ECHC 2021

Constructing Small Rings by Palladium(0)-catalyzed C-H Activation (KL03)

Prof. Olivier BAUDOIN

UNIVERSITY OF BASEL, Basel, Switzerland
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Prof. Olivier BAUDOIN

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1992-1995: Undergraduate studies at Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris, France.
1995-1998: Master and doctoral studies under the supervision of Prof. Jean-Marie Lehn, Collège de France, Paris, France.
1999:Post-doctoral position under the supervision of Prof. K. C. Nicolaou, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA.
1999-2006: Group leader and CNRS “Chargé de Recherche”, Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
2006-2015: Full Professor at Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (ICBMS), Villeurbanne, France.
2009-2014: Junior member of the “Institut Universitaire de France”.
From 08.2015: Full Professor at the University of Basel, Department of Chemistry, Switzerland.

Awards
- Young Professor award from the French Chemical Society, Organic Chemistry Division, 2010.
- CNRS Bronze Medal, 2005.
- Claude Dufour Prize in Prospective organic chemistry, 2007.
- Thieme Journal Prize, 2007.


Achievements
- 81 publications (4500 citations), 2 patents, 4 book chapters.
- 141 invited lectures and seminars.

New Tools for the Introduction of Emergent Fluorinated Moieties (KL08)

Dr Tatiana BESSET

INSA OF ROUEN, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
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Dr Tatiana BESSET

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Tatiana Besset obtained her PhD in chemistry (2009) at Grenoble University with Dr Greene. Then, she was a postdoctoral fellow in the group of Prof. Glorius and pursued in 2011 in the Reek’s group. Since 2012, she is a CNRS Associate Researcher in the “Fluorinated Biomolecules Synthesis” group in Rouen. In 2017, she was awarded an ERC Starting Grant. In 2018, she defended her habilitation, received the CNRS Bronze medal and the “J.-P. Sauvage” prize (SCF). Her research involves the design of new transformations involving transition-metal catalysis (C-H bond activation) and the development of new strategies in organofluorine chemistry.

Three-Dimensional Heterocycles: Syntheses and Opportunities (KL01)

Prof. Carsten BOLM

RWTH AACHEN, Aachen, Germany
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Prof. Carsten BOLM

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Carsten Bolm earned his doctoral degree in 1987 from the University of Marburg, Germany. After postdoctoral training at MIT, Cambridge (USA), he worked in Basel (Switzer¬land) to obtain his habilitation. In 1993 he became Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Marburg (Germany), and since 1996 he has a chair of Organic Chemistry at RWTH Aachen University (Germany). In 2012 he accepted an Adjunct Professorship at WIT (Wuhan Institute of Technology), China, and since 2016 he is Honorary Professor at Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China. He published >500 articles and has been serving as Associate Editor for the Journal of Organic Chemistry since 2008.

The Prebiotic Origin of the RNA Nucleosides (KL06)

Prof. Thomas CARELL

LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITY, München, Germany
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Prof. Thomas CARELL

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http://www.cup.uni-muenchen.de/oc/carell/

Thomas Carell (Ph. D) was raised in Bad-Salzuflen (Germany). He studied chemistry at the Universities of Münster and Heidelberg. In 1993 he obtained his doctorate with Prof. H. A. Staab at the Max Planck Institute of Medical Research in Heidelberg. After postdoctoral training with Prof. J. Rebek at MIT (Cambridge, USA) in 1993-1995, Thomas Carell moved to the ETH Zürich (Switzerland) as an assistant professor to start independent research. He obtained his habilitation (tenure) in 2000. He subsequently accepted a full professor position for Organic Chemistry at the Philipps-Universität in Marburg (Germany). In 2004 Thomas Carell moved to the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich (Germany), where he is heading a research group centered around chemical biology. The current focus is to analyze the chemistry of epigenetic programming in DNA and RNA. Thomas Carell founded the company Baseclick GmBH in 2008. He is a member of the National German Academy, Leopoldina and of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a recipient of the Cross of Merit from the Federal Republic of Germany. Thomas Carell obtained the Leibniz award from the DFG in 2003 (comparable to an HHMI investigator in the USA) and an ERC advanced grant in 2017. Thomas Carell is the speaker of the Excellence Cluster (EXC114) on protein chemistry and of the collaborative research center (SFB1309) on chemical epigenetics. Since 2019 he is a board member of BASF SE.

Alpha-Heterosubstituted Organolithiums: Swinging Between Carbanions and Carbenoids (KL13)

Prof. Saverio FLORIO

UNIVERSITY OF BARI "ALDO MORO", Bari, Italy
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Prof. Saverio FLORIO

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Saverio Florio received his ‘Laurea’ in Chemistry at the University of Bari (Italy). He has been Assistant Professor and Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Bari till 1982, Full Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Lecce (1986–90) and University of Bari, chair of Organic Chemistry (1990–2012).

From 1994 until 2014, he has been Director of ‘Consorzio Interuniversitario: Metodologie e Processi Innovativi di Sintesi’ (CINMPIS) 1994-2014 and President of the Division of Organic Chemistry of the Italian Chemical Society from 1997until 2001. He then became Vice President of the Italian Chemical Society (2007–10).

Saverio is member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Ischia IASOC School, chairman of Tramech (Transmediterranean Colloquium on Heterocyclic Chemistry) and of ECHC (European Colloquium on Heterocyclic Chemistry).

His research interests are concerned with mechanistic studies, stereochemistry, and asymmetric synthesis of small-ring heterocycles, chemistry and structural features of oxiranyl and aziridinyl anions applied to organic synthesis.

He published more than 200 papers.

He has received the following awards: the Ziegler-Natta Lecture’ from the German Chemical Society (GDCh) in 2005; the ‘Angelo Mangini Gold Medal’ from the Division of Organic Chemistry of the Italian Chemical Society in 2007; Honorary Member of the Israel Chemical Society, Tel Aviv, 2011; Silver Plate from Consortium CINMPIS in 2014.

Synthetic Biological and Synthetic Chemical Tools (Genochemetics) for Late Stage C-H Activation and Small Molecule Vectorisation (KL12)

Prof. Rebecca GOSS

UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS, St Andrews, United Kingdom
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Prof. Rebecca GOSS

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Rebecca Goss is a bioorganic chemist/chemical biologist with research interests in the biosynthesis of natural products at the chemical and genetic level. Research within the group focuses on natural products with important medicinal properties and in understanding how biosynthetically intriguing motifs within these compounds are assembled. From this vantage point the group harness individual enzymes as convenient tools for organic synthesis, and employ a combination of synthetic chemistry and synthetic biology to harness entire biosynthetic pathways in order to enable expeditious access to libraries of medicinally relevant compounds. These libraries may be used as tools to gain a greater understanding as to how the drug acts at the molecular level within the cell.
Goss has established a national and international reputation presenting >130 invited, plenary and keynote lectures.

Employment Record

Professorship in Biomolecular/Organic Chemistry, University of St Andrews (600 year old University)
2018-
Readership (Associate Professorship) in Biomolecular/Organic Chemistry, University of St Andrews
September 2012 – 2018
Readership in Organic Chemistry, University of East Anglia
January 2012 – September 2012
Senior Lectureship, School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia
December 2010 – January 2012
Lectureship, School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia
July 2005-2010 (Maternity break 2008)
Lectureship, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, University of Exeter
October 2003-June 2005 (Closure of Chemistry in Exeter)

Awards and Honours

2003 Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship
2007 awarded the 2006 RSC Meldola Medal “distinguished for excellent contributions at the interface of organic chemistry and molecular biology”
2011 Thieme Chemistry Journal Award
2011 JSP award to participate at the Burgenstock Stereochemistry meeting
2013 Natural Product Report Emerging Researcher Lectureship
2014 ERC consolidator award

Cyclophanes, Cryptands and Supramolecular Polymers with Pyridine, Phenothiazine and Triazine Units (KL02)

Prof. Ion GROSU

BABES-BOLYAI UNIVERSITY, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Prof. Ion GROSU

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Prof. Ion Grosu was born in Cluj Napoca, România in 1955. He received the PhD degree from Babeş-Bolyai University in 1994 under the supervision of Prof. Sorin Mager. His professional carrier is connected to Babeş-Bolyai University of Cluj Napoca where he became lecturer in 1990 and then, in 1995, associate professor. Since 1997 he is professor of Organic Chemistry at the same university and starting with 1999 PhD advisor. He is leader of the Group of Organic and Supramolecular Chemistry. He was invited researcher and/or professor at the universities of Rouen, Würzburg, Angers, Montpellier and Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. Starting with 2014 he is Corresponding Member of the Romanian Academy. His research areas are focused on self-assembled architectures, macrocycles, cyclophanes, cryptands, molecular chirality, conformational analysis of saturated heterocycles and organic solar cells.

Lewis Acid Enabled Novel Reactivities in Asymmetric Catalysis (KL05)

Prof. Syuzanna HARUTYUNYAN

UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Prof. Syuzanna HARUTYUNYAN

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Syuzanna received her Master's degree in Chemistry from Yerevan State University, Armenia, after which she moved to Moscow, Russia, in 1999 to undertake her PhD under the supervision of Prof. Belokon. Syuzanna did her postdoctoral stay with Prof. Feringa (2003-2006) and in 2007 Syuzanna joined the Process&Development department at Janssen Pharmaceutica, Belgium. Syuzanna started her independent research career in 2010, when she was appointed as a tenure-track Assistant Professor at the University of Groningen. In 2013 she was tenured and promoted to Associate Professor and in 2018 to full professor at the University of Groningen. Syuzanna’s research activities include synthesis, organometallic reactions, catalysis, enantioselective transformations and autocatalysis. Syuzanna's work has been recognized by two major awards, namely the KNCV Gold Medal 2016 from the Royal Dutch Chemical Society, and the Royal Society for Chemistry's Homogeneous Catalysis Award in 2017.

Why do heterocycles make nice cores in drug discovery – the lesson of Mcl-1 inhibitors (KL11)

Dr Andras KOTSCHY

SERVIER RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY, Budapest, Hungary
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Dr Andras KOTSCHY

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András Kotschy is the managing director of the Servier Research Institute of Medicinal Chemistry in Budapest, Hungary. After completing his PhD degree in 1995 he joined the staff of Eötvös Loránd University where he rose through the ranks to associate professor also completing his habilitation and obtaining a DSc degree. His research interests included the development of new synthetic methodologies, transition metal catalysis in particular, and their application to heterocyclic chemistry. In 2007 he joined the newly established Servier Research Institute of Medicinal Chemistry as director of the Discovery Chemistry division and in 2015 he became managing director of the institute. Since 2007 he has been in charge of multiple research projects in oncology and metabolism. András Kotschy is the author of 60 refereed publications that received over 1500 citations, 1 book, 2 book chapters, and 16 patents. He is also the recipient of multiple scientific awards and fellowships.

Designing New Synthetic Concepts for Imparting Molecular Complexity with C-1 Sources (KL04)

Prof. Vittorio PACE

UNIVERSITY OF TURIN, Turin, Italy
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Prof. Vittorio PACE

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Vittorio Pace (born 1981) - since March 2020 - is Full Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Turin. He graduated in Pharmacy in 2005 from the University of Perugia and subsequently, received the PhD in Chemical Sciences cum laude from the Complutense University of Madrid in 2010 working with Profs. Alcántara and Sinisterra. After postdoctoral training at Vienna (Prof. Holzer, 2010-2011), Manchester (Prof. Procter, 2011-2013) and Stockholm (Prof. Olofsson, 2013-2014), he obtained a group leader position at the University of Vienna in 2014, before holding the Tenure-Track Professorship in Drug Synthesis at the University of Vienna between 2018 and 2020. In 2016 he received the Habilitation in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from the University of Vienna. He received several awards including the Ciamician Medal of the Italian Chemical Society, the Caglioti Prize of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, the Young Investigator Award of the Faculty of Life Sciences at Vienna, the La Roche-Hoffmann Prize of the European Society of Medicinal Chemistry, the Viennese Innitzer Award in 2017, the Habilitation Award of the Austrian Chemical Society in 2019 and the Thieme Journal Award in 2020. His research core is represented by the design and development of new synthetic concepts with functionalized organometallic reagents.

Nickel Catalysis for C-C and C-heteroatom Bond Forming Reactions (KL10)

Prof. Magnus RUEPING

RWTH AACHEN, Aachen, Germany
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Prof. Magnus RUEPING

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Magnus Rueping studied at the Technical University of Berlin, Trinity College Dublin and ETH Zürich, where he completed his diploma thesis under the direction of Professor Dieter Seebach. He stayed in the Seebach group and obtained his Ph.D. from the ETH in 2002 working on the synthesis and structural and biological aspects of oligo( hydroxybutanoates) and of - and -peptides. He then moved to Harvard University to work with Professor David A. Evans on enantioselective transition-metal catalysis. In August 2004 he was directly appointed as Associate Professor (C3), the Degussa Endowed Professorship of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, at the University Frankfurt. After four years in Frankfurt he decided to accept a Chair and Full Professorship of Organic Chemistry at RWTH Aachen University and is currently Professor of Chemical Sciences at KAUST. He is recipient of several national and international awards and prizes and has been selected as Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher for the consecutive years 2014-2019. Following an ERC Starting Grant on Biomimetic Organocatalysis he was also awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant on Sustainable Light-Driven Catalytic Chemistry. His group’s research activities are directed toward the development and simplification of synthetic catalytic methodology and technology, and their application in the rapid synthesis of diverse functional natural and unnatural molecules, not only to address chemical, biological and physical problems but also to generate new molecules with potentially interesting properties.

Springer Heterocyclic Chemistry Award Lecture
Some Adventures in Strategy-Guided Synthesis of Complex, Bioactive Natural Products (KL09)

Prof. Christopher VANDERWAL

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Irvine, United States
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Prof. Christopher VANDERWAL

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Christopher Vanderwal received a B.Sc. degree in Biochemistry (1995) and an M.Sc. degree in Chemistry (1998) from the University of Ottawa. He then moved to the Scripps Research Institute for doctoral studies in the group of Professor Erik Sorensen. After obtaining his Ph.D. in 2003, Chris joined the group of Professor Eric Jacobsen at Harvard University as a Jane Coffin Childs postdoctoral associate. In 2005, Chris began his independent academic career at the University of California, Irvine. In 2011, Chris was promoted with tenure to Associate Professor and was named a UCI Chancellor’s Faculty Fellow, and in 2013, he was promoted to Professor of Chemistry, and he was recently appointed Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Chris’s group focuses on the synthesis of complex natural products, including alkaloids, terpenoids, and polyhalogenated secondary metabolites. They develop target-specific but potentially broadly applicable methods en route to the natural product goals, and frequently engage in post-synthesis collaborative experiments to investigate biological activity of the target and synthetic analogs.

Catalytic Asymmetric Cycloaddition to Access Chiral Heterocycles by Novel P-Ligands: From N-heterocycles to Silicon-stereogenic Silacycles (KL07)

Prof. Li-Wen XU

HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY, Hangzhou, China
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Prof. Li-Wen XU

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Li-Wen Xu was born in 1976. After his undergraduate studies at Anhui Normal University, he received his PhD degree in Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in 2004. And From 2003 to 2006, he carried out an independent research career as an associate research professor at Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics (CAS). He spent one year (2005-2006) as a postdoctoral fellow at the Université du Maine and CNRS. From 2007 to 2009, He was a research fellow at Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, and was a JSPS fellow at The University of Tokyo. He was appointed as full professor at Key Laboratory of Organosilicon Chemistry and Material Technology of MOE, Hangzhou Normal University, in 2009. Now he is the director of Key Laboratory of Organosilicon Chemistry and Material Technology of MOE. He has authored about more than 150 research publications and ten reviews or book chapters with a total H-index = 37, and was awarded the Second Class of Zhejiang Provincial Prize for Natural Sciences and The Thieme Chemistry Journal Awardee in 2014. His current scientific interests are focused on organosilicon chemistry (SiMOS), asymmetric synthesis mediated by homogeneous organometallic and organic catalysts.

Diels-Alder cascades for the synthesis of fused N-heterocycles (IL01)

Dr Nicolas BLANCHARD

UNIVERSITY OF UPPER-ALSACE/CNRS, Mulhouse, France
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Dr Nicolas BLANCHARD

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Nicolas Blanchard is the head of the « Biomolecules, Synthesis and Methods » team (bsm.unistra.fr) within the LIMA Laboratory (lima.unistra.fr, CNRS-UHA-Unistra, Mulhouse). Current research interests of Nicolas' group encompass the development of synthetic processes including heterocyclic chemistry, metal-mediated transformations, pericyclic reactions and the synthesis of bioactive natural products. He received his Ph.D. in 2000 (Paris 6 University, J. Cossy). After postdoctoral studies with J.F. Nomant (Paris 6 University) and W. Roush (Michigan University, USA), he joined the CNRS in 2002.

Supramolecular Multidentate Strategy Towards Enantioselective Anion-binding Catalysis (IL04)

Prof. Olga GARCIA MANCHENO

UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER, Münster, Germany
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Prof. Olga GARCIA MANCHENO

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Prof. Olga García Mancheño, professor for organic chemistry at the University of Münster (WWU, obtained her PhD in Chemistry in 2005 at the University Autonomous of Madrid under the supervision of Prof. J.C. Carretero. After her postdoc in the group of Prof. C. Bolm at RWTH Aachen, she carried out her habilitation at the WWU Münster. In 2013, she was appointed at the University of Regensburg and, in 2017, at the WWU Münster as professor for organic chemistry. Her research aim at developing new, efficient synthetic methodologies in organic chemistry, with especial focus on the design of novel catalytic systems and their application in homogenous catalysis, including photocatalysis and asymmetric anion-binding catalysis.

Blessed by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Olefin Metathesis Catalysis Story (IL08)

Prof. Karol GRELA

UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW, WARSAW, Poland
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Prof. Karol GRELA

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Karol Grela, F CSPE was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1970. He received a Master degree from Warsaw University of Technology in 1994, and received his PhD degree from the Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, in 1998. As Alexader von Humboldt Scholar, he spent one year in the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany, just in time to be present at the blooming of metathesis methodology in the laboratories of Professor Alois Fürstner. Next, he returned to Warsaw, and after completing his Habilitation in 2003, at the Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences where he led a small but very efficient research group of dedicated co-workers. In 2008 he was promoted to Full Professor. Since 2008, he is also a Director of newly formed group at the Biological and Chemical Research Centre of the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw. His synthetic research focuses on improving synthetic efficiency of organic reactions, organometallic chemistry and catalysis. His work with metals involves the development of new catalysts and conditions for alkene and alkyne metathesis. Prof. Grela was awarded some prizes including the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (1999), Maria Curie and Wilhelm Klemm Lectureship of the German Chemical Society (2007), Prime Minister of Polish Government Prizes (1999, 2004 & 2010), the Prize of Foundation for Polish Science (2014) and French Chemical Society Prize (2016). He is the member of Editorial boards of Chemistry–A European Journal, European Journal of Organic Chemistry, ChemSelect, and a fellow of ChemPubSoc Europe.

Electro-Induced Isocyanide-Based Multicomponent Reactions (IL05)

Dr Laurence GRIMAUD

ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE, Paris, France
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Dr Laurence GRIMAUD

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Laurence Grimaud has been a Research Director at the CNRS at the department of Chemistry of the Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) of Paris in a joined laboratory with Sorbonne University (Laboratoire des Biomolécules) since october 2016. From 1993-1996, she studied Chemistry at the ENS of Paris. From 1996-1999, she undertook her PhD in synthetic organic chemistry in the group of Dr J. Prunet at the Ecole Polytechnique (France). In 1999, she joined the research group of Pr. L. El Kaïm at ENSTA-ParisTech in Paris, working on studies on isocyanide chemistry and multicomponent reactions applied to heterocyclic synthesis. In 2012, she joined the research group of Drs. A. Jutand and C. Amatore at the ENS as a CNRS researcher. Since 2016, she is a CNRS research director leading a research program at the interface of synthetic organic chemistry, electrochemistry and mechanistic studies focusing mainly on metal catalysis.

Novel Reactivity in Hypervalent Iodine-Mediated Vinylations (IL06)

Prof. Berit OLOFSSON

STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY, Stockholm, Sweden
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Prof. Berit OLOFSSON

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Berit Olofsson studied Chemical Engineering at Lund University, and got her PhD at KTH (Stockholm) on asymmetric synthesis in 2002. She subsequently went to Bristol University, UK for a post doc on total synthesis with Prof. Aggarwal in 2003-2004. Returning to Sweden, she became assistant supervisor in the group of Prof. Bäckvall at Stockholm University (SU). She started her independent career at SU in 2006, and was promoted to Professor in 2013, and is the Dean of Chemistry since 2019. She was recently appointed a ChemPubSoc Europe Fellow, is the vice President of the organic chemistry division of EuCheMS, and also the vice President of the International Committee of ESOC 2021 (the European Symposium of Organic Chemistry). She is also a board member of Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. and several other Wiley journals. She is an internationally leading experts in hypervalent iodine chemistry, with focus on development of synthetic methodology towards iodine(III) reagents and their application in metal-free and sustainable methodology for organic synthesis. She is a member of the international scientific committee of the International Conference on Hypervalent Iodine Chemistry (ICHIC) since 2010 and recently served as the guest editor of a Patai book on Hypervalent Halogen Chemistry. Website link: http://www.organ.su.se/bo/

C-S Bond Formation of N-fused Heterocycles via Metal and Photoredox Catalysis (IL03)

Dr Sandrine PIGUEL

UNIVERSITY PARIS-SACLAY, Orsay, France
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Dr Sandrine PIGUEL

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Sandrine Piguel received her Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Paris Sud in France in 1998. She worked on the total synthesis of enediynes under the supervision of Dr. D. S. Grierson at the Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles. In 1999, she joined the group of Pr. M. Lautens at the University of Toronto as a post-doctoral fellow (Prize from the Fondation Bettencourt-Schueller), developing palladium-catalyzed domino reactions with C-H bonds functionalization. After a short stay with Pr. T. Wirth at the University of Basel, she was appointed assistant professor at the University of Rennes 1 in 2001 working on the synthesis of proteasome inhibitors. In 2006, she moved to University of Paris Sud and joined the Institut Curie (Orsay, France) where she became Associate Professor in 2010. Her research interests include medicinal chemistry in the field of small molecule kinase inhibitors for cancer therapy but also new synthetic methodologies in particular C-H bond functionalization of nitrogen-containing fused heterocycles.

Exploring Palladium Catalysis in Deep Eutectic Solvents (IL09)

Prof. Antonio SALOMONE

UNIVERSITY OF BARI "ALDO MORO", Bari, Italy
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Prof. Antonio SALOMONE

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Antonio Salomone graduated in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology at University of Bari in 1999 under the supervision of Prof. S. Florio. In 2004 he received his PhD discussing a thesis on the synthetic utility of functionalized organolithiums in asymmetric synthesis. From 2005 to 2009, he applied a postdoctoral position working on the synthesis of chiral organolithiums in the stereoselective synthesis of bioactive molecules under the supervision of Prof. S. Florio at University of Bari. From 2010 to 2015 he worked, as postdoctoral fellow, at University of Bari in collaboration with Prof. V. Capriati and Prof. S. Florio, leading many studies on the kinetic and spectroscopic characterization of labile organometallic intermediates. In 2015 he moved to University of Salento as Assistant Professor and started his collaboration with Prof. L. Troisi working at the Pd-catalysed carbonylations in the in the multicomponent synthesis of heterocycles. In 2018 he became Associate Professor in Organic Chemistry at the University of Salento. His current research activity is related to the development of transition metal catalysis in Deep Eutectic Solvents.

Counterion Mediated Approaches to Controlling Axial Chirality (IL02)

Prof. Martin SMITH

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Prof. Martin SMITH

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Martin Smith studied at the University of Oxford as both an undergraduate and graduate student (with Professor George W. J. Fleet). He subsequently moved to the University of Cambridge as the Drapers Company Research Fellow to work with Professor Steven V. Ley CBE FRS. He started his independent career as a Royal Society University Research Fellow in the University of Cambridge before moving to his current position in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Oxford in October 2008. His group works on synthesis, structure and enantioselective catalysis, with a particular focus on reactions mediated by chiral ammonium cations.

Dearomatization of Indoles for the Total Synthesis of Natural Products (IL07)

Dr Guillaume VINCENT

UNIVERSITY PARIS-SACLAY, Orsay, France
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Dr Guillaume VINCENT

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Guillaume Vincent graduated in 2002 from the Ecole Supérieure de Chimie Physique et Electronique de Lyon (CPE Lyon). As part of this degree, he spent one year (2000-2001) at the Dupont Pharmaceuticals Company in Wilmingtion (USA) working with Dr. Patrick Y. S. Lam. In 2002, he also obtained a Master of Science degree in organic chemistry from Université Lyon I with a stay in the group of Prof. Marco A. Ciufolini. He completed his PhD in 2005 under the supervision of Prof. Ciufolini. He then joined, in 2005-2006, Prof. Robert M. Williams at Colorado State University as a postdoctoral associate. 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 as a postdoctoral associate. 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 (ICMMO) of Université Paris-Sud (which is now Université Paris-Saclay) working on nitroso Diels-Alder cycloadditions and the 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. He was promoted CNRS “Directeur de Recherche” in October 2019.

Diastereoselective Synthesis of Nonplanar 3-Amino-1,2,4-Oxadiazine Heterocycle: Structure Revision of Alchornedine (OC04)

Dr Frédéric BIHEL

CNRS / UNIVERSITY OF STRASBOURG, Illkirch, France
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Dr Frédéric BIHEL

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Frédéric BIHEL received a PhD from the University of Aix-Marseille université (France) in 2002. After a postdoctoral work at the interface of chemistry and biology at Harvard Medical School and Brigham & Women’s Hospital (Boston, MA, USA), he joined the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS, France) in 2005, where he is now Research Director and Head of the Chemogenomic and Medicinal Chemistry Lab at the Laboratory of Therapeutic Innovation (CNRS/Université de Strasbourg, France). His research involves the design of unplanar heterocyclic scaffolds and the development of catalytic processes to functionalize them in the service of medicinal chemistry.

Development in Phosphiranium Ions Chemistry (OC09)

Mr Mohammad AHMAD

URCOM - UNIVERSITY LE HAVRE, Le Havre, France
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Mr Mohammad AHMAD

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He was born and lived in Beirut, Lebanon. After obtaining his bachelor degree in chemistry from the Lebanese university in 2017, he came to France and did the master's degree in molecular and supramolecular chemistry from the University of Strasbourg. During these two years, he did two internships in the SAMS team (Synthèse et autoassemblage moléculaire et supramoléculaire) under the supervision of Dr Nicolas Giuseppone, and in the “Laboratoire de Chimie des Matériaux Moléculaires” under the supervision of Dr Jean-François Nierengarten. Since 2019, he is doing a thesis in organic chemistry at the laboratory URCOM (Le Havre) under the supervision of Dr Vincent Dalla where he is working on the synthesis and the study of reactivity of a class of organoposphorus compound little elaborated in the literature the phosphiranium ions, in particulary their C-centered ring opening reaction.

Straightforward Synthesis of Highly Substituted 6H-Benzo[C]Chromenes via a Diels-Alder/Aromatization Approach (OC16)

Mr Marco BALLAROTTO

UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI PERUGIA, Perugia, Italy
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Mr Marco BALLAROTTO

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Marco received his Master's degree with honors in Organic Chemistry at the University of Perugia (Italy) in 2018, after which he was awarded a scholarship in Molecolar Modeling under Prof. Antonio Macchiarulo at the department of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of Perugia. He started his PhD under Prof. Andrea Temperini in the same department in 2019 and he is currently at the second year of the PhD programme.

Novel Methodologies Towards the Synthesis of Saturated Heterocycles: The Silyl-Prins Cyclization (OC02)

Prof. Asuncion BARBERO

UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID, Valladolid, Spain

Competitive Dearomatization of Benzene vs Pyridine: 1,3-Cycloaddition Followed by Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling on the Remaining Sulfonyloxyimine Functionality (OC05)

Mr Sami BEN SALAH

URCOM (UNIVESITY LE HAVRE NORMANDIE), Orléans, France
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Mr Sami BEN SALAH

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Sami BEN SALAH was born in Tunis (Tunisia) in 1991. After the obtention of the biology preparatory diploma from agronomic school in Sousse (Tunisia), he decided to move to France to continue scientific studies. He studied organic chemistry at University of Orléans, France, graduating in Bachelor and Master degrees respectively in 2015 and 2017. He worked under the mentoring of Prof. Stéphane PETOUD of CBM (Centre de biophysique moléculaire) on the Synthesis of organic chromophores for biological imagery applications during his bachelor degree internship. In July 2017, he overcame successfully 6 months internship experience at ICOA (Institut de Chimie Organique et Analytique) where he worked on the design, synthesis and biological evaluation of protein kinase inhibitors under the guidance of Prof. Sylvain ROUTIER.

Sami BEN SALAH is currently, a PhD student at the University of Le Havre Normandie under the supervision of Dr Ata Martin LAWSON and Prof. Adam Daïch. He’s research work deals with the synthesis of potentially bioactive five-membered nitrogen heterocycles, through 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of non-stabilized azomethine ylides with aromatic and heteroaromatic systems as dipolarophiles.

Expanding the Chemical Diversity of Azaaurones: From Synthesis to Modulation of E/Z Isomerization (OC15)

Mr André CAMPANICO

I.MED.ULISBOA - FFULISBOA, Lisboa, Portugal
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Mr André CAMPANICO

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André Campaniço completed his Integrated Master's Degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2016, in the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Lisbon (FFULisboa). André started to collaborate with the Department of Medicinal Chemistry of the Research Institute for Medicines iMed.ULisboa in the second year of his degree, participating in projects related with cancer, malaria and tuberculosis. In 2014, André was awarded with the 'Amadeu Dias' Research Grant for young researchers. In his final year, he spent three months at the School of Pharmacy from the University College of London, working with peptidomimetics with antibacterial potential. This latest work was the subject of his Master Thesis. In 2017, André went back to the Department of Medicinal Chemistry of FFULisboa and started an FCT-funded PhD on the development of new drug leads for tuberculosis. His PhD is a collaboration with the University of Cape Town, where he spent two months in 2020. Throughout his research experience, André developed skills in medicinal and organic chemistry, microbiology, analytical chemistry, solubility and metabolic studies, photochemistry, cell-based assays and animal science. Furthermore, he was a member of two academic associations (FFULisboa Students Association and iMed.ULisboa Postgraduate Students Commission) and three theatre groups, two of them led by him.

Stereoselective Preparation of Saturated 2-Aryl Nitrogen-Containing Heterocycles (OC17)

Prof. Iain COLDHAM

UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Prof. Iain COLDHAM

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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.

2- and 6-Purinylmagnesium Halides in Dichloromethane: Scope and Insights into the Solvent Influence on Anion Stability (OC10)

Dr Silvia GAZZOLA

UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA, Como, Italy
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Dr Silvia GAZZOLA

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Dr Silvia Gazzola studied chemistry at the Insubria University in Como (Italy), where she also obtained her Ph.D. in the area of natural product synthesis in 2016. During her doctoral studies, she spent 6 months at Warwick University (UK) with Prof. Tosin and 3 months at Barcelona University with Prof. Amat. She then moved to Bayer Crop-Science in Frankfurt am Main as a Marie Curie post-doctoral researcher, and in 2017 she joined the group of Prof. Riedl at the ZHAW University (Switzerland) for working in the optimization of natural product-based antiprotozoal drugs. She is currently a fixed-term researcher at the Insubria University in Como, where she studies new methodologies for the functionalization of purine rings as well as novel protein-protein interaction inhibitors for cancer and infectious diseases.

Synthesis of Five- and Six-Membered Heterocyclic Structures Based on Alkyl 3-Bromo-3-Nitroacrylates (OC13)

Mr Kirill GOMONOV

HERZEN STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF RUSSIA, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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Mr Kirill GOMONOV

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Gomonov Kirill Alexandrovich was born in 1998 in St. Petersburg, Russia. He received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Tyumen State University in 2020. He is currently studying for a master's degree at the Faculty of Chemistry of the Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, scientific adviser, Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Associate Professor Makarenko Sergey Valentinovich. Research interests: nitroalkenes, halonitroalkenes, heterocyclic compounds.

Synthesis of Organic Fluorophores Derived From Tetrazapentalene Scaffold : Study of their Spectroscopic Properties for a Potential Application In Energy Conversion (0C08)

Mr Vincent GUTIERREZ

UNIVERSITY OF ORLÉANS - ICOA, Orléans, France
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Mr Vincent GUTIERREZ

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Vincent Gutierrez received his bachelor’s degrees in Chemistry in 2015 from Université de Strasbourg. Then, he started his master degree in Organic chemistry and Biology, and experienced an internship in Benhida’s group from ICN (Nice), where he worked on trisubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles. He received his degree in 2017 and started his PhD in Organic Chemistry in ICOA (Orléans) under the guidance of Pr. Franck Suzenet, and received his PhD degree in 2021. His research in Suzenet’s group was focused on fluorescent heterocyclic compounds, based on triazapentalene and tetrazapentalene scaffolds, with N-N bond formation from nitrogen percursors.

New Methods for the Synthesis of Subtituted 2-Pyridones (OC19)

Dr Zahira KIBOU

LABORATOIRE DE CATALYSE ET SYNTHÈSE EN CHIMIE ORGANIQUE, , Tlemcen, Algerie
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Dr Zahira KIBOU

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KIBOU Zahira was born in 1985 in Tlemcen in the north west of Algeria. In 2013, she obtained her PhD in catalysis and fine chemistry in the field of Organic Chemistry from Abou Bekr Belkaid University in Tlemcen, under the supervision of Prof. N. CHOUKCHOU BRAHAM. From 2013 to date, she works as an assistant professor at the university of Belhadj Bouchaib in Ain Temouchent, Algeria. Dr KIBOU Zahira is a member of the Laboratory of Catalysis and Synthesis in Organic Chemistry, Tlemcen-Algeria. One of her main research interests is the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds by a novel approach under green chemistry besides the development of new Multicomponent Reaction (MCR) by catalyst. As Her current projects deal with the synthesis of Tacrine analogs as well the synthesis of Azatacrine derivatives within the concept of green chemistry. Another subject she is currently working on is the development of new heterocyclic compounds for broad biological applications. Dr KIBOU Zahira has 14 scientific publications in different fields like 2-aminopyridines, 2-pyridones, chromenopyridines and pyrimidines and in famous scientific journals. Some of her latest published research studies in the field of Organic Chemistry is entitled “Letters in Organic Chemistry” and “Novel Bis-(3-cyano-2-pyridones) Derivatives: synthesis and fluorescent properties”. Dr KIBOU Zahira has worked with names like Prof. N. CHOUKCHOU BRAHAM, Prof. Didier VILLEMIN, Prof. Adam DAICH and Prof. Julio Seijas, to whom she is thankful.

Complementary Methods to Access Tetrahydrofurans and Tetrahydropyrans from Cyclopropanes: Fluorosulfoxoniums vs Trifilic Acid as Promoters (OC11)

Mr Augustin MANEL

CNRS - UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG, Strasbourg, France
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Mr Augustin MANEL

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Augustin Manel graduated from the European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials Science of Strasbourg and obtained a M.Sc. in "Molecular and supramolecular chemistry" from the University of Strasbourg, France, in 2018. He is currently a 3rd year PhD student in organic chemistry at the University of Strasbourg. He is working on FLP- and Lewis acid catalysis under the supervision of Dr Frédéric R. Leroux and Dr Armen Panossian.

Rapid Assembly of Molecular Complexity from Simple Enamide Building Blocks (OC03)

Prof. Georg MANOLIKAKES

TU KAISERSLAUTERN, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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Prof. Georg MANOLIKAKES

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Georg Manolikakes studied chemistry at the Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU) Munich. At the LMU he joined the group of Prof. Paul Knochel and received his PhD in 2009 in the field of organometallic chemistry. After a postdoctoral stay with Prof. Phil S. Baran at the Scripps Research Institute, he started his independent career at the Goethe-University Frankfurt in 2010. Since 2017, Georg Manolikakes holds a position as associate professor for organic chemistry at the Technical University Kaiserslautern. His research interests cover multi-component and one-pot reactions, the synthesis of sulfonyl-containing molecules, asymmetric synthesis and medicinal chemistry. He has received several awards and honors, including a Liebig-Fellowship from the German Chemical Industry Funds (FCI), a Thieme Chemistry Journals Award, an Award of the Dr. Otto Röhm Gedächtnisstiftung and an Exploration Grant from the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation.

Coherent Synchronization of The Oxidation Reactions of Pyridine Bases by “Green Oxidizing Agents” – H2O2 and N2O (OC01)

Prof. T. NAGIEV

RESEARCH CENTER OF AZERBAIJAN NATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA, Baku, Azerbaijan

N-N Bond Formation with Heteroaromatic Amines: Mild Access to Tricycles [6-5-6] Derivatives (OC14)

Mr Moussa NDIAYE

ICOA, Orleans, France
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Mr Moussa NDIAYE

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Moussa Ndiaye is born in 1993 in Mabo (Sénégal). In 2015, he obtained with honor his Bachelor degree and two years later his Master 2 degree in Chemistry and Biochemistry of Naturel products from the University Cheikh Anta Diop (Dakar, Sénégal). Then, he pursed his studies in France and completed another master 2 degree at the University Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Since then, he is doing a PhD at the Institute of organic and Analytic Chemistry (ICOA) (University of Orléans) under the supervision of Prof. F. Suzenet and Dr. M.-A. Hiebel. He is involved in the development of organic methods for the synthesis polynitrogenated compounds and evaluates their potential as organic fluorophore. Outside the lab, he likes to practice soccer, and karate.

Synthesis of Highly Functionnalized Propellanes from Bicyclic Hydroxylactones (OC20)

Prof. Olivier PIVA

UNIVERSITE LYON 1, VILLEURBANNE, France
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Prof. Olivier PIVA

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Olivier Piva studied chemistry at the University of Reims and obtained his Ph-D with Prof. J.P. Pete (1988). Following a postdoctoral stay with Prof. D. Enders (RWTH - Aachen), he joined in 1989 the CNRS as Chargé de recherche. He was a NATO research associate with Prof. S.V. Ley (University of Cambridge) in 1995/1996 and was promoted full Professor at Université Lyon 1 in 1998. Since 2016, he is the head of ICBMS, a CNRS research unit. His research interests encompass photochemistry, asymmetric synthesis, metathesis applied to the synthesis of natural product and propellane structures.

Expeditious and Practical Synthesis of Tertiary Alcohols from Esters Enabled by Highly Polarized Organometallic Compounds Under Aerobic Conditions in Deep Eutectic Solvents or Bulk Water (OC07)

Mr Andrea Francesca QUIVELLI

UNIVERSITY OF BARI, Bari, Italy
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Mr Andrea Francesca QUIVELLI

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Andrea Francesca Quivelli received her MSc degree in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technologies from University of Bari (Italy) in 2017, where she currently holds the position of "Innovative PhDs with industrial characterization” in "Chemical and Molecular Sciences" , under the supervision of Professor V. Capriati. During her Ph.D., she spent a six-month internship in the research group of Professor J. Garcìa-Àlvarez at the University of Oviedo (Spain) and she worked for six month at research & development laboratory of “Laboratori Alchemia” a pharmaceutical industry placed in Milan. Her research interests focus on the development of green synthetic procedures of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients and their industrial scale-up in unconventional and biorenewable reaction media (e.g., deep eutectic solvents, water).

Synthesis of New Heteroaromatic Fluoroalkylcompounds via Deprotonation of -CHF2 (OC12)

Ms Laura SANTOS

UNIVERSITY OF STRASBOURG, Strasbourg, France
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Ms Laura SANTOS

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Laura Santos obtained her bachelor in Chemistry in 2014 at the University of Strasbourg. In 2018, she obtained her Master in Organic chemistry at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie in Montpellier. She is currently a 3rd year PhD student in organic chemistry at the University of Strasbourg. She is working on the development of new fluorinated groups under the supervision of Dr Frédéric R. Leroux and in collaboration with Bayer CropScience.

Synthesis of Novel Classes Of 4’-Spirocycloalkyl Nucleoside Analogues (OC06)

Dr Guido VERNIEST

JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA, Beerse, Belgium
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Dr Guido VERNIEST

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Guido Verniest performed his PhD work in the field of heterocyclic chemistry using ring transformations of cyclobutanones as central strategy and obtained his PhD degree in Bio-Engineering Sciences from Ghent University (Prof. Norbert De Kimpe) in 2004. He then continued in the same group as a FWO postdoc working on the synthesis of fluorinated heterocycles in close collaboration with Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson. He performed postdoctoral work in the lab of Albert Padwa at Emory University from 2007-2008 and was appointed as lecturer at Vrije Universiteit Brussel in 2010. After 8 years at VUB, he joined Janssen Pharmaceutica working on elucidating pathways of forced degradation of drug candidates and then moved internally to the Discovery Process Research group in 2019 where he currently works on the development of new synthesis pathways to enable medicinal chemistry and to facilitate the transition of synthetic procedures to larger scale processes.

Isocyanoacetates in the Synthesis of Heterocyclic Compounds (OC38)

Dr Sonia ABAS PRADES

UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Dr Sonia ABAS PRADES

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Dr Sonia Abas obtained her PhD from University of Barcelona on development of novel isocyanide mediated routes to compounds of biological interest under the supervision of Professor Dr Carmen Escolano. During her PhD she had the opportunity to join the group of Professor Dr Romano A. V. Orru and Dr Eelco Ruijter at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam as a visitor student. Currently, she is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Leeds in the group of Dr Richard Foster. Sonia has co-authored over 10 peer-reviewed publications and has presented her research in diverse international conferences.

N-Acyliminium Ions Chemistry: Iron Activation and Synthesis of Novel Heterocyclic Compounds via [2+2+2] Sequence (OC41)

Mr Sidi Mohamed ABDALLAHI

UNIVERSITY LE HAVRE, Le havre, France
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Mr Sidi Mohamed ABDALLAHI

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ABDALLAHI Sidi Mohamed is PhD student in organic chemistry between the University of Le Havre and that of Nouakchott in Mauritania. He started his thesis in 2017 under the theme: evaluation of iron catalysis in the chemistry of N- ions acyliminius; application to the synthesis of substances of pharmaceutical interest. He obtained his master's degree at the University of Nouakchott in 2016 under the theme synthesis of new functional amidines by condensation of aromatic amines and aminoesters with thioacetamide and his Bachelor degree in 2014 at the same university. He is interested in scientific research, which is why he got involved in this thesis project which will allow him to acquire new experiences in the field of chemistry and which can also open up opportunities either in teaching or in scientific research.

Conception of Enantioselectivite Domino Processes for the Synthesis of Highly Tunable N-Heterocyclic Compounds (OC39)

Mr ISMAIL ALAHYEN

UNIVERSITY OF LE HAVRE, le Havre, France
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Mr ISMAIL ALAHYEN

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In 2015, Ismail obtained his bachelor's degree in chemistry at Cadi Ayyad University, Faculty of Sciences Marrakech, the option was Heterocycles and organometallic-catalysis. Then, in 2018, he obtained his master's degree in molecular chemistry at Sorbonne University (University of Pierre and Marie Curie). In addition, during his Master 1 internship, he worked on the multi-step synthesis of enantioenriched homoallylic amines under the supervision of Dr Jean-Luc Vasse at the Institute of Molecular Chemistry in Reims. Regarding his Master 2 internship, he worked on the multistep synthesis of indolizines under the supervision of Prof. Fensterbank Louis and Dr Mouries-Mansuy Virginie at the Paris Institute of Molecular Chemistry. Today, he is Ph.D student in the 3rd year at the University of Le Havre Normandie, attached to the URCOM laboratory. His thesis subject is the enantioselective synthesis of δ-lactams

Construction of N-Fluoroalkyl Nitrogen Heterocycles from Fluoroalkyl Azides (OC34)

Dr Petr BEIER

ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC, Prague, Czech Republic
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Dr Petr BEIER

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Currently a senior group leader at IOCB Prague. He studied MSc at the University of Pardubice, Czech Republic, PhD at St. Andrews University, UK and postdoc at the University of Southern California, US. He is a recipient of Alfred Bader Prize in organic chemistry (2013) and Royal Chemical Society Fluorine Prize (2017). His research interests are methodology development in organofluorine chemistry and chemistry of main group elements, investigation of reactive intermediates and reaction mechanisms.

Hydrogen Isotope Exchange - The Simplest Late Stage Functionalization (OC33)

Dr Volker DERDAU

SANOFI GERMANY, Frankfurt, Germany
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Dr Volker DERDAU

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Volker Derdau studied chemistry in Münster and Braunschweig (Germany) and obtained his PhD in 1999 with Prof. Sabine Laschat. He went for a one-year Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) funded Post-Doc in Prof. Victor Snieckus group (Kingston, Canada) before he started at Aventis Pharma Germany (today Sanofi) as laboratory head. Today he is section head in the Integrated Drug Discovery platform (Sanofi, Frankfurt) responsible for Isotope Chemistry (IC) and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Labeled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals (Wiley). Volker is author of more than 60 publications and owner of 8 patents. He has co-organized some International Isotope Society (IIS)-Central European Division (CED) workshops, the global IIS-conference in Heidelberg 2012 and is member of the IIS Board of Trustees (BoT) since 2012. In 2017 he was elected president of the IIS-CED chapter and is actual global IIS president in 2021.

Iridium-Catalyzed β-C(SP2) -H Borylation of Enamides-Efficient Access to GEM-Dihalogeno N-Heterocycles (OC40)

Mr Ismael DONDASSE

ICOA, Orléans, France
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Mr Ismael DONDASSE

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Ismaël Félix Dondasse was born in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) in 1992. He obtained his bachelor's degree in chemistry with honors in 2015 at the University of ouagadougou. He came to France in 2016 and studied chemistry at the University of Orleans where he completed his master's degree in organic chemistry with honors. Since October 2018 he is a PhD student working at the Institute of Organic and Analytical Chemistry (ICOA) under the supervision of Pr. Isabelle Gillaizeau and Dr. Cyril Nicolas in the MCHCV team (Methodological studies in heterocyclic chemistry and green Chemistry). His PhD subject concerns the study of the functionalization of various non-aromatic enamides in order to access to motifs of interest in medicinal chemistry.

Synthesis and Functionalizations of (Het)Arenes with Visible Light (OC43)

Dr Indrajit GHOSH

UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG, Regensburg, Germany
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Dr Indrajit GHOSH

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Indrajit Ghosh received his Ph.D. from the group of Prof. Werner Nau at the Jacobs University, Bremen. He continued his scientific education as a postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Burkhard König at the University of Regensburg and with Prof. Markus Antonietti at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces. He is now a postdoctoral research associate in the group of Prof. Burkhard König at the University of Regensburg. His current research interests include the application of visible light mediated photoredox processes in organic synthesis.

Meldrum’s Acid as a Useful Platform for Organocatalyzed Synthesis of Chiral Heterocyclic Fragments (OC46)

Mr Arthur LEBRÊNE

LABORATORY COBRA, Rouen, France
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Mr Arthur LEBRÊNE

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Arthur Lebrêne was born in 1996 in Coutances, France. In 2018, he graduated from INSA de Rouen Normandie as a chemical engineer and obtained his Master’s degree in organic chemistry from Université de Rouen Normandie. Since then, he has been working as a Ph. D. student under the guidance of Dr Jean-François Brière and Dr Vincent Levacher in Laboratoire COBRA, Rouen, France. His research interests are the development of asymmetric organocatalysed methodologies for accessing biorelevant heterocycles using the chemistry of alkylidene Meldrum’s acid.

Access to α/β-Dipeptides through the Diastereoselective Multicomponent Organocatalytic Synthesis of Isoxazolidin-5-Ones (OC49)

Dr Thomas MARTZEL

COBRA, Rouen, France
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Dr Thomas MARTZEL

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Dr Thomas Martzel graduated with a BSc and MSc from University of Reims (France). He completed his PhD at Caen Normandy University (France) in 2016 under the supervision of Dr Stéphane Perrio and Dr Jean-François Brière, working on organocatalytic sulfinate mediated reaction of allenes. He then moved to Rouen (France, INSA Rouen and University of Rouen Normandy) as a postdoctoral researcher, currently working with Dr Sylvain Oudeyer and Dr Jean-François Brière on the construction of chiral heterocycles.

One-Pot Cross Coupling/CH Functionalisation Reactions: Quinoline as a Substrate and Ligand through N-Pd Interaction and an Example of Reversible Oxidative Addition? (OC45)

Dr Gerard MCGLACKEN

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK, Cork, Ireland
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Dr Gerard MCGLACKEN

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Dr Gerard McGlacken obtained his B.Sc. at the National University of Ireland, Galway. He remained in Galway for his Ph.D. studies. He then moved to the University of York (UK) where his research interests diversified to organometallic transformations and molecules of biological importance with Prof. Ian J. S. Fairlamb. A year later, he took up a 'Molecular Design and Synthesis Post-Doctoral Fellowship' at Florida State University (US) working with Prof. Robert A. Holton. He obtained a Lectureship position at University College Cork in 2007 and a permanent position in 2011. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in Organic Chemistry at University College Cork. His current research is in the area of organic synthesis applied to biologically significant molecules. En route to these compounds, novel methodology involving organometallic and asymmetric synthesis is employed. Dr McGlacken has published widely in high impact journals and has received over €3 million in competitive funding. He works closely with the Pharmaceutical Industry both in Ireland, the EU and the United States.

Powerful Stereoselective Strategies to Nitrogen-Containing Heterocycles in One-Pot: Maximizing the Sequential Steps While Reducing the Operations (OC35)

Dr Sara MENINNO

UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO, Fisciano, Italy
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Dr Sara MENINNO

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Sara Meninno graduated in 2011 and obtained her PhD degree in chemistry in 2015 from the University of Salerno under the supervision of Prof. Lattanzi. As a postdoctoral fellow, she worked on the development of new organocatalyzed tandem methodologies as efficient tools to access chiral heterocycles, potentially useful as synthetic intermediates, or bioactive compounds. In 2018, the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei awarded her a Royal Society of Chemistry fellowship to spend in the UK. She joined Prof. Rios’s group at Southampton University to work on synergistic catalysis. In 2019, she returned to the University of Salerno as Research Fellow (Rtd-A). Her research interests include the design of green organocatalysed protocols with low environmental and energetic impact for the synthesis of new interesting scaffolds and the transformation of renewable materials derived from biomass into value-added compounds.

Chiral Ammonium Aryloxides as Nucleophilic Organocatalysts: Application to the Enantioselective Decarboxylative Protonation of Meldrum’s Acid Derivatives (OC47)

Dr Sylvain OUDEYER

UNIVERSITY OF ROUEN, COBRA-IRCOF, Rouen, France
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Dr Sylvain OUDEYER

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Sylvain Oudeyer received his PhD (Paris 12 university) in 2003 working on the design of new chemical and electrochemical methodologies for the synthesis of small rings. Then, he joined the Dr J. Royer’s group (Paris 5 University) for a postdoctoral fellowship on the Yb(OTf )3-catalyzed vinylogous Mannich reaction. In 2004, he held a postdoctoral position where he worked on the asymmetric synthesis of biological active molecules (Pr H.-P. Husson, Paris 5 University). After a postdoctoral position with Roquette frères as industrial partner, he joined the COBRA laboratory (Rouen University) in 2006 as assistant professor working in the field of asymmetric organocatalysis. In 2015, he obtained his habilitation (HDR).

Phytoremediation by Plants and Valorization of Phytofixed Metals as Heterogeneous Ecocatalyst's in the Synthesis Of Azaheterocyclic Scaffolds (OC44)

Ms Christine SAFI

UNIVERSITY LE HAVRE, Le Havre, France
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Ms Christine SAFI

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Christine Safi, a Lebanese origin, she grew up in the city of Zahle – Lebanon. Leaving her country and coming to France was one of the best choices she made to flourish her career. After receiving her Bachelor and first year of Masters in Chemistry at the Lebanese University, she left Lebanon and came to France in September 2018, She enrolled at the faculty of Science at the university of Claude-Bernard Lyon 1 and finished Second year of Masters titled by “ Organic synthesis of bioactive molecules “, during which, she followed a 6-month master’s internship in the “ Synthesis of acetylcholinesterase reactivators” at COBRA Laboratory in the city of Rouen. Accomplishing her Masters did not satisfy her growing desire to learn more and due to her passion for research, she decided to remain in France and look for a PhD. In September 2019, She relocated to Le Havre, this time for a 3 years long PhD titled by “Phytoremediation by plants and valorization of phytofixed metals as heterogeneous ecocatalyst’s in the synthesis of azaheterocyclic scaffolds” at the university of Le Havre Normandy. As for right now she’s in the process of finishing her second year of PhD, and meanwhile she’s on a teaching mission in the university.

CU-Catalyzed Oxidative Allylic C-H Arylation of Inexpensive Alkenes with (Hetero)Aryl Boronic Acids (OC51)

Dr Cédric SCHNEIDER

UNIVERSITY OF ROUEN, COBRA-IRCOF, Mont Saint Aignan, France
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Dr Cédric SCHNEIDER

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After a PhD thesis in 2008 under the supervision of Prof. Peter Goekjian and Dr. David Gueyrard (ICBMS 5246, University of Lyon 1), and two post-doctoral experiences in the group of Pr Victor Snieckus (University of kingston, Canada) and Prof. Christophe Hoarau (University of Rouen-Normandie), Dr. Cédric Schneider was appointed Associate Professor in the group of Pr. Christophe Hoarau (UMR COBRA 6014, University of Rouen, IRCOF Laboratory, Rouen). His current interests are mainly focused on the development of new domino reactions involving C(sp2)/C(sp3)-H activation for the construction or construction/functionalization of heterocycles and the design of novel oxidants as well as transmetallation agents for original C-H functionalization. Dr C. Schneider is co-author of 25 publications (h-index 13) and 3 patents, has co-supervised three INSA-Rouen/Normandie Rouen University thesis and two postdoctoral researchers. In 2020, he received a “RIN-Emergence 2019” Scholarship.

C-H Functionalizations via Transient σ-Alkyl/Vinyl-Palladium (II) Intermediates Capture in Batch and Continuous-Flow (OC37)

Dr Upendra Kumar SHARMA

KU LEUVEN, Leuven, Belgium
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Dr Upendra Kumar SHARMA

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Upendra K. Sharma received his PhD (2011) from CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, India. Thereafter, he worked as an assistant professor for a short period at the National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, India. In 2013, he joined the research group of Prof. Erik Van der Eycken at the University of Leuven, Belgium followed by postdoctoral stints with Prof. Steven Ley (University of Cambridge), Prof. Timothy Noël (University of Eindhoven) and Prof. Shu-Li You (SIOC, China). In 2020, he joined KU Leuven as a senior research-expert. The main focus of his research is the development of new synthetic methodologies in combination with enabling techniques.

New Applications of Proline to Organic Synthesis (OC32)

Prof. Dmitry TSVELIKHOVSKY

THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM, Jerusalem, Israel

Total Syntheses of Aspidosperma Alkaloids Through Sequences of Cascade Reactions (OC50)

Dr Szilárd VARGA

RESEARCH CENTRE FOR NATURAL SCIENCES, Budapest, Hungary
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Dr Szilárd VARGA

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Szilárd Varga got his graduate (MSc 2006) training at Eötvös Lorand University, Budapest. He obtained his PhD in 2012 with Dr. Tibor Soós. He works in the Organocatalysis Group of Research Centre for Natural Sciences as a research fellow. He is a recipient of the Young Researcher Award of V4 Academies (2011). His research interests are organocatalysis (catalyst development, mechanism study, application) and total synthesis of natural products (alkaloids, terpenoids).

Asymmetric Organocatalysis and Cascade Reactions in the Stereoselective Synthesis of Heterocyclic Scaffolds (OC36)

Dr Fabrizio VETICA

SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME, Roma, Italy
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Dr Fabrizio VETICA

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Fabrizio Vetica was born in 1991 in Rome, Italy. He studied at “Sapienza” University of Rome, were he achieved his Master Degree in Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry cum laude in 2015. During his master he worked on organometallic and asymmetric organocatalytic domino reactions and the total synthesis of antitumoral agents. Afterwards, he moved to Germany and obtained his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry under the supervision of Prof. Dieter Enders at RWTH Aachen University. His doctoral work focused on stereoselective organocatalytic multi-steps one-pot/domino reactions for the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds. Subsequently, he worked as Labteam leader at BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) where he supervised a research team working on heterogeneous catalysis in organic synthesis. Moved back to Italy in 2019 he joined ISOF-CNR in Bologna as Postdoctoral Researcher, working on radical chemistry in biomimetic conditions and biomarkers identification. From 2020 he is Researcher - Assistant Professor (fixed term) of Organic Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry of Sapienza University of Rome. His research interests focus on organometallic and organocatalytic stereoselective synthesis, C-H activation reactions , as well as organic synthesis under electrochemical conditions.

Photocatalytic Generation of Carbanions from Carbonyls & Thiolate Anions as Phtotocatalysts for Borylation of Substituted Arenes (OC48)

Mr Shun WANG

UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG, Regensburg, Germany
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Mr Shun WANG

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Shun Wang received his B.S. degree in Chemistry from Sichuan Normal University (Chengdu, China) in 2013 and his M.S. degree in 2016 from Xi’an Jiaotong University (Xi’an, China), where his research focused on tandem radical cyclization reactions. He then moved to the University of Regensburg (Germany) for his Ph.D. study under the supervision of Prof. Burkhard König. His research interests focus are the development of photoredox catalysis for the generation of carbanions, and the use of anionic species as catalysts in photochemical reactions.

Transition-Metal Catalyzed Carbonylative Synthesis of Heterocycles (OC31)

Dr Xiao-feng WU

LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FÜR KATALYSE E. V, Rostock, Germany

The Pyrimidine Ring: A Wonderful Platform for the Conception of Advanced Luminescent Materials (OC81)

Dr Sylvain ACHELLE

UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1, Pommerit jaudy, France
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Dr Sylvain ACHELLE

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Dr Sylvain Achelle received his PhD in organic chemistry in 2007 from INSA Rouen (France). After two post-doctoral stays at the Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (Spain) and Institut Curie (France), he was recruited as associate professor at IUT Lannion, University of Rennes 1, in 2010. He obtained the habilitation to direct research in 2014. His main research topics include the luminescence and nonlinear optical properties of organic and organometallic heterocyclic derivatives. He has published 73 scientific articles (h-index: 27 according to Web of Science) and he is currently associate editor of the journal Dyes & Pigments.

Design and Scale-Up of Amphiphilic Cationic Meso-Imidazolyl Porphyrin-Based Photosensitizers for Development of Potential Antimicrobial Agents (OC69)

Ms Zoe ARNAUT

UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA, Coimbra, Portugal
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Ms Zoe ARNAUT

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B.Sc. in Medicinal chemistry in 2019 - University of Coimbra. Currently attending the second year of the Master's degree in Medicinal Chemistry. Working on the master's thesis "Development of cationic photosensitizers for photoinactivation of microorganisms". Awarded top 3% Best Students Award successively in 2018 and 2019. Selected to participate in a mobility program in Australia (2018) with the AEN-Utrecht Network. Presented 1 poster at the XXVI SPQ encounter in Portugal, 2019. Co-inventor in a pending patent (PPP116946); 1 article under peer-review; 1 accepted poster presentation at the International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines; 1 accepted oral communication at the Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting (Portugal) in 2021 due to being selected for the final phase of the first National SPQ Retrosynthesis Competition. Was awarded 2 merit-based scholarships: 2020 FCT Summer School in Medicinal Chemistry; and Chemistry Research Center 2019. Successfully completed the second modular training in Laboratory Animal Science in 2019. Did an internship with PorphyChem in Dijon, France in 2020.

Computational Design and Synthesis of Benzimidazole Derivatives for Potential E. Coli DNA Gyrase B Inhibition (OC63)

Mr Rafael AROSO

UNIVERSIDADE DE COIMBRA, Coimbra, Portugal
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Mr Rafael AROSO

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Rafael T. Aroso is currently on the last year of his PhD in Medicinal Chemistry in the University of Coimbra, Portugal. He finished his MSc degree in Medicinal Chemistry in the University of Coimbra in 2017, with the thesis entitled “Synthesis and study of new photosensitizers with potential for antimicrobial therapy”, which focused on the development of new phthalocyanine-type photosensitizer dyes through structure-activity relationships. His current work focuses on the computational design, development of synthetic methods and biological evaluation of potential new bacterial protein inhibitors for use as antibiotics. Outside of work, he is an avid cinephile and plays billiard sports competitively in the local league.

2-(Diazobenzyl)Chromones: New Templates for Easy Pharmacophore Introduction (OC67)

Mr Vasco BATISTA

UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO, Aveiro, Portugal
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Mr Vasco BATISTA

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Vasco F. Batista is a PhD student in Sustainable Chemistry at the Universidade de Aveiro (UA) under the LAQV-REQUIMTE group, focusing on the development of new substrates and catalysts for diazo insertion reactions. His research interest focuses on homogeneous catalysis and the organic synthesis of heterocycles, particularly when searching for more sustainable chemical processes. Vasco has co-authored 5 SCI papers and 1 book chapter and delivered 4 oral presentations and 4 posters in scientific meetings.

High-Efficient Synthesis of Imidazo[1,2-A]Pyrimidines (OC18)

Mrs Djamila BENZENINE

AIN TÉMOUCHENT UNIVERSITY, Tlemcen, Algerie

UGI Reaction and Isatin: A “Fast-Track" for the Discovery of New Bioactive Oxindoles (OC64)

Mr Pedro BRANDAO

UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA, Coimbra, Portugal
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Mr Pedro BRANDAO

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Pedro Brandão received his MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the Faculty of Pharmacy - University of Porto, in 2011. Pursuing his passion for the field of Drug Discovery and Development, he is currently concluding his PhD studies in Chemistry, in the field of Catalysis and Sustainability, at the University of Coimbra (CQC) and the University of Évora (LAQV-REQUIMTE). His main focus of work is the discovery of new drug candidates through sustainable techniques, using multicomponent reactions (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1455-7470, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pedro-Brandao-15).

Quenched Activity-Based Probes as New Chemical Tools to Analyse Serine Hydrolases (OC68)

Ms Rita FÉLIX

IMED.ULISBOA - INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO DO MEDICAMENTO, Lisboa, Portugal
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Ms Rita FÉLIX

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Rita Félix completed her Bachelor’s in chemistry (July 2013) and Master’s degree in Chemistry-Advanced and Industrial Chemistry (September 2015), both at University of Coimbra. Her master thesis was focused on the synthesis of thiazolidine derivatives as a novel class of organocatalysts, at Organic Chemistry Group of ‘Centro de Química de Coimbra’ (CQC).

In January 2017 Rita moved to the Medicinal Chemistry group at iMed.ULisboa (Research Institute for Medicines of Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa) to work as a research fellow developing structurally diverse four-membered ring compounds, which undergoing biological testing as inhibitors of Human Neutrophil Elastase. She also integrates the research team of ‘POINT4PAC: Oncologia de Precisão: Terapias e Tecnologias Inovadoras’, as a research fellow and dedicated to the synthesis of a plethora of diverse chemical scaffolds that target cancer stem cell lines (April 2018).

Rita is currently a third-year PhD student at the Medicinal Chemistry Group of the Research Institute for Medicines, University of Lisbon, under the supervision of Professors Carlos Afonso and Rui Moreira, in collaboration with Professor Chris Schofield (Oxford). Her research is mainly focused on the design of quenched activity-based probes to detect enzymes in biological matrices, using a four-membered ring as a warhead.

Development of New Heterocyclic Necroptosis Inhibitors: Targeting RIPK1 (OC79)

Ms Lara FIDALGO

FFULISBOA, Lisboa, Portugal
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Ms Lara FIDALGO

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Biography – Lara Fidalgo, ECHC21/176 Lara Fidalgo completed a bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry in 2014, at Nova School of Science and Technology (FCT-UNL), with a project in “Produção de proteínas recombinants em culturas de células vegetais: modulação epigenética da expressão de transgenes através de compostos químicos potenciadores” developed at Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA). In 2016 finished a MSc in Bioorganic Chemistry at FCT-UNL with a thesis in chemical toxicology entitled “Sulfonate and Acetyl Derivatives of the Vasopressin Antagonist Tolvaptan: Reactivity Towards DNA and 2’-deoxynucleosides”, developed at Centro Química Estrutural, Instituto Superior Técnico. In the same year Lara started working as a research fellow at iMed.ULisboa in a project regarding Neglected Tropical Diseases, and won a “best poster award” with work entitled “Development of Torin-based compounds for treating protozoan Neglected Tropical Diseases” at XXV Encontro Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química – XXVENSPQ. In 2019 Lara was accepted at the MedChemTrain PhD programme, a partnership between Universidade de Coimbra and Universidade de Lisboa, spending the first curricular year in Coimbra where she also developed work in Computational and photo chemistry. Lara has since been developing her PhD work regarding new necroptosis inhibitors targeting RIPK1 at FFULisboa. With the research experience acquired, Lara has been able to develop and improve her knowledge and skills in medicinal, toxicological and organic chemistry, as well as computational and photo chemistry, cell-based assays and structural and analytical analysis techniques.

APT Pro-Drug Inhibitors of Clostridiodes Difficile (OC77)

Dr William FRASER

ASTON UNIVERSITY, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Dr William FRASER

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After chemistry degree and PhD (Strathclyde), followed by Royal Society Postdoc with Albert Eschenmoser (ETH, Zurich), William Fraser took up lectureship in medicinal chemistry (Aston University, Birmingham, UK) where his interests include antimicrobial ligand and oligonucleotide synthesis.

Synthesis, Biological Evaluation and Binding Mode of New CLK1/DYRK1A Inhibitors Presenting a Pyrido[3,4-G]Quinazoline Moiety (OC61)

Dr Francis GIRAUD

INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY OF CLERMONT-FERRAND, AUBIERE, France
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Dr Francis GIRAUD

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He graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Mulhouse in 2004 and received the same year his DEA (previous name of Master 2 diploma) in Organic and Bioorganic chemistry from the Haute-Alsace University under the supervision of de Pr. Jacques Eustache et Pierre van de Weghe. In 2007, he defended his PhD thesis at the faculty of Pharmacy at Nantes Atlantique University (France). His work under the direction of Pr. Marc Le Borgne and Dr. Cédric Logé (Team IICiMed) was focused on the design and the synthesis of indole derivatives for the treatment of antifungal or antiparasitic diseases. He used molecular modeling techniques (3D-QSAR, docking, scoring) to predict activity of a new series of compounds which he synthesized.

He spent one year as a Post-doc fellow in the same team with Pr. Muriel Duflos and Pr. Pascal Marchand and finally joined in 2008 the team of Dr. René Grée in Rennes to develop the synthesis of fluorinated analogues of melatonin in collaboration with SERVIER laboratories.

In 2009, he reached the group of Pr. Pascale Moreau at Clermont Auvergne University in Clermont-Ferrand as assistant professor. In 2017, he defended his Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches. His main research interests are focused on the design and the development of original synthetic routes to prepare various heterocyclic compounds with potential activity in the field of cancer, acute myeloid leukemia or Alzheimer’s disease. He supervised his first doctoral student Y. Esvan from 2013 to 2016 and is now co-director of M. Defois’s thesis since october 2020.

He is also teaching organic chemistry to students from Licence 1 to Master 1 degree during tutorials or practical sessions. The main topics are dealing with nomenclature, stereochemistry, reactivity, carbonyl compounds, sugars, peptides but also hydroboration, organometallic chemistry or heterocyclic chemistry. He is also in charge of placements for Master 1 students and is involved each year in the formation of several students coming into his lab for 1- to 6-months period.

Microscope Laser Assisted Photooxidative Activation of Bioorthogonal Clickox Probes (OC80)

Ms Dora KERN

RESEARCH CENTRE FOR NATURAL SCIENCES, Budapest, Hungary
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Ms Dora KERN

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Dora Kern obtained a BSc in chemistry (2019) at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, with a specialization in organic synthesis. She joined the research group of Dr. Péter Kele at the Research Centre for Natural Sciences in 2017, where she is about to receive an MSc diploma in 2021. A two-times winner of the National Excellence grants, her primary topic is the synthesis of fluorogenic dyes. Her latest results on microscope laser activated fluorogenic ClickOx probes were recently published in Chemical Communications (2020, 56, 5425–5428).

Synthesis and Structure-Activity Relationship Studies of Antimalarial Thienopyrimidine Derivatives (OC72)

Mrs Prisca LAGARDÈRE

INSTITUT DES BIOMOLÉCULES MAX MOUSSERON, Montpellier, France
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Mrs Prisca LAGARDÈRE

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Prisca Lagardère is graduated in Organic Chemistry and Life Sciences from the University of Bordeaux in 2018. During several internships, she has been working on small-molecule synthesis and she developed a keen interest for medicinal chemistry. Currently in her third year of PhD, she is working on the synthesis and the characterization of new antimalarial thienopyrimidines with Prof. Vincent Lisowski and Prof. Nicolas Masurier at the Institute of Biomolecules Max Mousseron of Montpellier, France.

Different Heterocycles, Distinct Affinities - Synthesis and Study of a Novel Class of Potent Necroptosis Inhibitors (OC76)

Mr André LUZ

FACULTY OF PHARMACY, UNIVERSITY OF LISBON, Lagos, Portugal
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Mr André LUZ

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André Luz completed the Bachelor’s Degree in Medicinal Chemistry in 2015 and the Master’s Degree in Medicinal Chemistry in 2017, both by the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra. During his Master’s Degree he did research on Luis Arnaut’s lab, where he developed skills in the areas of organic chemistry, photochemistry, cell-based assays and animal science, both theoretical and practical. The research culminated with the development of a scientific article and his master’s thesis, which was awarded with the Best Portuguese Master Thesis in Medicinal Chemistry prize. Currently André is enrolled in an FCT-funded PhD on Rui Moreira’s lab, in the Medicinal Chemistry group of the Research Institute for Medicines of the University of Lisbon, working in the synthesis and development of new antinecroptotic small molecules with potential application on CNS disorders. During his academic path he simultaneously participated in academic associations, was student representative during the bachelor’s degree, enrolled on entrepreneurship contests and co-founded and worked on a Junior Enterprise in the chemistry field.

A Convenient Route to New (Radio)Fluorinated or (Radio)Iodinated TIC(OH) Analogues (OC78)

Dr Aurélie MAISONIAL BESSET

UMR 1240 IMOST - INSERM UNIVERSITE CLERMONT AUVERGNE, Clermont Ferrand, France
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Dr Aurélie MAISONIAL BESSET

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Aurélie Maisonial-Besset completed her Ph.D. in organic chemistry/medicinal chemistry at the University Clermont Auvergne (France) in 2009. She worked on the synthesis of new iodinated and fluorinated radiotracers for PET/SPECT imaging and targeting radionuclide therapy of melanoma, under the supervision of Prof. J. M. Chezal. In 2010, she joined the team of Prof. P. Brust at the Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf (HZDR, research site of Leipzig, Institute of Radiopharmaceutical Cancer Research, Department Neuroradiopharmaceuticals) as a post-doctoral researcher to work on new radiofluorinated tracers for PET imaging of the sigma-1 receptors in the brain. Since 2012, she is permanent assistant professor at the University Clermont Auvergne (Faculty of Pharmacy, organic chemistry department) and researcher in the UMR 1240 INSERM UCA IMoST research group (team TaTOO, targets and tools for imaging and therapy). She defended her Habilitation in 2019. Her research interests include (i) the conception of innovative strategies for the radiolabelling of small or macromolecules with halogen or metallic radionuclides (ii) the development and preclinical evaluation of radiopharmaceuticals for PET/SPECT imaging or targeted radionuclide therapy of cancer pathologies. https://imost.uca.fr/

1,3,4-Oxadiazole-Indole Hybrids: Synthesis and their Protective Activity Against Oxidative Stress (OC74)

Dr Vida MALINAUSKIENE

KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Kaunas, Lithuania
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Dr Vida MALINAUSKIENE

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Vida Malinauskienė obtained her PhD in chemistry (2012) at Kaunas University of Technology under supervision of prof. A. Šačkus. Her thesis focused on the synthesis and ring-opening reactions of spiroindoles with respect to their applications as molecular probes for biomolecular labelling and as fluorescent scaffolds for the synthesis of opto-electronic materials. During her PhD studies, Vida spent 10 months as visiting researcher in the laboratory of Prof. Dr. N. De Kimpe at Ghent University (Belgium). After gaining PhD she continues working in Kaunas University of Technology as a researcher and lecturer. Since 2011 she participated in a number of science research collaborations with pharmaceutical companies which mainly included custom synthesis. Her research focuses on design and synthesis of N-heterocyclic compounds and low molecular weight amino acid derivatives which could find application as building blocks for DNA-encoded libraries, plant growth regulators or show anthelmintic properties.

Synthesis and in-vitro Antiproliferative Studies of Pinane-Based Pyrimidine Derivatives (OC75)

Mr RAJI MOUNIR

UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED, Szeged, Hungary
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Mr RAJI MOUNIR

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Mounir RAJI was born on 1993 and raised in Morocco. After obtaining his bachelor degree in chemistry, he studied his Master in organic chemistry at University Mohamed V, Morocco, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Ahmed El Louzi and graduated in 2016. He is currently a 4th year PhD student of the Doctoral School of Pharmaceutical Scienes in the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Szeged, Hungary, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Zsolt Szakonyi. His research topic is the synthesis and transformation of biologicaly active, monoterpene based aminoalcohols and aminodiols.

T-Shaped and Cruciform Donor-Acceptor Psoralen Fluorophores by Consecutive One-Pot Syntheses (OC65)

Prof. Thomas J. J. MÜLLER

HEINRICH-HEINE-UNIVERSITÄT DÜSSELDORF, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Prof. Thomas J. J. MÜLLER

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Thomas J. J. Müller studied chemistry at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) from 1984 to 1989, obtained his diploma in 1989 and completed his Ph. D. in 1992. After a post-doctoral stay with Prof. B. M. Trost at Stanford University in 1993/1994, he returned to Germany. From 1994-1999 he developed his independent research at Technical University Darmstadt and LMU as a Liebig and DFG scholar. After his habilitation in 2000 and a short time as a lecturer at LMU he was an associate professor of organic chemistry at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg from 2002 to 2006. Since 2006, he is a full professor and director of insitute at Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf. Since 2019, he is the spokesman of the DFG-funded Research Training Group 2482. His research interests encompass synthetic heterocyclic chemistry, functional chromophores and their physical organic chemistry, and the design of novel multi-component and domino reactions. He is an author of more than 300 journal articles and book chapters. His current h-index is 49 (Web of Science) or 52 (Google Scholar).

Synthesis of Functionalized Tryptophan Derivatives and their Use in the Total Synthesis of Indole Alkaloid Natural Products (OC66)

Prof. GIOVANNI PIERSANTI

UNIVERSITY OF URBINO, URBINO (PU), Italy
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Giovanni Piersanti received his MS (Hons) in Chemistry in 1997 from the University of Bologna where he remained to undertake two different fellowships by Farchemia (1998) and Glaxo-Wellcome (1999) under the supervision of Mauro Panunzio. He then moved to the University of Urbino Carlo Bo, where he spent one year as a Sigma-Tau Fellow before starting his PhD course (2000-2003) under the supervision of Prof. Giorgio Tarzia. During his PhD he moved as Visiting Scholar at the University of California-Berkeley to work with Prof. Paul A. Bartlett. From November 2003 to March 2005 he was Postdoctoral Associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology with Prof. Mohammad Movassaghi. Then, he was appointed Postdoctoral Scientist at Nerviano Medical Sciences-Milano (Combinatorial technology unit). In March 2006, he started his independent career as Assistant Professor at University of Urbino Carlo Bo and in 2015 he was appointed as Associate Professor. In 2019, he became Full Professor, at the same University, in Organic Chemistry. The research interest of the Piersanti's group is synthetic organic chemistry in broad terms, including natural product synthesis (mainly indole-based) in concert with the discovery and the development of new transformations for organic synthesis including catalytic and asymmetric processes (mainly exploiting two-carbon nitrogen-containing electrophiles). Since 2017, he is involved in the field of (bio)molecules with redox-active sulfhydryl function(s) (thiol compounds) chemicals research, as co-founder of GLUOS srl a Spin off at University of Urbino.

Radiosynthesis Of [11C]EHT1610, A Potential Radioligand For Quantification Of Cerebral Dyrk1a By Pet Imaging (OC83)

Dr Pauline POUTREL

CYCÉRON, Caen, France
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Dr Pauline POUTREL

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Pauline Poutrel received her Ph.D. in 2020 from INSA Rouen Normandie under the supervision of Pr Thomas Poisson and Pr Philippe Jubault, in the team of Fluorinated Biomolecules Synthesis at the COBRA laboratory. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow within the team LDM-TEP at Cycéron in Caen, working on radiochemistry under the supervision of Dr Fabienne Gourand and Dr Cécile Perrio.

Hydroxylated Heterocycles as a Bioisosteric Tool to Modulate the Carboxylic Function into Design Potent Human Dihydroorotate Dehydrogenase Inhibitors (OC71)

Dr Stefano SAINAS

UNIVERSITY OF TORINO, Torino, Italy
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Dr Stefano SAINAS

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Stefano Sainas studied at the University of Torino (Italy) where he received a MSc. in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology in 2013. During the University period, he has been Visiting Master Student for 3 months at Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology - University of Copenhagen, (Denmark) under the supervision of Prof. Bente Frølund. In 2013, he won a postgraduate fellowship at University of Torino for 8 months. He was selected as a PhD student in Medicinal Chemistry under the supervision of Prof. Lolli in 2014. He effectively collaborated in many different projects. As part of his PhD experience, he spent two months at University of Milan in order to learn flow chemistry techniques. Moreover, he spent 9 months at Faculdade de Farmácia - Universidade de Lisboa where he improved his skills in molecular docking. After the PhD, he carried out his postdoctoral training period at University of Turin in MeDSynth group. As result of these experiences, he has published 18 papers on international peer-review journals and carried out several oral presentations at National/International conferences. Since November 2020, he co-founded a UniTo academic Spin-Off called Drug Discovery and Clinic (or DDC) s.r.l. (www.ddcpharmaceutical.com).

Effect of Anchimeric Assistance in Chemistry of Phosphonium Enolates and its Application in Synthesis of a-Methylene-γ-Butyrolactone Derivatives with Cytotoxic Activity (OC62)

Prof. Alexey SALIN

KAZAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, Kazan, Russia
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Prof. Alexey SALIN

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Alexey Salin received his PhD in chemistry from Kazan Federal University, Russian Federation in 2010. He was promoted to associate professor at Kazan Federal University in 2015. His research interests are in field of organocatalysis, kinetics and mechanisms of organic reactions, and medicinal chemistry.

Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Acridine Derivatives as Potential Leishmanial Inhibitors (OC70)

Mr Carlos SILVA

UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO, Aveiro, Portugal
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Mr Carlos SILVA

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Carlos Silva has a background formation in Biochemistry from the University of Aveiro, where he completed his Bachelor’s degree in 2014 and his Master’s degree on Clinical Biochemistry in 2016. Currently, he attends his PhD in Sustainable Chemistry as a member of LAQV-REQUIMTE from the University of Aveiro. Up to today, he has published 4 SCI papers , 1 book chapter and also delivered 2 talks and 3 posters in scientific meetings. Carlos Silva’s main research interests are centered in the organic synthesis field, with particular focus on the design and synthesis of heterocyclic compounds as biologically active molecules and multi-target-directed-ligands (MTDLs)

Radiolabelled Porphyrin Metalla-Assemblies in Cellulose Nanocrystals, a Theranostic Agent for PDT (OC82)

Mr Joao SIMOES

BIOEMTECH, Athens, Greece

Ultrasound-Assisted One-Pot Green Synthesis of Novel Isoxazoline Derivatives of Thiazolidine-2,4-Dione and Antidiabetic Activity Investigation (OC73)

Ms Fatima Zahra THARI

MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY, Rabat, Morocco
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Ms Fatima Zahra THARI

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Miss Fatima Zahra THARI is currently pursuing a PhD in organic chemistry at the university Mohammed V of Rabat-Morocco. Ms THARI is a member of “Equipe de chimie des plantes et de synthèse organique et bio-organique” at the Faculty of sciences of Rabat. As an organic chemist, she is interested in the green synthesis of novel compounds for pharmaceutical applications, she was awarded a prize for best oral communication at 28th YRFM; first prize awarded to a non-European laboratory.