Lecture: Enantioselective Synthesis of Biologically Active Molecules Having a Trifluoromethylated Quaternary Carbon Center

Lecturer: Prof. Norio Shibata, Nagoya Institute of Technology

Time: 16:00 PM

Date: May 16

Place: Academic hall, 3st Floor, Lihua Building

Introduction to Prof. Norio Shibata:

He received his PhD in 1993 at Osaka University under the supervision of Prof. Yasuyuki Kita. After working as a postdoctoral fellow in several famous groups, he worked as a lecturer at Toyama Medical & Pharmaceutical University in 1997. He joined Nagoya Institute of Technology in 2003 as an associate professor, and was promoted to a professor in 2008. His research covers (a) Organic Fluorine Chemistry; (b) Thalidomides; (c) Phthalocyanines. He has more than 400 published papers and many of them were published in top journals.

Selected Awards:

1. 2007 20th Incentive Award in Chemical Society in Japan

2. 2005 RSC Fluorine Prize 2005

3. 2004 Incentive Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan

Look forward to your participation!