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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Organic Molecular Chemistry |
| Keywords | Katalyse, Kreuzkupplung, Organokatalyse, Enantioselektivität, Reaktionsmechanismen |
Current contact address
| Country | United States of America |
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| City | Pasadena |
| Institution | California Institute of Technology |
| Institute | Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Thorsten Bach | Lehrstuhl für Organische Chemie 1, Technische Universität München, Garching |
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| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/05/2013 |
Programme(s)
| 2011 | Humboldt Research Award Programme |
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Nominator's project description
| Professor Fu is a leading scientist in the areas of transition metal catalysis and organocatalysis. His contributions to enantioselective carbon-carbon bond formation by transition metals have taken the Nobel Prize winning work on cross-coupling chemistry to the next scientific level. He has constructed new organocatalysts, the selectivity of which matches those of enzymes. In Germany he will dedicate his research efforts to explore new ways for the activation of carbon-hydrogen bonds. |