Prof. Dr. Thanh Vinh Nguyen

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsOrganic Molecular Chemistry
Keywordsorganocatalysis, synthetic methodology, natural product synthesis, cascade reaction, medicinal chemistry
Honours and awards

2020: The Australian magazine - Leader in Organic Chemistry research field

2018: Australian Research Council - Future Fellowship for outstanding mid-career organic chemists

2016: Athel Beckwith Medal and Lectureship for outstanding young organic chemist in Australia

2015: Australian Research Council - Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

2014: Thieme Chemistry Journal Award for outstanding young organic chemists

Current contact address

CountryAustralia
CitySydney
InstitutionUniversity of New South Wales (UNSW)
InstituteSchool of Chemistry

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Dieter EndersInstitut für Organische Chemie (IOC), Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH), Aachen
Prof. Dr. Peter SchreinerInstitut für Organische Chemie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Giessen
Start of initial sponsorship01/01/2011

Programme(s)

2010Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2013Thanh V. Nguyen, Jan M. Hartmann, Dieter Enders: Recent Synthetic Strategies to Access Seven-Membered Carbocycles in Natural Product Synthesis. In: Synthesis, 2013, 845-873
2012Dieter Enders, Thanh Vinh Nguyen: Chiral Quaternary Phosphonium Salts: A New Class of Organocatalysts. In: Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2012, 5327-5331
2012Dieter Enders, Thanh Vinh Nguyen: Secondary Amine Catalyzed Retro-Aldol Reactions of Enals and Enones: One-Pot Conversion of Enals to alpha-Substituted Derivatives. In: Tetrahedron Letter, 2012, 2091-2095