(Lecture, MAR 11) Facing the Challenge of Gold-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reactions of Alkynes
time: 2019-03-08


Title: Facing the Challenge of Gold-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reactions of Alkynes
Speaker: Prof. Antonio M. Echavarrens (Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia)
Time: 10:00-11:00a.m., March 11th, 2019
Venue: Room 405, Shaw Engineering Building, Wushan Campus
[Biography]
EDUCATION:
Graduate in Chemistry, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), 1977
Ph.D. in Chemistry, UAM (Prof. Francisco Fariña), 1982
 
RESEARCH AND/OR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Boston College (Prof. T. Ross Kelly), (1982-1984).
Assistant Professor, UAM, (1984-1986).
NATO Fellow, Colorado State University, (Prof. John K. Stille), (1986-1988).
CSIC Researcher (Institute of Organic Chemistry), CSIC, Madrid, (1988-1992).
Visiting Professor, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France (2001)
Visiting Professor, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (2002)
CSIC Research Professor (2005-).
Visiting Professor, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France (2007).
Group Leader, Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) (2004-present)
Professor of Organic Chemistry, UAM (1992-2009) and Universitat Rovira i Virgili (2009-).
 
Awards:
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) Lectureship, Chemistry Department at The Scripps Reseach Institute, La Jolla, California, 2012.
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (January 2012).
Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher (2014, 2015, 2016).
2014-2015 Novartis Lecturer in Organic Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award 2015, ACS.