加拿大皇后大學(xué)Andy Evans教授做客第298期化苑講壇
報(bào)告題目：New Vistas in the Asymmetric Construction of C-C Bonds: Total Synthesis of Complex Bioactive Agents
報(bào) 告 人 ：Prof. Andy Evans
報(bào)告時(shí)間：2017年11月6日（周一）下午16:00
報(bào)告地點(diǎn)：化學(xué)樓二樓一號(hào)會(huì)議室
邀 請(qǐng) 人 ：唐翔鷹教授
報(bào)告人簡(jiǎn)介：
P. Andrew Evans. Born June 20, 1964, Llangollen, Wales; B.Sc. (Hons.) 1987, Newcastle Polytechnic; Ph.D. 1990, University of Cambridge (Andrew B. Holmes, FRS); 1991-1993 NATO Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas at Austin (Philip D. Magnus, FRS); University of Delaware: Assistant Professor (1993-1999), Associate Professor (1999-2000), Professor (2000); Indiana University: Professor (2001-2006); The University of Liverpool: Professor and Heath Harrison Chair of Organic Chemistry (2006-2012), Queen’s University: Professor, Alfred R. Bader Chair in Organic Chemistry and a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Organic and Organometallic Chemistry (2012-Present).
He has won numerous awards and has been extremely active in the community. For example, he was awarded an NIH First Award (1997); Zeneca Pharmaceuticals Excellence in Chemistry Award (1997); Francis Alison Outstanding Young Scholar Award (1997); Eli Lilly Grantee Award (1998); Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (1998); GlaxoWellcome Chemistry Scholar Award (1999); Novartis Pharmaceuticals Academic Achievement Award (2000); Pfizer Distinguished Michigan Lecturer (2000); French Chemical Society Organic Division SFC-Rhodia Lecturer (2000); Johnson and Johnson Focused Giving Award (2001); Pfizer Creativity in Organic Chemistry Award (2002); Board of Consulting Editors, Tetrahedron and Tetrahedron Letters (2003-2015); ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Member-at-Large (2003-2005); US Associate Editor, Chemical Communications (2005-2007); National Organic Symposium Executive Officer (2005-2007); Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2006-11); Letters in Organic Chemistry Editorial Advisory Board (2006-Present); NIH Study Section Member (2006-2008); Novartis Chemistry Lectureship (2007); Chem. Comm. Editorial Board (2008-2010); RSC Pedler Award (2009); Synlett and Synthesis Editorial Board (2009-2010); ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Chair (2010); ACS Fellow (2011); Associate Editor for Synthesis (2010-Present); ACS-DOC Councilor (2012-2014), Editor for Organic Reactions (2015-Present) and ACS Cope Scholar Award (2017).
His research interests are primarily focused on the exploration and development of new metal-catalyzed reactions and their application to the total synthesis of complex bioactive natural products. He has published well over 100 papers, articles, reviews and monographs. He has also delivered over 500 plenary and invited lectures at international conferences, symposia, universities, research institutes and companies.
