Veronique Gouverneur, Chair
University of Oxford, UK
I am Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford, where I lead a dynamic research group that aims to develop new approaches to address long-standing problems in the synthesis of fluorinated analogues of natural products, pharmaceutical drugs and molecular [18F] labelled probes for PET imaging. Having secured a PhD in chemistry at the Université Catholique de Louvain (LLN, Belgium) under the supervision of Professor L Ghosez, I moved to a postdoctoral position with Professor R Lerner at the Scripps Research Institute in California, USA in 1992. I then accepted a position of Maîre de Conférence at the University Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg (France) and worked with Dr C Mioskowski and was Associate Member of the ISIS Institute directed by Professor J-M Lehn during this period. Since my appointment in Oxford in 1998, I have held a tutorial fellowship at Merton College Oxford where I teach organic chemistry. I was the Blaise Pascal Chair (Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris/Commissariat d’ Energie Atomique de Saclay/Paris Sud) from 2012-2014, and I currently hold a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2013-2018) and Tetrahedron Chair 2016.
Penny Brothers, Associate editor
Australian National University, Australia
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8350-2361
I am New Zealander educated at the University of Auckland and at Stanford University. I have been on the faculty of the School of Chemical Sciences at the University of Auckland since 1986 and have held visiting professor positions at the University of California at Davis and at Berkeley, the University of Heidelberg, the University of Münster, the University of Burgundy, Peking University, UiT the Arctic University of Norway and Los Alamos National Laboratory. I am a member of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology. My research interests encompass inorganic and organometallic synthesis chemistry, especially involving the main group elements. Currently, for example, I am investigating the chemistry of boron coordinated to porphyrin and corrole ligands, BODIPY fluorophores for sugar recognition and surface patterning using molecular pentagons.
Rachel Caruso, Associate editor
RMIT University, Australia
I am a Professor in Physical Chemistry and Director of the Advanced Materials Enabling Capability Platform at RMIT University. My research group focuses on the controlled synthesis of porous inorganic materials, primarily metal oxides, with potential application as electrodes in dye sensitised solar cells or electron transfer layers in perovskite solar cells, lithium ion battery anodes, and as photocatalysts and sorbents for heavy metal ions in water remediation.
Steven De Feyter, Associate editor
KU Leuven, Belgium
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0909-9292
I have a strong interest in nanochemistry and supramolecular chemistry on surfaces. Molecular self-assembly on surfaces is a central theme of my research, with a focus on the relation between structure and function. Recent research activities cover a broad range of topics such as two-dimensional crystal engineering (e.g. formation of nanoporous surfaces, chirality at interfaces), modification of 2D materials, templating, dynamics and reactivity. The liquid-solid interface is my preferred research environment. I also investigate biomolecular systems (DNA, proteins, their complexes, etc.), with a focus on those that are involved in disease related processes. Scanning probe microscopy and spectroscopy techniques are particularly useful in this respect.
Antonio M Echavarren, Associate editor
Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Spain
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6808-3007
I obtained my PhD at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) in 1982 with Francisco Fariña and, after a postdoctoral stay in Boston College with T. Ross Kelly, I joined the UAM as an Assistant Professor. Then, following a stay as a NATO-fellow in the group of John K. Stille at Colorado State University, I moved to the Institute of Organic Chemistry (CSIC), where I stayed until 1992. That year I returned to the UAM as a Professor of Organic Chemistry. In 2004 I moved to Tarragona as a Group Leader at the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ). My main research interests are the discovery of new catalytic methods based on the chemistry of transition metals and the synthesis of natural products and polyarenes.
Daniel R Gamelin, Associate editor
University of Washington, USA
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2888-9916
I lead a research group at the University of Washington, where I am the Harry and Catherine Jaynne Boand Endowed Professor of Chemistry. I received my PhD in Chemistry from Stanford University in 1998. My research targets the development and physical characterization of new functional inorganic materials with unusual electronic structures that give rise to desirable photophysical, photochemical, chemical, electronic, magnetic, or magneto-optical properties. I was chosen as the recipient of the NSF CAREER Award, the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, and a Sloan Research Fellowship.
Itaru Hamachi, Associate editor
Kyoto University, Japan
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3327-3916
I was born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan in 1960 and received my Ph.D. in 1988 from Kyoto University under the guidance of the late Professor Iwao Tabushi. Immediately thereafter I joined Kyushu University, where I worked as an Assistant Professor for three years in the Kunitake laboratory before I became an Associate Professor in the Shinkai laboratory in 1992. In 2001, I was promoted to Full Professor at IFOC, Kyushu University, and moved to Kyoto University in 2005 where I currently head the bioorganic chemistry wing. I have been a PRESTO investigator for 7 years (from 2000 to 2006) and a team leader of two CREST projects (from 2008 to 2013 and then from 2013 to 2018), which are all supported by the Japan Science and Technology (JST) Agency. My research group targets challenges in chemical biology with specific expertise in live-cell organic chemistry, chemical biology, bioorganic and bioinorganic chemistry, and supramolecular biomaterials.
Michael J Krische, Associate editor
The University of Texas at Austin, USA
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8418-9709
I received my BS degree in Chemistry from the University of California at Berkeley (1989), where I performed research with Professor Henry Rapoport. After a year abroad as a Fulbright Fellow, I initiated doctoral studies at Stanford University with Professor Barry Trost as a Veatch Graduate Fellow. Following receipt of my PhD degree (1996), I joined the laboratory of Professor Jean-Marie Lehn at the Université Louis Pasteur as an NIH Post-Doctoral Fellow. In 1999, I joined the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin, where I was promoted directly to the rank of full professor (2004) and was appointed the Robert A. Welch Chair in Science (2007). My research group has pioneered a broad, new class of C-C bond formations that merge the characteristics of transfer hydrogenation and carbonyl addition. These methods, which enable the direct stereo- and site-selective conversion of lower alcohols to higher alcohols, dramatically simplify the synthesis of polyketide natural products, providing the most concise routes reported, to date. Our research has been recognized by numerous awards, including the NSF-CAREER Award (2000), Cottrell Scholar Award (2002), Eli Lilly Granteeship for Untenured Faculty (2002), Frasch Award in Chemistry (2002), Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (2003), Sloan Fellowship (2003), Johnson & Johnson Focused Giving Award (2005), Solvias Ligand Prize (2006), Presidential Green Chemistry Award (2007), ACS Corey Award (2007), Dowpharma Prize (2007), Novartis Lectureship (2008), Tetrahedron Young Investigator Award (2009), Humboldt Senior Research Award (2009-2011), Mukaiyama Award (2010), Glaxo-Smith-Kline Scholar Award (2011), ACS Cope Scholar Award (2012), JSPS Fellow (2013), the Royal Society of Chemistry, Pedler Award (2015).
Can Li, Associate editor
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, China
I work in both fundamental and applied research in catalysis to reveal the essential relationship between catalytic performance and catalyst structure, to understand catalysis at the atomic, molecular and nanometer scales, and its applications in energy, fine chemicals and environmental science. I have been the Director of the State Key Laboratory at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences since 1998, and am currently serving as President of the Asia-Pacific Association of Catalysis Societies. I was elected as a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2003, a member of the Academy of Science for Developing Countries (TWAS) in 2005, a foreign member of Academia Europea in 2008, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2008. Among the awards and honours recognising my research are the prestigious International Catalysis Award, the National Natural Science Prize, the Ho Leung Ho Lee Prize (Hong Kong), and the National Petrochemical Prize. Over the last decade, my research has significantly contributed to the production of solar fuels via photocatalytic and photoelectrocatalytic water splitting and CO2 reduction.
Amy Prieto, Associate editor
Colorado State University, USA
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9235-185X
I am a solid state chemist interested in helping publish high quality manuscripts in the general area of energy storage and conversion. I received my training at the University of California, Berkeley (PhD, Bell Laboratories graduate fellow) and at Harvard University (postdoctoral fellowship, L'Oreal for Women in Science fellowship). I am currently an Associate Professor in Chemistry at Colorado State University, and am also the founder of Prieto Battery, Inc. My research interests are focused on developing new synthetic methods for making nanostructured materials with applications in rechargeable batteries, solar cell absorber materials, and hydrogen storage.
S Ramakrishnan, Associate editor
Indian Institute of Science, India
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9161-0848
I completed my BSc at the University of Bombay, my MSc at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, and received my PhD from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in 1988. After a two-year postdoctoral stint at the Corporate Research Laboratory of Exxon Research and Engineering Company at Annandale, New Jersey, I took up a faculty position in the Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, where I currently serve as one of the Deputy Directors. I was awarded the prestigious S S Bhatnagar Prize for Chemistry in 2005 and am currently a J C Bose Fellow. My research interests are in the design and development of novel polymerization methods, hyperbranched polymers, conjugated polymers, polymerization in ordered media, internally functionalized porous polymers and conformational control in synthetic polymers. I currently serve on the Editorial Advisory Board of Macromolecules and ACS Macro Letters.
Jean-Louis Reymond, Associate editor
University of Bern, Switzerland
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2724-2942
I am a Professor of chemistry and chemical biology at the University of Bern, Switzerland. I studied at the ETH Zürich and obtained my PhD in 1989 at the University of Lausanne on natural products synthesis. After a post-doc and assistant professorship at the Scripps Research Institute, I joined the University of Bern in 1997, where I am currently director of the department of chemistry and biochemistry. My research focuses on exploring chemical space for drug discovery by computational enumeration, virtual screening and synthesis in the areas of small molecule drug-like compounds and of topologically diverse peptides such as peptide dendrimers and polycyclic peptides. My group participates in the collaborative projects NCCR TransCure (membrane transporters), Swiss TransMed (antimicrobial peptides), TransGlyco (protein glycosylation) and BigChem (big data cheminformatics).
Manfred Scheer, Associate editor
University of Regensburg, Germany
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2182-5020
After studying chemistry at the University of Halle and completing the Diploma (1980) and the PhD (1983) in the area of Sn(II) chemistry, a post-doctoral research stay followed: on solid state chemistry at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Novosibirsk, and on catalysis at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung in Mülheim/Ruhr, with Gerhard Wilke. I finished my habilitation in 1992 at the University of Halle and was guest professor with Professor M H Chisholm at Indiana University in Bloomington, USA. In 1993, I moved to the University of Karlsruhe where I became an Associate Professor of Chemistry (C3) in 1996. In 2004 I accepted the role of Chair of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Regensburg. I have more than 290 research papers in peer review journals.
My research interest lies in organometallic chemistry with a focus on main group element chemistry on the interface to transition metal complexes.
Jonathan L Sessler, Associate editor
The University of Texas at Austin, USA
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9576-1325
I earned my BS degree (Highest Honors) from the University of California, Berkeley in 1977 and my PhD from Stanford University in 1982 (J. P. Collman and John Brauman, mentors). After postdoctoral work with Jean-Marie Lehn (ULP Strasbourg) and Iwao Tabushi (Kyoto University), I started my independent career at the University of Texas in 1984, where I am now the Roland K. Pettit Centennial Chair. I also serve as Director for the Institute for Supramolecular and Catalytic Chemistry at Shanghai University. I was a co-founder of Pharmacyclics, Inc., which was acquired by AbbVie for $21B. Research interests include drug discovery, supramolecular chemistry, expanded porphyrins, aromaticity, and electron transfer chemistry. My CV lists >600 peer-reviewed papers and 75 U.S. patents. My current WoS h-index is 88. Former co-workers have achieved success in industry and academe. I am very proud of them.
Jonathan W Steed, Associate editor
Durham University, UK
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7466-7794
I was born in London in 1969 and grew up as an organometallic chemist at University College London, getting my PhD there in 1993. As a postdoc in Missouri, I moved into supramolecular chemistry and along the way developed skills in crystallography and molecular crystals. I began my independent career in 1995 at Kings College London. In 2004 I moved to Durham University where I now hold a personal chair. I have written around 300 papers and a few books of which I am quite proud, not least Supramolecular Chemistry which has grown to a couple of editions and translations. I spent 8 years as Associate Editor of New Journal of Chemistry from 2001–2009 and I have been an Associate Editor for ChemComm since 2010. My research is in soft materials chemistry and the organic solid state.
T Don Tilley, Associate editor
University of California, Berkeley, USA
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6671-9099
I am an inorganic, organometallic and materials chemist at the University of California, Berkeley, and I also have an appointment as a Senior Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. My research group focuses on fundamental questions pertaining to structure and reactivity of metal complexes, catalytic mechanisms, and materials designed for the efficient utilization and storage of energy. This work is strongly oriented toward the synthesis of new compounds and materials that challenge our understanding of basic principles in chemistry, and is described in more than 400 publications. I have worked extensively with partners in industry on practical applications of this research.
Sandeep Verma, Associate editor
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2478-8109
I obtained my MSc from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India (1989), then obtained my Ph.D. from University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago, USA in 1994. After holding postdoctoral positions at Johns Hopkins University Medical Institutions, Baltimore, USA, and Max-Planck-Institute for Experimental Medicine, Göttingen, Germany, I joined the Department of Chemistry, IIT Kanpur, in 1997, where I currently serve as Department Chair and also occupy Shri Deva Raj Endowed Chair Professorship and an Adjunct Professor position in Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering. In addition, I also hold an Adjunct Professor position at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal and National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar. My research interests include peptide/protein assemblies for disease modeling, soft biomaterials, bioimaging, and surface chemistry of metal complexes. Our work has been recognized by numerous awards such as Swarnajayanti Fellowship (2005), Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in Chemical Sciences (2010), Department of Atomic Energy-Science Research Council Outstanding Investigator Award (2012), Ranbaxy Research Award in Pharmaceutical Sciences (2013), J C Bose National Fellowship (2013), Silver Medal, Chemical Research Society of India (2017), and National Prize for Research on Interfaces between Chemistry and Biology (2017), to name a few. I am also an elected Fellow of all three science and engineering Academies of India: the Indian National Science Academy, Indian Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, India; and also of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK).
