis methodology, cell-based screening and identification of the cellular targets of bioactive compounds. A major focus of research in the Waldmann group is on the synthesis of lipidated peptides and proteins in particular of the Ras superfamily and the development of small molecule modulators of their function.
He has been the recipient of the Friedrich Weygand Award for the advancement of peptide chemistry, of the Carl Duisberg Award of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, the Otto-Bayer-Award, the Steinhofer Award of the Steinhofer Foundation, the Max Bergmann Medal, the GSK Award on Chemical Biology, the Hans-Herloff Inhoffen-Medal, the Emil-Fischer-Medal, he is a Member of „Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina, Halle/Saale“, of the NRW Akademie der Wissenschaft und der Künste and since 2005 he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Among his lectureships are the prestigious Van de Kerk Lectureship, University of Utrecht, 2002, the Amgen Lecturer, USA 2003, the R. Raphael Lectureship, Glasgow, 2005, the Roessler Lectures, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA, 2006 as well as the Musgrave Lectureship, Department of Chemistry, University of Durham, GB 2006, the Bridget Ogilvie Lecture, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, GB, 2006 , the Melvin Calvin Lecture, UC Berkeley, USA, 2007, the Cedric Hassall Lecture, Gregynog, GB, 2007, the IICT Hyderabad Foundation Day Lecture, India, 2008, the Felix Serratosa Lecture, CSIC Barcelona, Spain, 2009 and the Wang Yu Memorial Lecture, Shanghai, 2009, the 35th Mellanby Memorial Lecture, CDRI, Lucknow, India, 2010 and the Wilhelm-Manchot Research Professor- and Lectureship, TU Munich, 2011.
1985-1986: Postdoctoral fellow with Prof. George Whitesides at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1986-1991: Habilitation at the University of Mainz. Obtained tenure in 1991.
1991: Appointment as Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Bonn.
1993: Appointment as Full Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Karlsruhe.
1998: Calls to the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund and to the University of Dortmund, to the Technische Universität München and the Technische Universität Stuttgart.
1999: Appointment as Director at the Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Physiology Dortmund, Department of Chemical Biology and as Full Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Dortmund.
1999: Call to the Chair of Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry at the University of Leeds.(not accepted)
2007-2008: Managing Director of the Center of Advanced European Studies and Research (“caesar”), Bonn
2014: Honorary Doctorate (Dr. h. c.) bestowed by Leiden University, NL
Prof. Waldmann’s research interests lie in the analysis of natural product structure for Biology Oriented Synthesis (BIOS) which employs biological relevance and prevalidation to identify novel bioactive compounds for the study of biology. This work includes the design and synthesis of natural product-inspired compound collections and the development of novel enantioselective synthesis methodology, cell-based screening and identification of the cellular targets of bioactive compounds. A major focus of research in the Waldmann group is on the synthesis of lipidated peptides and proteins in particular of the Ras superfamily and the development of small molecule modulators of their function.
He has been the recipient of the Friedrich Weygand Award for the advancement of peptide chemistry, of the Carl Duisberg Award of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, the Otto-Bayer-Award, the Steinhofer Award of the Steinhofer Foundation, the Max Bergmann Medal, the GSK Award on Chemical Biology, the Hans-Herloff Inhoffen-Medal, the Emil-Fischer-Medal, he is a Member of „Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina, Halle/Saale“, of the NRW Akademie der Wissenschaft und der Künste and since 2005 he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Among his lectureships are the prestigious Van de Kerk Lectureship, University of Utrecht, 2002, the Amgen Lecturer, USA 2003, the R. Raphael Lectureship, Glasgow, 2005, the Roessler Lectures, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA, 2006 as well as the Musgrave Lectureship, Department of Chemistry, University of Durham, GB 2006, the Bridget Ogilvie Lecture, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, GB, 2006 , the Melvin Calvin Lecture, UC Berkeley, USA, 2007, the Cedric Hassall Lecture, Gregynog, GB, 2007, the IICT Hyderabad Foundation Day Lecture, India, 2008, the Felix Serratosa Lecture, CSIC Barcelona, Spain, 2009 and the Wang Yu Memorial Lecture, Shanghai, 2009, the 35th Mellanby Memorial Lecture, CDRI, Lucknow, India, 2010 and the Wilhelm-Manchot Research Professor- and Lectureship, TU Munich, 2011.
Plenary Lecturers
PL06 - Making Molecular Prosthetics with a Small Molecule Synthesizer
Prof. Martin D. BURKE
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
Urbana, United States
Urbana, United States
Marty completed his undergraduate degree in chemistry at Johns Hopkins University in 1998, a Ph.D. in organic synthesis at Harvard University in 2003, and an M.D. at Harvard Medical School in 2005. He is now a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Marty’s research focuses on small molecules that replicate the functions of missing proteins, thereby operating as prostheses on the molecular scale. To enable such studies, Marty's group created a machine that builds molecules from pre-fabricated building blocks. This advance helps make the process of complex small molecule synthesis as simple, efficient, and flexible as possible. Marty is the recipient of a number of honors and awards, including the 2014 Thieme-IUPAC Prize in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, The 2014 Hirata Gold Medal from Japan, the 2013 American Chemical Society Elias J. Corey Award for Outstanding Original Contribution in Organic Synthesis by a Young Investigator.
PL02 - Organocatalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Heterocycles
Prof. Dieter ENDERS
RWTH AACHEN
Aachen, Germany
Aachen, Germany
His research fields are asymmetric synthesis, the synthesis of biologically active compounds, organocatalysis – especially N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalysis and domino reactions.
Dieter Enders studied chemistry at the University of Giessen and got his Dr. rer. nat. degree there in 1974. After a postdoct stay at Harvard University Cambridge, USA he returned to Giessen for his habilitation in 1979. He became Associate Professor at the University of Bonn (1980) and Full Professor at the RWTH Aachen University (1985). He is the recipient of many national and international awards.
Dieter Enders studied chemistry at the University of Giessen and got his Dr. rer. nat. degree there in 1974. After a postdoct stay at Harvard University Cambridge, USA he returned to Giessen for his habilitation in 1979. He became Associate Professor at the University of Bonn (1980) and Full Professor at the RWTH Aachen University (1985). He is the recipient of many national and international awards.
PL07 - Organocatalysis for Diversity-Oriented Synthesis
Prof. Karl Anker JOERGENSEN
AARHUS UNIVERSITY
Aarhus, Denmark
Aarhus, Denmark
Karl Anker Jørgensen received his PhD from Aarhus University in 1984. He was a post-doc with Prof. Roald Hoffmann, Cornell University, 1985. In 1985, he became an Assistant Professor at Aarhus University and in 1992 he was appointed as Professor. His research interests are the development, understanding and application of asymmetric catalysis.
PL04 - Carbo- and Heterocycles via Metal-Catalyzed Cycloadditions
Dr Fernando LOPEZ
UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA (USC) AND SPANISH NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (CSIC)
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Fernando López (A Estrada, 1975) obtained his PhD in 2003 at the University of Santiago de Compostela. He carried out two predoctoral stays at the ETH-Zürich (with Prof. Erick M. Carreira) and at Yale University (with Prof. John F. Hartwig), and a postdoctoral stay with Prof. Ben L. Feringa at the University of Groningen (Marie Curie Fellow, from 2003 to 2005).
In 2006, he joined the University of Santiago de Compostela as a Ramón y Cajal Fellow and, in 2008, he was granted a Tenured Scientist position at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), joining the Instituto de Química Orgánica. Since 2012, he has been assigned at the CIQUS “Center for Research in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Materials” (http://www.usc.es/ciqus/en), at the University of Santiago de Compostela where he works in collaboration with Professor J. L Mascareñas. His research interests are broadly centered on metal-promoted-catalysis, with a focus on cycloadditions, enantioselective processes and natural product synthesis.
He is the author of more than 60 publications and several patents. In 2009, he received the SIGMA-ALDRICH Young Chemists Award of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry
He is the author of more than 60 publications and several patents. In 2009, he received the SIGMA-ALDRICH Young Chemists Award of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry
PL03 - Catalytic Approaches from the Synthesis of Enantiopure Biologically Relevant Heterocycles
Prof. Floris RUTJES
RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Floris Rutjes received his PhD from the University of Amsterdam in 1993 under the supervision of Profs. W.N. Speckamp and H. Hiemstra. After a postdoc at the Scripps Research Institute with Prof. K.C. Nicolaou, and an assistant-professorship at the University of Amsterdam, he was appointed full professor in organic synthesis at Radboud University Nijmegen in 1999. His research interests comprise the application of catalysis in the synthesis of biologically relevant (heterocyclic) molecules, development of new bioorthogonal probes for chemical ligation, and chemical synthesis in microreactors. He has received several awards including the Gold Medal of the Royal Netherlands Chemical Society (KNCV, 2002) and the AstraZeneca award for research in organic chemistry (2003).
PL05 - Springer Junior Heterocyclic Chemistry Award Lecture (chaired by Bert Maes, editor of Springer)
Exploiting the Reactivity of Strained Rings and Hypervalent Bonds for the Synthesis of Heterocycles
Exploiting the Reactivity of Strained Rings and Hypervalent Bonds for the Synthesis of Heterocycles
Prof. Jerome WASER
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE
Lausanne, Switzerland
Lausanne, Switzerland
Jérôme Waser was born in Sierre, Valais, Switzerland in 1977. He studied chemistry at ETH Zurich and obtained his Diploma in 2001. From 2002 to 2006, he was a PhD student at ETH Zurich with Prof. Erick M. Carreira. In 2006, he joined Prof. Barry M. Trost at Stanford University as a SNF postdoctoral fellow. From October 2007 to May 2014, he was a tenure-track assistant professor at EPF Lausanne (EPFL). Since June 2014, he has been associate professor at EPFL, working on the development and application of new methodologies for the synthesis of organic compounds, with focus on the use of hypervalent iodine reagents and strained rings. He is a recipient of the A. F. Schläfli award of the Swiss Academy of Sciences 2011, the ERC starting grant 2013 and the Werner prize of the Swiss Chemical Society 2014.
Invited Lecturers
IL10 - C-H Functionalization for the Synthesis and Assembly of Heterocycles
Prof. Lutz ACKERMANN
GEORG-AUGUST UNIVERSITY GOETTINGEN
Goettingen, Germany
Goettingen, Germany
Scientific Vita
2013 – 2015 Dean of Research, Faculty of Chemistry, Georg-August-University Göttingen
2011 – 2013 Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry, Georg-August-University Göttingen
since 2007 Full Professor (W3) at the Georg-August-University Göttingen
2003 – 2007 Emmy Noether-Fellow (DFG): Independent research at the LMU München
2001 – 2003 Postdoctoral Studies with Prof. R. G. Bergman, UC Berkeley
1998 – 2001 Ph.D. thesis (Mentor: Prof. A. Fürstner), MPI Kohlenforschung in Mülheim/Ruhr
1993 –1998 Studies of Chemistry at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
Research Interests
1) Homogeneous Catalysis, 2) Sustainable Organic Synthesis 3) Ligand Design 4) C–H Activation
Awards and Recognition
2015 Ta-Shue Chou Lectureship Award, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
2014 ISI Highly Cited Researcher, BASF lecture, UC Berkeley, USA
2012 ERC Independent Researcher Consolidator Grant
2011 AstraZeneca Excellence in Chemistry Award
2009 JSPS Visiting Professor Fellowship, Osaka University, Japan
2008 Goering Visiting Professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, USA
2007 Dozentenstipendium (FCI), ADUC prize (GDCh), Visiting Professor Università Milano
2006 ORCHEM-Preis für Naturwissenschaftler (GDCh)
2013 – 2015 Dean of Research, Faculty of Chemistry, Georg-August-University Göttingen
2011 – 2013 Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry, Georg-August-University Göttingen
since 2007 Full Professor (W3) at the Georg-August-University Göttingen
2003 – 2007 Emmy Noether-Fellow (DFG): Independent research at the LMU München
2001 – 2003 Postdoctoral Studies with Prof. R. G. Bergman, UC Berkeley
1998 – 2001 Ph.D. thesis (Mentor: Prof. A. Fürstner), MPI Kohlenforschung in Mülheim/Ruhr
1993 –1998 Studies of Chemistry at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
Research Interests
1) Homogeneous Catalysis, 2) Sustainable Organic Synthesis 3) Ligand Design 4) C–H Activation
Awards and Recognition
2015 Ta-Shue Chou Lectureship Award, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
2014 ISI Highly Cited Researcher, BASF lecture, UC Berkeley, USA
2012 ERC Independent Researcher Consolidator Grant
2011 AstraZeneca Excellence in Chemistry Award
2009 JSPS Visiting Professor Fellowship, Osaka University, Japan
2008 Goering Visiting Professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, USA
2007 Dozentenstipendium (FCI), ADUC prize (GDCh), Visiting Professor Università Milano
2006 ORCHEM-Preis für Naturwissenschaftler (GDCh)
IL03 - Stereoselective Heterocycle Synthesis Coupling Multicomponent Reactions with Biocatalysis or Organocatalysis
Prof. Luca BANFI
UNIVERSITY OF GENOA
Genova, Italy
Genova, Italy
Luca Banfi (b. 1957) is presently Full professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Genova (Italy), Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry.
His main research interests are in the field of organic synthesis: a) target oriented synthesis of active pharmaceutical ingredients; b) target or diversity oriented synthesis of biologically active substances; c) stereoselective synthesis (also with the aid of biocatalytic methods); d) exploitation of multicomponent reactions in the diversity oriented synthesis of heterocycles.
Luca Banfi carried out his academic studies at the University of Milano (advisor: Carlo Scolastico) and then he moved to Genova in 1983 in the group of Giuseppe Guanti, where he became associate professor in 1998 and full professor in 2000. In 1986-1987 he spent a sabbatical year in the U.S.A. in the group of Prof. Wlliam Roush at M.I.T. and Indiana University.
IL04 - Metal Free Cllick Reactions For Glycoconjugate Modification
Prof. Geert-Jan BOONS
THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
Athens, GA, United States
Athens, GA, United States
Geert-Jan Boons is the UGA Foundation Distinguished Professor in Biochemical Sciences at the Department of Chemistry and the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center (CCRC) of the University of Georgia (USA) and Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicinal and Biological Chemistry of Utrecht University (The Netherlands). He received a B.S. and Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Leiden University (The Netherlands) and spent seven years in the UK, first as a postdoctoral fellow at Imperial College, London, and the University of Cambridge, and then as a lecturer and professor at the University of Birmingham. In 1998, he joined the faculty of the Department of Chemistry and CCRC of the University of Georgia, and in 2015 he accepted an academic appointment at Utrecht University. Among others, he has received the Creativity in Carbohydrate Science Award by the European Carbohydrate Association (2003), the Horace Isbell Award by the Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry of the American Chemical Society (ACS) (2004), the Roy L. Whistler International Award in Carbohydrate Chemistry by the International Carbohydrate Organization (ICO) (2014), and the Hudson Award (2015) and the Cope Mid Career Scholar Award from the ACS (2016). His research program emphasizes the chemical synthesis and biological functions of complex carbohydrates and glycoconjugates.
IL13 - Metallation–Substitution of Saturated Nitrogen Heterocycles
Prof. Iain COLDHAM
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Iain Coldham is a Professor of Synthetic Organic Chemistry at the University of Sheffield, UK.
His current research interests include the development of new synthetic methodology with chiral organometallic compounds, especially lithiated nitrogen-containing heterocycles, and the application of dipolar cycloaddition reactions to the synthesis of alkaloid natural products.
He studied at the University of Cambridge, UK and completed a PhD under the supervision of Dr Stuart Warren. He then carried out postdoctoral research with Professor Phil Magnus in Austin, Texas. In 1991 he was appointed to a lectureship in organic chemistry at the University of Exeter, UK. In 2003 he moved to a Readership at the University of Sheffield and was promoted to Professor in 2008.
His current research interests include the development of new synthetic methodology with chiral organometallic compounds, especially lithiated nitrogen-containing heterocycles, and the application of dipolar cycloaddition reactions to the synthesis of alkaloid natural products.
He studied at the University of Cambridge, UK and completed a PhD under the supervision of Dr Stuart Warren. He then carried out postdoctoral research with Professor Phil Magnus in Austin, Texas. In 1991 he was appointed to a lectureship in organic chemistry at the University of Exeter, UK. In 2003 he moved to a Readership at the University of Sheffield and was promoted to Professor in 2008.
IL06 - Ynamides: Remarkable Building Blocks for Heterocyclic Synthesis
Prof. Gwilherm EVANO
ULB
Brussels, Belgium
Brussels, Belgium
Gwilherm Evano was born in 1977 and studied chemistry at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris and received his Ph.D. from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie in 2002 under the supervision of Profs. François Couty and Claude Agami working on asymmetric synthesis. After postdoctoral studies with Prof. James S. Panek at Boston University where he worked on natural product synthesis, he joined the CNRS as Chargé de Recherche at the University of Versailles in 2004. He then moved to the Université Libre de Bruxelles as associate professor in 2012. He received several awards including the CNRS bronze medal and the Acros Prize in organic chemistry of the French Chemical Society.
The research interest of his group are mainly focused on the development of new copper-catalyzed transformations, the chemistry of heteroatom-substituted alkynes, heterocyclic chemistry as well as the total synthesis of natural and/or biologically relevant products.
IL07 - Photoactive Molecular and Supramolecular Materials Built-up with Heterocycles
Prof. Gianluca M. FARINOLA
UNIVERSITY OF BARI
Bari, Italy
Bari, Italy
Gianluca M. Farinola is Full Professor of Organic Chemistry at University of Bari.
His research mainly focuses on synthesis of molecular and polymeric materials for applications in organic optoelectronics such as OLEDs, plastic solar cells and sensors. His recent research covers also hybrid materials obtained by combination of photo/electro-active molecules and biological structures.
Gianluca M. Farinola got his PhD in 1997 under the supervision of Prof. Francesco Naso. He was appointed Assistant Professor in 1996, Associate Professor in 2002 and Full Professor of Organic Chemistry at University of Bari in 2015.
In 2009 he joined the group of Prof. Luisa de Cola as visiting researcher at the University of Muenster (Germany). In 2013-2014 he was Invited Professor at the University of Strasbourg (France) and in 2015 at the University of Angers (France) in the group of Prof. Jean Roncali. In 2003 he was awarded the “Medaglia Ciamician” for young investigators of the Italian Chemical Society and in 2008 the Innovation in Organic Synthesis Award of the Interuniversitary Consortium CINMPIS.
IL08 - Redesigning the Molecules of Nature: Lessons Learned from Total Synthesis
Prof. Karl GADEMANN
UNIVERSITY OF ZÜRICH
Zürich, Switzerland
Zürich, Switzerland
Karl Gademann (1972) was educated at ETH Zürich and Harvard University, and worked with Prof. Dieter Seebach, Prof. Eric N. Jacobsen, and Prof. Erick M. Carreira. In summer 2015, Dr. Gademann moved to the University of Zurich as a full professor, and his previous professional affiliations include the ETH Zürich, the EPFL Lausanne, and the University of Basel. He has been elected to the board of the Swiss Academy of Sciences, and served in various administrative positions, such as dean of research at the University of Basel. Karl Gademann's work has been recognized by a number of international awards, including the Latsis prize, the Novartis Early Career Award, the Ruzicka Medal, The Liebig Lecture by the German Chemical Society, and the European Young Investigator Award.
IL09 - Copper Catalysis for Synthesis of Enantiopure Alcohols, Amines and Heteroarenes
Prof. Syuzanna HARUTYUNYAN
UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN
Groningen, The Netherlands
Groningen, The Netherlands
Syuzanna R. Harutyunyan is currently a tenured Associate Professor in Synthetic Organic Chemistry at the University of Groningen. Before joining the University of Groningen to occupy a tenure-track position, she carried out research in Armenia, Russia, Poland, Belgium, and in the Netherlands. She worked for two years as a senior scientist at Tibotec-JanssenPharmaceutica-J&J (Belgium). The research was focused on the development of new patent-free metathesis catalysts, for synthesis of an anti-hepatitis drug and the implementation of new procedures to scale up production. During her post-doctoral with Prof. Ben Feringa (Netherlands) her research led to the discovery of the first enantioselective catalytic methodologies using Grignard reagents, and revealed the mechanisms of these reactions and application of these methodologies in total synthesis of natural products. As a visiting scientist in the group of Prof. K. Grela (Poland) she worked on the synthesis and the application of metathesis catalysts. In particular, she developed highly efficient ruthenium catalysts for metathesis, highly reactive alternatives to the well-known Grubbs catalysts. During her PhD research under supervision of Prof. Yu. N. Belokon (Russia) she developed new strategies for enantioselective synthesis of amino acids in phase-transfer-conditions. The developed methodologies have been applied for PET diagnostics. Syuzanna obtained her masters degree in pharmacology at Yerevan State University with Prof. A. Saghian
IL02 - The Development of Ligand Systems for Separating Minor Actinides from Lanthanides for Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
Prof. Laurence HARWOOD
UNIVERSITY OF READING
Reading, United Kingdom
Reading, United Kingdom
Prof Laurence Harwood pursued his PhD studies at Manchester University under the direction of Professor Hamish Sutherland, and gained his doctorate in 1978. After postdoctoral study at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris with Professor Marc Julia from 1978 to 1980. He returned to Manchester, becoming a member of the chemistry faculty and, in 1983, moved to a Tutorial Fellowship and Lectureship at Merton College and the Dyson Perrins Laboratory, Oxford University. In 1996, he moved to the Chair of Organic Chemistry at the University of Reading. He has supervised more than 60 doctoral co-workers and has published more than 150 scientific articles and communications in peer-reviewed international journals and over 20 review articles, book chapters and patents. He is author or co-author of four textbooks, with translations into German, Japanese, Greek, Russian and Indonesian, including “Experimental Organic Chemistry which has sold almost 30,000 copies worldwide and is about to appear in its 3rd edition. He has been Synlett Regional Editor for Europe and Countries excluding the Americas and the Far East since 2001 and is a member of Editorial Advisory Boards for ARKIVOK, Current Organic Synthesis, Targets in Heterocyclic Systems, Jordanian Journal of Chemistry and Cogent Chemistry.
His research focuses on the development of new synthetic methods and their application to the synthesis of natural and unnatural products. There are projects underway with the aims of developing synthetic approaches towards amino acids and peptides with an increasing emphasis on chemistry at the biological interface. This work led to formation of a spin out company, TechnoPep, in 2010 of which he is Chief Scientific Officer. At the same the group also has interests in the materials area, working closely with academic institutes and industrial centres throughout Europe in the area of nuclear reprocessing, developing ligands that selectively remove the minor actinides from waste nuclear fuel to reduce the long term nuclear legacy of stored waste. This work is also being applied to soil remediation for removal of radionuclides and heavy metals and lanthanide processing and separation.
His research focuses on the development of new synthetic methods and their application to the synthesis of natural and unnatural products. There are projects underway with the aims of developing synthetic approaches towards amino acids and peptides with an increasing emphasis on chemistry at the biological interface. This work led to formation of a spin out company, TechnoPep, in 2010 of which he is Chief Scientific Officer. At the same the group also has interests in the materials area, working closely with academic institutes and industrial centres throughout Europe in the area of nuclear reprocessing, developing ligands that selectively remove the minor actinides from waste nuclear fuel to reduce the long term nuclear legacy of stored waste. This work is also being applied to soil remediation for removal of radionuclides and heavy metals and lanthanide processing and separation.
IL12 - Complex Natural Product as a Driving Force for Discovery in Organic Synthesis and Chemical Biology
Prof. Xiaoguang LEI
PEKING UNIVERSITY
Beijing, China
Beijing, China
Prof. Dr. Xiaoguang Lei obtained BSc degree in chemistry at Peking University in 2001. He then moved to Boston and conducted his PhD research studies on complex natural product synthesis and chemical biology from 2001 to 2006 under the supervision of Prof. John. A. Porco at Boston University. After two years (2006-2008) as a postdoctoral fellow in Prof. Samuel J. Danishefsky’s group at Columbia University, Dr. Lei started his independent research at National Institute of Biological Sciences (NIBS) in China as a Principal Investigator and Director of Chemistry Center. In early 2014, he joined the faculty of college of chemistry and molecular engineering at Peking University. The major research areas of Prof. Lei's laboratory are: chemical biology, natural product synthesis and medicinal chemistry. Prof. Lei has received several academic awards including: Distinguished Lectureship Award by Chemical Society of Japan, Young Chemical Biologist Award by the International Chemical Biology Society (ICBS), Servier Young Investigator Award in Medicinal Chemistry, Thieme Chemistry Journal Award, and IUPAC Young Chemist Award.
IL11 - Catalysis: A Versatile Tool for the Synthesis of Nitrogen-Containing Heterocycles
Dr Geraldine MASSON
INSTITUT DE CHIMIE DES SUBSTANCES NATURELLES CNRS
Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Géraldine Masson received a PhD in Organic Chemistry in 2003 from the Joseph Fourier University, France, under the supervision of Dr. Sandrine Py and Professor Yannick Vallée. In 2005, she moved to the University of Amsterdam as a Marie Curie postdoctoral research fellow where she worked with Professors Jan van Maarseveen and Henk Hiemstra. In 2005, she joined Professor Jieping Zhu’s research group at the Institute for the chemistry of natural substances (ICSN) as a CNRS research director, before starting her independent career in 2010. She was promoted to CNRS research director in 2014 and currently is a manager of the exploratory chemistry department at ICSN. Géraldine has been awarded the Diverchim Prize (Prize for Innovation, 2011) and the CNRS bronze medal (2013). Her research interests include development of new organocatalytic enantioselective reactions, novel synthetic methodologies, and photoredox catalysis, as well as their applications in syntheses of diverse natural and non-natural molecules displaying biologically activities.
IL05 - Target Family-Centric Privileged Structures: a Rich Playground for Diverse Heterocyclic Chemotypes
Dr Gerhard MUELLER
MERCACHEM
Basel, Germany
Basel, Germany
Gerhard Müller obtained his PhD in the group of Prof. Horst Kessler at the Technical University of Munich in 1993. During his career he held senior research scientist positions at Glaxo in Verona (Italy), Bayer AG in Leverkusen (Germany), and was section head chemistry at Organon (Nethelands). From 2003 to 2011 Gerhard served as Chief Scientific Officer at Axxima Pharmaceuticals, Munich and as Vice President Drug Discovery at GPC Biotech, Munich. Since 2011 he is heading Mercachem’s expansion into integrated drug discovery projects as Senior Vice President Medicinal Chemistry. Gerhard is a Board Member of the Swiss Chemical Society, Division Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology and organizer of the bi-annual Swiss Course on Medicinal Chemistry, held in Leysin, Switzerland. He is a recipient of the “Freidrich-Weygand-Prize” (Max-Bergmann-Society) for innovations in the field of medicinal chemistry on bioactive peptides and peptidomimetics, and is author of more than 75 peer-reviewed scientific publications and more than 40 patent applications.
IL14 - α-Perluoroalkylated Cyclic Imines as a Valuable Building Blocks
Prof. Dr Valentine G. NENAJDENKO
MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY
Moscow, Russia
Moscow, Russia
Valentine G. Nenajdenko was born in 1967 in Ivanovo, Russia. He graduated from Moscow State University (Lomonosov) in 1991. He received his Ph.D. degree under the supervision of Professor E.S. Balenkova in 1994 researching the synthesis and application of unsaturated CF3 ketones. In 2000 he received Dr. of Chemistry degree involving the chemistry of sulfonium and iminium salts. In 2003 he became full Professor of Organic Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry of Moscow State University. Starting from 2014 he is head of Chair of Organic Chemistry at the same university. His scientific interests include organic synthesis, asymmetric catalysis, the chemistry of sulfur and fluorine containing compounds, heterocyclic chemistry, multicomponent reactions. He have been a supervisor of 15 postgraduate studies. Prof. Nenajdenko is head of the Scientific Committee and Jury of International Mendeleev Chemistry Olympiad. He was the winner of the Academiae Europeae Award in 1997, the Russian President Award in 1996, the Prize for the best scientific work at the Department of Chemistry of Moscow State University in 2001 and 2007, the Shuvalov Award in 2001, the Russian President Award in 2004, Russian Science Support Foundation in 2005, Moscow State University Awards in 2006, 2007 and 2008.
IL15 - New Strategies for the Synthesis of Heterocyclic through Multicomponent Reactions and Metal-Catalyzed Isomerization
Prof. Thomas NIELSEN
NOVO NORDISK
Copenhagen N, Denmark
Copenhagen N, Denmark
Prof. Dr. Thomas E. Nielsen is Director of Protein & Peptide Chemistry at Novo Nordisk. He heads a department devoted the design and synthesis of peptide and protein drug candidates to treat diabetes, hemophilia and growth disorders. He is affiliated as professor at the Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen. Prior to his present position, he was professor of chemical biology and organic chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark (2008-2014). He holds a PhD in natural product total synthesis (with Professor David Tanner), and has carried out postdoctoral studies at the Carlsberg Laboratory (with Professor Morten Meldal, 2003-2005) and Harvard University/Broad institute of Harvard and MIT (with Professor Stuart L. Schreiber, 2006-2007), working within various areas of chemical biology research. He was the co-founder and deputy director of the Danish Center for Antimicrobial Research (2009-2014), where he was responsible for the development of antimicrobial small molecules, bioactive materials, and assay technologies. Central themes in his research activities comprise organic synthesis, miniaturized screening technologies, functional materials, small molecules, peptides and proteins to probe biological phenomena, and the development of new medicines against cancer, hemophilia, diabetes and antimicrobial infectious disease. He has received several national and international scientific awards and is the co-author of more than 80 journal publications and patents.
IL01 - Fluorinated Imaging Materials
Prof. Tobias RITTER
MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FÜR KOHLENFORSCHUNG
Mulheim, Germany
Mulheim, Germany
Tobias was born in 1975 in Lübeck, Germany. He received his undergraduate education in Braunschweig, Germany, Bordeaux, France, Lausanne, Switzerland, and Stanford, US, and received a master of science from Braunschweig University in 1999. He has done undergraduate research with Prof. Barry M. Trost at Stanford, obtained his PhD working with Prof. Erick M. Carreira at ETH Zurich in 2004, and was a postdoc with Prof. Robert H. Grubbs at Caltech. In 2006, Tobias was appointed as Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard and promoted to Associate Professor in 2010. His research program is based on synthetic organic and organometallic chemistry. The Ritter lab currently focuses on fluorination chemistry for late-stage functionalization of complex natural and unnatural products and bimetallic transition metal redox catalysis.
Keynote Lecture
KL07 - Gamma-Alkylidenebutenolides and Gamma-Hydroxybutyrolactams: Preparation and Reactivity
Dr Laurent COMMEIRAS
AIX-MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY
Marseille cedex 20, France
Marseille cedex 20, France
After a Ph.D at the Paul Cézanne University (Marseille) in the field of total synthesis in 2002, “Total syntheses of terpenoids isolated from Caulerpa algae”, Laurent Commeiras joined Prof. Sir J. E. Baldwin’s group (University of Oxford) as a postdoctoral researcher. During this period, he worked on the total synthesis of two natural products: panepophenanthrin and corditropolone. In 2004, he was appointed Assistant Professor at Aix Marseille University. In 2011, he defended his “Habilitation à Diriger les Recherches”. His research focuses on the development of new methodologies including the formation of polycyclic complex structures and the synthesis of molecules of biological interest and natural products.
KL06 - New Multicomponent Reactions and Strategies to Heterocyclic and Macrocyclic Peptides
Prof. Daniel GARCÍA RIVERA
UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA
La Habana, Cuba
La Habana, Cuba
Daniel García Rivera graduated in Chemistry at the University of Havana in 2003 and earned his PhD in 2007 working on the development of macrocyclization approaches at the Leibniz-Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Germany. Currently he is Associate Professor at the University of Havana, Head of Bioorganic Chemistry and Director of the Center for Natural Products Research. Prof. Rivera has published over 60 original articles and reviews and has been awarded three times with the National Research Award of the Academic of Science of Cuba. Since 2015 he is Vice-President of the Cuban Society of Chemistry an Experienced Researcher Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. His research interests focus on the synthesis of natural products, organocatalytic multicomponent reactions, bioconjugation and macrocyclization strategies, synthetic peptides and mini-proteins.
KL05 - Synthesis of New Spiroacetals by Sustainable Gold Catalysis
Prof. Norbert KRAUSE
DORTMUND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Dortmund, Germany
Dortmund, Germany
Norbert Krause graduated from Technical University of Braunschweig in 1984 and received
his PhD in 1986. After postdoctoral stays at the ETH Zürich and Yale University, he joined the
Technical University of Darmstadt and obtained his Habilitation in 1993. In 1994, he moved
to the University of Bonn as Associate Professor, before being appointed to his present
position at Dortmund University of Technology as Full Professor in 1998. He was a Fellow of
the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (2003, 2009, and 2015), and Guest Professor
at the Université Catholique de Louvain (2007), at the University of California, Santa Barbara,
U.S.A. (2009), and at the École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville
de Paris (ESPCI), France (2009). He was a member of the Editorial Board of the European
Journal of Organic Chemistry (2006‐2013). His review on „Recent Advances in Catalytic
Enantioselective Michael Additions” was the Worlds Most Cited Chemistry Paper in Nov.
2002. His research focuses on sustainable coinage metal (copper, silver, and gold) catalysis,
in particular with water as bulk solvent.
KL03 - Biomimetic Natural Product Synthesis
Dr Andrew LAWRENCE
UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Andy Lawrence is a Lecturer in Organic Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh. His research interests include the biomimetic synthesis of complex natural products and the development of new domino reaction sequences. Andy completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Oxford in 2006 and subsequently obtained a DPhil in 2010 under the supervision of Prof. Sir Jack E. Baldwin FRS and Dr. Robert M. Adlington. Andy then moved to Australia to spend two years (2010-2011) as a postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Michael S. Sherburn at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra. In 2012, Andy began his independent academic career at the ANU, as an Australian Research Council (ARC) Fellow. Andy was then appointed as Lecturer in Organic Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh in 2013.
KL08 - Functionalization of Heterocycles via C–H Activation and Photoredox Catalysis in Batch and Continuous Flow
Prof. Timothy NOËL
EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Timothy Noël, born 1982 in Aalst (Belgium), received in 2004 his MSc degree (Industrial Chemical Engineering) from the KaHo Sint-Lieven in Ghent. He then moved to Ghent University to obtain a PhD at the Laboratory for Organic and Bioorganic Synthesis under the supervision of Professor Johan Van der Eycken (2005-2009). Next, he went to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow with Professor Stephen L. Buchwald. At MIT, he worked on the development of new continuous-flow methods for cross-coupling chemistry at the MIT-Novartis Center for Continuous Manufacturing. In 2012, he accepted a position as an assistant professor at Eindhoven University of Technology.
He received in 2011 the Incentive Award for Young Researchers from the Comité de Gestion du Bulletin des Sociétés Chimiques Belges, in 2012 a VENI award from NWO and he was also finalist of the European Young Chemist Award 2012. In 2013, he received a Marie Curie Career Integration Grant from the European Union. Since 2015, he coordinates the Marie Skłodowska-Curie ETN program “Photo4Future” on the development of photoredox catalysis in photomicroreactors (www.photo4future.com). In 2015, he obtained a prestigious VIDI award from NWO and the Thieme Journal Award in 2016. He serves as an associate editor for Journal of Flow Chemistry.
His interests within the CHAOS COST action is to use continuous-flow reactors to boost C–H activation chemistry.
KL01 - Alpha-Functionalization of Amines as a Tool for the Synthesis of Heterocycles and Natural Products
Prof. Till OPATZ
JOHANNES GUTENBERG-UNIVERSITY
Mainz, Germany
Mainz, Germany
Till Opatz studied chemistry at Frankfurt/M. and finished his diploma (Johann Mulzer) in 1997. In 2001, he obtained his Ph.D. with Horst Kunz / Mainz. After a postdoc with Rob Liskamp in Utrecht/NL, he started his independent research in Mainz in 2002 which led to his “habilitation” in 2006. In 2007, he became associate professor in Hamburg and then full professor in Mainz in 2010. His main research interests are method development and the synthesis and structure elucidation of bioactive natural products.
KL09 - Going Beyond ß-Amino Acid Derivatives as Inhibitors of Cathepsin A
Dr Sven RUF
SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
1999: Ph.D in synthetic organic chemistry with Prof. Regitz
2000: Post-Doc with Prof. Trost at Stanford University
2001 to present: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, current position: Senior Scientist Chemistry project lead in several early stage small molecule drug discovery projects, mainly in the areas of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.
2000: Post-Doc with Prof. Trost at Stanford University
2001 to present: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, current position: Senior Scientist Chemistry project lead in several early stage small molecule drug discovery projects, mainly in the areas of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.
KL04 - New Tricks for Old Heterocycles: from Natural Product Synthesis to Click-Like Functionalizations
Prof. Johan WINNE
UGENT
Ghent, Belgium
Ghent, Belgium
Johan Winne obtained a PhD in chemistry from Ghent University in 2007, having studied cationic polyene cyclisations with Prof. Pierre De Clercq. He spent two years as a postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Gerald Pattenden in the University of Nottingham (UK), working on the total synthesis of terpenoid natural products. In 2009, he was appointed as doctor-assistant at Ghent University, and in 2015, he obtained a full-time independent faculty position (docent). His active research interests in target oriented organic synthesis are aimed at applications in biology research, inspired by the evolution and biosynthesis of Nature’s specialized metabolites. In collaborative efforts, he also explores enabling synthetic methods for biologically relevant applications and for the design of novel functional materials.
Oral Communication
OC19 - Pd- and Cu-Catalyzed Stereo- and Regiocontrolled Decarboxylative / C-H Alkenylation of Heroarenes
OC08 - Combining Photochemistry and Catalysis: Rapid Access to SP3 - Rich Polyheterocycles from Simple Pyrroles
Ms Emma BLACKHAM
UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
Bristol, United Kingdom
Bristol, United Kingdom
Emma is currently a final year PhD student working under the supervision of Prof. Kevin Booker-Milburn as part of the University of Bristol's Chemical Synthesis Centre for Doctoral Training. Her PhD project has focused on exploring the reactivity of photochemically derived tricyclic aziridines and their application in total synthesis. She graduated in 2012 from the University of Nottingham with an MSci in Medicinal and Biological Chemistry. Her final year research project involved the design and synthesis of novel integrin antagonists in collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline, she also spent 12 months on an industrial placement at AstraZeneca.
OC09 - Intramolecular Tsuji-Trost Cascade Cyclization as a Novel Synthetic Strategy Towards Muironolide A
Mr John BRAUN
VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT AMSTERDAM
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
John Braun MSc. studied Chemistry at Leiden University, where he obtained his Master’s degree cum laude in 2014. Then, John started his PhD in the Synthetic- & Bio-organic Chemistry group of prof. Romano Orru at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam where he works on the total synthesis of bioactive natural products. The projects are aimed at the development of novel and enantioselective synthetic procedures using a combination of biocatalysis, organocatalysis and multicomponent chemistry.
OC20 - Enantioselective Organocatalyzed Α-Sulfanylation of Isoxazolidin-5-ones: An Approach To b2,2-Amino Acids
OC13 - The Allylic Azide Rearrangement in Tandem with Huisgen Cycloaddition: Synthesis of Diverse Polyhydroxylated Nitrogen Containing Scaffolds
Ms Rekha CHADDA
SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY, NUI GALWAY
Galway, Ireland
Galway, Ireland
B.Sc. Rekha Chadda is a PhD student in the research group of Prof. Paul V. Murphy at NUI Galway, Ireland. Rekha was originally born in Sligo, Ireland and obtained her Bachelors of Science specialising in Chemistry at NUI Galway. During her degree she spent a placement at Roche Ireland. Her undergraduate research involved the synthesis of macrocyles under the supervision of Prof. Murphy. She then went on to study a Ph.D. with Prof. Murphy. Her research interests are focused on the preparation of scaffolds and iminosugars from readily available precursor using allylic azide rearrangement coupled to Huisgen cycloadditions.
OC17 - Brönsted-Acid Catalysed C2-Alkenylation of Aromatic Nitrogen Heterocycles
Mr Giacomo CRISENZA
UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
Bristol, United Kingdom
Bristol, United Kingdom
Giacomo E. M. Crisenza graduated in Chemistry in 2010 from the Università degli Studi in Milan and, in 2012, he obtained his Master’s degree in Organic Chemistry from the same institution. His undergraduate thesis projects were conducted under the supervision of Prof. Dalla Croce and Prof. La Rosa. In October 2012 he joined the Chemical Synthesis CDT programme at the University of Bristol, where he is now undertaking his Ph.D. studies with Dr. John F. Bower. His research is focused on the development of novel methodologies for selective C-C bond formation via C-H activation.
OC40 - A Lab-Scale Reactor for the Continuous Generation of Anhydrous Diazomethane
Dr Doris DALLINGER
UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ
Graz, Austria
Graz, Austria
Doris Dallinger obtained her PhD degree in the group of Prof. Oliver Kappe at the University of Graz, Austria, on projects related to microwave chemistry and the high-throughput synthesis of biologically active heterocycles. After postdoctoral research work at the Christian Doppler Laboratory for Microwave Chemistry with the focus on microwave effects and scale-up studies she joined the institute of chemistry at the University of Graz as senior scientist in 2011. Her main research interest now involves continuous-flow chemistry.
OC05 - Synthesis of Highly and Diversely Substituted Heterocycles from Alk-3-yn-1-ones (Propargyl Ketones)
Prof. Roman DEMBINSKI
OAKLAND UNIVERSITY
Rochester, MI, United States
Rochester, MI, United States
Roman Dembinski was educated (Ph.D.) at the Polish Academy of Sciences, and as a research associate with J. A. Gladysz. Since 1999 he has held a faculty appointment at Oakland University, USA, currently at the rank of Professor and Chair. His scientific interests include synthetic organic, medicinal/nucleosides, fluorous, fluorine, and organometallic chemistry. His publications reached over 1500 citations and h-index of 19. His recent awards include Fulbright Scholar.
OC14 - Synthesis and Potential Cytotoxic Activity of New Substituted Indazole Derivatives Bearing Pyrrole and 2-Pyrone
Mr Mohamed EL GHOZLANI
UNIVERSTY SULTAN MY SLIMAN
Béni Mellal, Morocco
Béni Mellal, Morocco
January 2014 to present - PhD student in Laboratory of Organic & Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University Sultan Moulay Slimane Beni Mellal - Morocco
2013: Master Option "Quality Management in Industries Agro-food" at the Faculty of Science and Technology of Beni Mellal- Morocco
2011: Degree in Science and Technology, Option "Chemistry, Analysis, Control" at the Faculty of Science and Technology of Beni Mellal. Morocco
2011-2013: Work in Quality Control Department: CENTRAL MILK / DANONESite Fquih Ben Saleh. Morocco
November 2010 -February 2011:Certificate of training
- Training Project Training for Africa in the field of hydriques.Management resources and project management. Organized by University of Beni Mellal, and Swiss Embassy in Rabat.
2013: Master Option "Quality Management in Industries Agro-food" at the Faculty of Science and Technology of Beni Mellal- Morocco
2011: Degree in Science and Technology, Option "Chemistry, Analysis, Control" at the Faculty of Science and Technology of Beni Mellal. Morocco
2011-2013: Work in Quality Control Department: CENTRAL MILK / DANONESite Fquih Ben Saleh. Morocco
November 2010 -February 2011:Certificate of training
- Training Project Training for Africa in the field of hydriques.Management resources and project management. Organized by University of Beni Mellal, and Swiss Embassy in Rabat.
OC36 - N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands in Iridium Complexes for the Detection of Pyridine Analogues in NMR by Non-Hydrogenative Para-Hydrogen Induced Hyperpolarization
Dr Martin FEITERS
RADBOUD UNIVERSITY
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Martin C. Feiters graduated in biochemistry, bio-organic chemistry and food chemistry at the University of Utrecht, NL. For his PhD he worked on the structure-function relationship of the enzyme lipoxygenase at the University of Utrecht and Chalmers Technical University (Gothenburg, Sweden). He subsequently did postdoctoral work in X-ray absorption spectroscopy at the Daresbury Laboratory/ University of Manchester. He was appointed Associate Professor at the Institute of Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Nijmegen in 1989.
OC31 - Picolinic Acid Ligand-Promoted Palladium-Catalyzed C-H Acetoxylation of Simple Arenes
Dr M. Angeles FERNANDEZ-IBANEZ
UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
. Ángeles (Tati) Fernández-Ibáñez is Tenure-Track Assistant Professor at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). She received in 2006 her PhD at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) Spain, under the supervision of Prof. José L. García Ruano. During that period, she carried out a predoctoral stay in Boston College, USA, with Prof. Scott J. Miller. Subsequently, she joined as a postdoctoral researcher (2006-2009) the group of Prof. Ben. L. Feringa at the University of Groningen. She is co-author of more than 26 papers in high impact factor journals. In 2014 she was awarded with the prestigious Vidi grant (800k€) from NWO for the project entitle “New strategies to sustainable procedures based on metal-catalyzed CH functionalization”. Furthermore, in 2015 she was awarded with a LIFT grant (together with DSM Innovative Synthesis BV in Geleen) from NWO and with the Royal Society International Exchange Grant (together with Dr. Beatriz Macia from Manchester Metropolitan University). Her research focuses on the development of new sustainable procedures based on metal-catalyzed C-H functionalization.
OC38 - Direct Heteroatom Incorporating Ester to Arene Transformation: Modular Synthesis of Fluorescent Dyes
Mr Christian FISCHER
UNIVERSITY OF BASEL
Basel, Switzerland
Basel, Switzerland
Christian Fischer (1988, Bern, Switzerland) obtained his MSc in chemistry from the University of Basel, working with Prof. O. S. Wenger and Prof. K. Gademann. He completed his master’s thesis with Prof. C. Sparr and since 2014, he pursues his PhD in the Sparr group.
OC02 - Efficient Approach to the Synthesis of 2,3-Substituted Furo[2,3-b]Pyridines
Mr Fernando FUMAGALLI
UNIVERSITY OF SAO PAULO
Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
Pharmacist graduated from State University of Western Paraná, Brazil in 2010. Master of Science from University of São Paulo – School of Pharmaceutical Science of Ribeirão Preto (USP-FCFRP), 2015. Actually, PhD student at USP-FCFRP. Has experience at synthesis of natural and synthetic carbazoles, as well as naphthoquinones. Currently working to develop new methodologies to the synthesis of heteroaromatic cores and to decorate these compounds to further application in FBDD (Fragment-Based Drug Discovery).
OC33 - Scope and Limitations of the Organocatalyzed Domino Vinylogous Aldol Oxa Michael Reaction
Ms Larissa GEIGER
KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Karlsruhe, Germany
Karlsruhe, Germany
M. Sc. Larissa Geiger is a PhD student in the research group of Prof. S. Bräse at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, since November 2014. Her work is centered on the total synthesis of the parnafungins. Larissa Geiger is a native German and has studied Chemistry at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). During her studies she spent three months abroad at the Institute of Medicinal Chemistry of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC) in Madrid in the research group of Prof. A. Martínez doing a Spanish-spoken internship. Through this experience she developed a strong interest in organic chemistry which was broadened by several side jobs as student research assistant at university as well as at the Fraunhofer Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT) in Pfinztal, Germany.
OC07 - Synthesis of 3-Benzazepines by Metal-Free Oxidative C-H Bond Functionalization-Ring Expansion Tandem Reaction
Mr Andrea GINI
WISSENSCHAFTSZENTRUM STRAUBING
Straubing, Germany
Straubing, Germany
Andrea Gini was born in Pisa in 1987. He received his bachelor’s degree in chemistry in 2010 from the Università degli studi di Pisa under the supervision of Professor Dr. Fabio Bellina. In 2013, he received his master’s degree in organic chemistry with magna cum laude from the Università degli studi di Pisa under the supervision of Professor Dr. Adriano Carpita. He joined the group of Professor Dr. Olga García Mancheño in 2014 and currently he is carrying out his Ph.D. between the University of Regensburg and the Straubing Center of Science for Renewable Resources. His current research activity focuses on the development of new carbon–hydrogen activation methods using unusual oxidants and reagents, and their application in the synthesis of highly valuable heterocycles.
OC43 - Novel Synthesis of Tetrahydroisoquinoline Derivatives Using Petasis Reaction
Dr Agnieszka GRAJEWSKA
ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY
Poznan, Poland
Poznan, Poland
Agnieszka Grajewska studied chemistry at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland. In 2007, she received her Ph.D. from the same institution under the supervision of Prof. Maria Rozwadowska. She then spent one year as a postdoctoral fellow in Prof. István Markó’s group at the University in Louvain-la Neuve. Next she moved to University of Münster as a Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow with Professor Martin Oestreich. She is currently research assistant professor and lecturer at University of Poznań. Her recent research interests include modern organic asymmetric synthesis, development of novel synthetic methods and multicomponent reactions.
OC25 - Chirality in Boron-Chelated Dipyrromethene Fluorophores: Synthesis and Chiroptical Investigations
Dr Michael HALL
NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Dr Hall is a Senior Lecturer in Organic Chemistry at the School of Chemistry, Newcastle University. Born in Scotland, Dr Hall studied chemistry at Brasenose College, Oxford (95-99), including a MChem project in the group of Professor Harry Anderson. This was followed by a DPhil on organosilicon chemistry at the Dyson Perrins Laboratory and Linacre College, Oxford (99-03) with Professor Jeremy Robertson. Subsequently Dr Hall completed postdoctoral positions at University College Dublin, with Professor Donal O'Shea, and at the ESPCI ParisTech, with Professor Janine Cossy. In 2007 Dr Hall was appointed as a Teaching Fellow at Newcastle University, becoming a Lecturer in 2008 and taking his current post as Senior Lecturer in 2016.
OC42 - Photopharmacology
Mr Mickel HANSEN
RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN
Groningen, The Netherlands
Groningen, The Netherlands
Mickel J. Hansen studied chemistry at the University of Groningen, where he received his M.Sc. in 2014 under supervision of Prof. Ben L. Feringa performing research on photo-switchable bio-active molecules. In 2014 he worked with Prof. G. Andrew Woolley at the University of Toronto on red-light responsive molecular photoswitches. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. at the Stratingh Institute for Chemistry under the supervision of Prof. Ben L. Feringa and Prof. Arnold J. M. Driessen. His research focuses on photopharmacology and protein translocation systems.
OC15 - Towards a Biomimetic Synthesis of Sciodole
Mr Josh HOMER
UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND
Auckland, New Zealand
Auckland, New Zealand
PhD candidate working under the supervision of Dr Jonathan Sperry at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Research focuses on N-heterocyclic natural products with current projects in total synthesis and C-H activation methodology.
OC01 - Poxim: A Novel N-Heterocyclic Carbene Equipped with Multifunctional Phosphine Oxide
Prof. Yoichi HOSHIMOTO
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, OSAKA UNIVERSITY
Suita, Osaka, Japan
Suita, Osaka, Japan
Yoichi Hoshimoto received his Ph.D. from Osaka University (JAPAN) under the supervision of Professor Sensuke Ogoshi in 2013. He then joined the Frontier Research Base for Global Young Researchers, Osaka University as a tenure-track assistant professor. His recent research interests include homogeneous catalysis with organometallic complexes and Lewis acid–base chemistry.
OC06 - Asymmetric Synthesis of Natural Tetrahydroisoquinolines and Tetrahydroprotoberberines
Dr Steen INGEMANN JORGENSEN
UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Steen Ingemann is an associate professor at the University of Amsterdam. He obtained his MSc in chemistry at the University of Copenhagen and a PhD in the fields of physical organic chemistry and mass spectrometry at the University of Amsterdam. After his PhD he hold a position as a lecturer at the University of Copenhagen where he performed research in gas-phase ion chemistry and electron transfer kinetics. Subsequently, he joined the Institute of Mass Spectrometry at the University of Amsterdam prior to his present position at the Van’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences. His current research activities are focussed on asymmetric synthesis and organocatalysis.
OC35 - Integrative Methodology for Iterative Theory-Experiment Driven Multicomponent Reaction Development
Mr Art KRUITHOF
VU AMSTERDAM
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Art Kruithof did his BSc. and MSc. in Organic Chemistry at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam and is currently finishing his PhD on multicomponent reactions in the group of Prof. Romano Orru. His research interest include synthetic heterocyclic chemistry and the combination of practical organic and computational chemistry.
OC22 - Aliphatic N-Heterocycle Synthesis through Direct C-H Bond Amination
Mr Petrus KUIJPERS
UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Petrus F. (Paul) Kuijpers was born in 1989 in Eindhoven, The Netherlands and obtained his chemistry bachelor degree at the University of Utrecht. In 2012 he obtained his master degree cum laude at the same university and moved to the University of Amsterdam for his PhD research. Current research focusses on the understanding of metallo-radical chemistry and its application in new synthetic methodologies.
OC32 - Stereoselective Transformations of 2h-Chromene Derivatives
Prof. Tibor KURTÁN
UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN
Debrecen, Hungary
Debrecen, Hungary
Research field: Stereoselective synthesis of flavonoids and O,N-heterocycles with potential pharmacological activities and application of chiroptical spectroscopy for stereochemical studies of isolated and synthetic organic compounds.
Education and former professional experience: M.Sc. degree in chemistry (1996), Ph.D. degree (chemistry) from the University of Debrecen, Hungary (2001), habilitation (2010), D.Sc. degree in chemistry (Hungarian Academy of Sciences), professor of chemistry (2014).
Education and former professional experience: M.Sc. degree in chemistry (1996), Ph.D. degree (chemistry) from the University of Debrecen, Hungary (2001), habilitation (2010), D.Sc. degree in chemistry (Hungarian Academy of Sciences), professor of chemistry (2014).
OC41 - Designing Residence Time into Heterocyclic Ligands for Drug Targets
Dr Julien LOUVEL
LACDR
Leiden, The Netherlands
Leiden, The Netherlands
Julien Louvel was born in 1984 and studied chemistry at the Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie de Paris. He then got a PhD in organic chemistry from the Universite Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI) in 2010 under the supervision of Prof F. Chemla, working on the asymmetric synthesis of acetylenic aminoalcohols. In 2011 he went to Leiden, The Netherlands to pursue a postdoctoral stay with Prof A. IJzerman. He is an Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry in the same department since 2014. His research interests focus on exploring new concepts for drug discovery such as binding kinetics, and the search for covalent binders for GPCRs to be used in proteomics and structure elucidation.
OC44 - Palladium Catalyzed C-Arylation of Amino Acid Derived Hydantoins
Mr Josep MAS ROSELLO
UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
Bristol, United Kingdom
Bristol, United Kingdom
Josep Mas Rosellό graduated in Chemistry in 2013 from the University of Valencia (Spain). He completed his first undergraduate research project under the tutelage of Dr. José Ramón Pedro. In 2012, he moved to the University of Manchester (UK) as Erasmus student. Under the supervision of Prof. Jonathan Clayden and Prof. Nicholas Turner, he worked on the synthesis of atropisomeric isoquinolines. In October 2013 he continued his studies in Prof. Jonathan Clayden’s group, where he is currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Bristol (UK). His research focuses on the development of novel strategies for the α-arylation and alkenylation of α-amino acid derivatives.
OC12 - Exploring Tryptophan Synthase as a Herbicidal Mode of Action
Dr Matthew MCLACHLAN
SYNGENTA
Bracknell, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Bracknell, Berkshire, United Kingdom
I studied chemistry and pharmacology at Auckland University, before moving to the Australian National University to undertake a PhD in natural product synthesis with Prof Lew Mander. I then moved to Cambridge University for a postdoctoral research position with Prof Steve Ley. I started my professional career at Syngenta as a team leader, where I have worked on a number of herbicide projects in different phases of research, before becoming the lead chemist for herbicide hit-to-lead optimisation.
OC29 - Biology-Oriented Synthesis Based on Privileged Structures: Building Framework Diversity Around Pyrrole Cores
OC21 - Is Gold Catalysis a Competitive Method toward Heterocycles ?
Mrs Solène MIASKIEWICZ
STRASBOURG UNIVERSITY
Strasbourg, France
Strasbourg, France
Solène Miaskiewicz was born in Metz, France, in 1991. She received her undergraduate education at the Lorraine University in Metz (France) before moving to Strasbourg University (France). After undergraduate research under the supervision of Prof. Aaron Aponick at the University of Florida (USA), she obtained her M.Sc. in Molecular and Supramolecular Chemistry in 2013. Currently, she is in her final year of Ph.D. studies under the supervision of Prof. Patrick Pale and Dr. Aurélien Blanc in Strasbourg. For the past three years, she has been working on the development of new gold-catalyzed reactions toward azacycles.
OC45 - Enantioselective Synthesis of 4-Arylpyridine Atropisomers by Central-to-Axial Chirality Conversion
Ms Ophélie QUINONERO
ISM2 - INSTITUT DES SCIENCES MOLÉCULAIRE DE MARSEILLE
Marseille, France
Marseille, France
Ophélie Quinonero studied pharmacy at the University of Montpellier (France). After a research stay with Prof. J. Clayden at the University of Manchester (UK), she graduated from the National Graduate School of Chemistry of Montpellier (France) in 2013. She is now undertaking a Ph.D. under the guidance of Dr. X. Bugaut, Prof. C. Bressy and Prof. J. Rodriguez at Aix-Marseille Université (France). Her research focuses on the development of organocatalyzed methodologies, central-to-axial chirality conversion and their application in total synthesis.
OC28 - Asymmetric Reduction of Enamines towards the Synthesis of (-)-Cytisine and Heterocyclic Building Blocks
Mr Hugo REGO CAMPELLO
UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
Bristol, United Kingdom
Bristol, United Kingdom
He graduated from the University of A Coruña (Spain) in 2011 with a Master Degree, working on a project developing fluorescent siderophores to study iron acquisition in bacteria with Prof. Carlos Jimenez. In 2012, Hugo joined the Gallagher group (University of Bristol, UK) working on the asymmetric synthesis of cytisine derivatives.
OC16 - Synthesis of Highly Enantioenriched Pyrrolo[1,2-a]Quinolines. Organocatalyzed Domino Cyclopropane Ring Opening/aza-Michael/aldol Reaction Followed by Acid-Promoted Lactamization
Mr Eduardo SANCHEZ
UPV/EHU UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY
Leioa, Spain
Leioa, Spain
Eduardo was born and raised just outside Bilbao (Basque Country). He attended University of Basque Country and did his undergraduate research working on the iron-catalyzed C-C cross coupling at Utrecht University under the supervision of Prof. Klein Gebbink. Back home, he got his Master and is currently working in asymmetric organocatalysis with Prof. Jose Luis Vicario. Last fall, he visited Berkeley for a short stay at the Toste Group to learn about fluorination chemistry.
OC37 - Expansion of the Concept of Nonlinear Effects in Catalytic Reactions Beyond Asymmetric Catalysis
OC30 - Exploring the Antifungal and Antibiofilm Properties of Imidazolium Salts and Fluorescent Benzannulated Benzimidazoles
Prof. Henri SCHREKKER
UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL
Porto Alegre-RS, Brazil
Porto Alegre-RS, Brazil
OC11 - Pyrazoloquinolinones, Revisited GABAA Receptor Tool Compounds
Mr David Chan Bodin SIEBERT
TU WIEN
Wien, Austria
Wien, Austria
David Chan Bodin Siebert was born in Tübingen, Germany. He started to study chemistry at the University of Konstanz in 2009. His bachelor thesis with focus on carbohydrate chemistry was supervised by Dr. Alexander Titz. For his master thesis he moved to Saarbrücken to work at the Helmholtz Institute of Pharmaceutical Research Saarland in the field of peptide synthesis. In March 2015 he started his Ph.D. sutdies at the University of Technology in Vienna (TU Wien). Here, he works as FWF project assistent (MSc.) and fellow of the MolTag doctoral program in the field of Medicinal Chemistry. His emphasis is placed on new subtype selective tool compounds for the GABAA receptor.
OC10 - C-Brigded N-Heterocycles as New Ligands
Mr Tim-Daniel J. STUMPF
JUSTUS-LIEBIG-UNIVERSITY GIESSEN
Giessen, Germany
Giessen, Germany
Research field:
• Organic synthesis, chemistry of N-heterocycles, coordination chemistry
Academic career:
02/2013 – today: Justus-Liebig-University Giessen Ph.D.-student/research associate at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and the Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
10/2012 – 01/2013: Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
Research associate at the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology (department of veterinary medicine).
Academic education
10/2010 – 09/2012: Justus-Liebig-University Giessen (Master of Science)
10/2006 – 09/2010: Justus-Liebig-University Giessen (Bachelor of Science)
• Organic synthesis, chemistry of N-heterocycles, coordination chemistry
Academic career:
02/2013 – today: Justus-Liebig-University Giessen Ph.D.-student/research associate at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and the Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
10/2012 – 01/2013: Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
Research associate at the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology (department of veterinary medicine).
Academic education
10/2010 – 09/2012: Justus-Liebig-University Giessen (Master of Science)
10/2006 – 09/2010: Justus-Liebig-University Giessen (Bachelor of Science)
OC04 - Nitrosoallenes: Reactivity and Applications to Heterocycles Synthesis
Dr Hiroki TANIMOTO
NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Nara, Japan
Nara, Japan
Hiroki Tanimoto, an assistant professor at Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), was born in 1981 in Nagano, Japan. He received his BS in 2004 and his Ph. D. in 2009 at Keio University in Japan under the direction of Professor Noritaka Chida. After a year as a postdoctoral fellow at Vanderbilt University in the United States with Professor Gary A. Sulikowski, he joined the faculty at NAIST in Japan in 2010. His research focuses on new synthetic methods utilizing nitrogen-containing reactive functional groups such as azides and nitroso for alkaloid and heterocycle synthesis as well as main group chemistry such as germanium materials.
OC24 - Donor-Acceptor Cyclopropanes in Synthesis of Azaheterocycles
Prof. Igor TRUSHKOV
M V LOMONOSOV MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY
Moscow, Russia
Moscow, Russia
Igor V. Trushkov was born in 1964 in Serov-city, Sverdlovsk region, USSR.
In 1987 he received M.Sc. at Department of Chemistry, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University.
In 1993 I.V. Trushkov received Ph.D. at the same department working in physical organic chemistry under supervision of Professor Anatoliy S. Koz’min. In 2015 he received Doctor of Sciene degree.
Since 1996 to 2013 he was associate professor of Department of Chemistry, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University.
Since 2013 to 2016 Igor V. Trushkov is leading researcher of the same department and now he is a full professor of Faculty of Science, People’s Friendship University of Russia (RUDN). Moreover, since 2010 Igor Trushkov is head of laboratory of chemical synthesis at Federal Research Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology.
His research interests are related to the reactivity of donor-acceptor cyclopropanes as well as transformations of furans into other heterocycles. Igor Trushkov is regular member of Scientific Committees of All-Russian chemistry Olympiad for high school students and International Mendeleev chemistry Olympiad for high school students, member of Scientific Committee of International Chemistry Olympiads for hogh school students in 2007, 2013, 2015.
In 1987 he received M.Sc. at Department of Chemistry, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University.
In 1993 I.V. Trushkov received Ph.D. at the same department working in physical organic chemistry under supervision of Professor Anatoliy S. Koz’min. In 2015 he received Doctor of Sciene degree.
Since 1996 to 2013 he was associate professor of Department of Chemistry, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University.
Since 2013 to 2016 Igor V. Trushkov is leading researcher of the same department and now he is a full professor of Faculty of Science, People’s Friendship University of Russia (RUDN). Moreover, since 2010 Igor Trushkov is head of laboratory of chemical synthesis at Federal Research Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology.
His research interests are related to the reactivity of donor-acceptor cyclopropanes as well as transformations of furans into other heterocycles. Igor Trushkov is regular member of Scientific Committees of All-Russian chemistry Olympiad for high school students and International Mendeleev chemistry Olympiad for high school students, member of Scientific Committee of International Chemistry Olympiads for hogh school students in 2007, 2013, 2015.
OC03 - Rapid Composition of Spiranoid Lactones: Access to Natural and Unexplored Frames
Prof. Dmitry TSVELIKHOVSKY
THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM
Jerusalem, Israel
Jerusalem, Israel
Dmitry Tsvelikhovsky obtained his Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel) in 2009, where he worked under the supervision of Prof. Jochanan Blum. His graduate research explored the reactivity and synthetic applications of lanthanides. He entered Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a Postdoctoral Fellow in 2009, working with Prof. Stephen L. Buchwald. His projects focused on Pd-Catalyzed reactions, aiming to develop novel routes towards the synthesis of N- and O-containing heterocycles. In 2012 Dr. Tsvelikhovsky obtained the Assistant Professor position with the Institute for Drug Research, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research efforts are revolving around discovery and design of advanced molecular intermediates, able to serve as common platforms for synthesis of various, structurally related compounds – potential therapeutic agents and drug candidates. Dr. Tsvelikhovsky has been recently awarded Marie Curie Career Integration Grant (CIG), German-Israeli Foundation Grant for Young Scientists (GIF) and the Volkswagen Stiftung Research Grant.
OC39 - Methodology Development Towards the Lasso Peptide Series
Prof. Jan VAN MAARSEVEEN
UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
OC26 - Palladium-Catalyzed Isocyanide Insertion in Construction of Diverse Heterocycles
Dr Esther VICENTE GARCIA
VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT AMSTERDAM
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Esther Vicente received her PhD degree in the group of Prof. Rodolfo Lavilla at the Univeristy of Barcelona, Spain. Her project was related with Povarov multicomponent reaction and the application of the obtained adducts in medicinal chemistry programs, as acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and trypanocides. Currently, she is a postdoctoral researcher in the group of Prof. Romano Orru, working in the European Lead Factory project, an open-innovation platform for drug discovery. Her main research is focused on the construction of diverse N-heterocycles combining different methodologies, as multicomponent reaction or isocyanide insertion.
OC34 - Dearomative Arylation of Electrophilic Indoles for the Total Synthesis of Natural Products
Dr Guillaume VINCENT
PARIS-SUD UNIVERSITY
Orsay, France
Orsay, France
Dr. Guillaume Vincent was born in 1978 in Lyon, France. He graduated in 2002 from the Ecole Supérieure de Chimie Physique et Electronique de Lyon (CPE Lyon). During this period he spent one year at the Dupont Pharmaceuticals Company in Wilmingtion (USA) working with Dr. Patrick Y. S. Lam on the copper catalyzed cross-coupling between boronic acids and NH containing substrates. In 2002, he also obtained his M. Sc. degree from Université Lyon I in the group of Prof. Marco A. Ciufolini. He completed his PhD in 2005 under the supervision of Prof. Ciufolini where he realized the synthesis of the macrocycle of soraphen A. He then joined Prof. Robert M. Williams at Colorado State University as a postdoctoral associate where he completed the total synthesis of cribrostatin IV. At the beginning of 2007 he returned to France in the group of Prof. Max Malacria and Prof. Louis Fensterbank at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 to study anionic-radical tandem reactions. Finally at the end of 2007 he was appointed “Chargé de Recherche” by the CNRS at the Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d’Orsay at Université Paris Sud working on nitroso Diels-Alder cycloaddition and total synthesis of natural products. He launched in 2011 an independent research program towards the synthetic applications and understanding of unusual reactivities of the indole nucleus.
OC23 - 3-Diazoindolin-2-Imines: A Novel Class of Metal Carbene Precursors for the Syntheses of Indole Derivatives
OC18 - Rearrangement and Cycloaddition Reactions of Donor-Acceptor Cyclopropanes
Prof. Daniel B. WERZ
TU BRAUNSCHWEIG
Braunschweig, Germany
Braunschweig, Germany
Daniel B. Werz received a BS in chemistry at Heidelberg University in 1997 and a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Heidelberg University in 2003 with Rolf Gleiter. Following his doctoral studies, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow with Peter H. Seeberger at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. In December 2006 he joined the Chemistry Faculty of Göttingen University as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry under the mentorship of Lutz F. Tietze. In 2013 he took the position of an Associate Professor at the University of Braunschweig. His main research interests include the development of novel efficient methods for the synthesis of hetero- and carbocyclic compounds (e.g. by cyclopropane chemistry, domino reactions and Pd catalysis). In addition, he is interested in carbohydrates and their mimics.
His awards include an Emmy Noether Fellowship of the German Research Foundation, the ORCHEM Award, a JSPS Visiting Professorship in Japan, and most recently, an ERC Consolidator Grant.
His awards include an Emmy Noether Fellowship of the German Research Foundation, the ORCHEM Award, a JSPS Visiting Professorship in Japan, and most recently, an ERC Consolidator Grant.