Professor Alois Fürstner Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Germany
Alois Fürstner is a native of Austria and obtained his doctoral degree from the Technical University of Graz (Prof. H. Weidmann). After a postdoctoral stint with the late Prof. Oppolzer at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, and completion of his Habilitation in Graz, he joined the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung in Mülheim, Germany, in 1993 as a group leader. In 1998, he got promoted to the rank of Director and served two terms as the Managing Director. His research interests in the area of organometallic chemistry and homogeneous catalysis range from the characterization of reactive intermediates and method development to applications in natural product total synthesis. His honors include the inaugural Mukaiyama Award (Japan), a Centenary Lectureship (RSC), the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award (ACS), the Janssen Prize for Creativity in Organic Synthesis, the Prelog Medal (ETH Zürich), the Karl Ziegler Prize (GdCH), the Gay Lussac/Humboldt Prize (France), the H. C. Brown Award for Creative Research in Synthetic Methods (ACS), and the Prix Mondial Nessim Habif (Switzerland). He is member of the German National Academy “Leopoldina”.
Professor Tanja Gaich University of Konstanz, Germany
Professor Syuzanna Harutyunyan University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Syuzanna is originally from Armenia, where she received her Master’s degree in Pharmacology. She did her PhD in Moscow with Prof. Belokon and was a postdoctoral fellow in Groningen with Prof. Feringa. Following her stay at Janssen Pharmaceutica, Syuzanna returned to the University of Groningen in 2010 to start her independent career and since 2018 she is a Full Professor and Chair of Homogeneous Catalysis. Syuzanna’s research is in the field of homogeneous catalysis, out of equilibrium systems and reaction mechanisms. Her scientific prowess has been recognized by awards such as the Solvias Ligand Contest Award, the KNCV Gold Medal from Dutch Royal Society, the Royal Chemical Society Homogeneous Catalysis Award as well as ERC consolidator grant. Harutyunyan serves as an associate editor for ACS Catalysis.
Professor Xiaoguang Lei Peking University, China
Prof. Xiaoguang Lei obtained BS from Peking University in 2001, and Ph.D. in organic synthesis from Boston University in 2006. He conducted postdoc research at Columbia University. In 2009, he started his independent career. Now he is the Boya Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Peking University. His research focuses on chemical biology, natural product synthesis, synthetic biology and drug discovery. He received 2017 Tetrahedron Young Investigator Award.
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