TITLE: Nickel-catalyzed asymmetric transfer hydrogenation and palladium-catalyzed alkylation of heteroarenes
SPEAKER: Jianrong (Steve) Zhou,Nanyang Assistant Professor,Nanyang Technological University
TIME: July 27 (Monday) PM15:00
LOCATION: Fifth-floor Lecture Hall, Chemistry Building A (化学A楼演讲厅)
INVITER: Prof. Wanbin Zhang (张万斌教授)
报告人Assistant Professor Jianrong (Steve) Zhou 简介:
Jianrong (Steve) Zhou
Nanyang Assistant Professor
Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry
School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences
Nanyang Technological University
EDUCATION
2000-2005 Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Supervisor: Prof Gregory Fu
1998-2000 M.Sc., National University of Singapore. Supervisor: Prof Teck-Peng Loh
1994-1998 B.Sc. (first-class honors), National University of Singapore
APPOINTMENT
2008-present Nanyang assistant professor, Nanyang Technological University
2008-2013 Singapore National Research Foundation Fellow
2005-2008 Postdoctoral researcher, Yale University and University of Illinois at Urbana. Supervisor: Prof John Hartwig
AWARDS
2015 SPMS Young Resercher Award
2014 GSK Green and Sustainable Manufacturing Award
2010-2014 Asian Core Program lectureships to Taiwan, Malaysia, China, Japan
2012 Thieme Journal Award
2008 Singapore National Research Foundation fellowship