Prof. Dr. Tomislav Rovis

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsOrganic Molecular Chemistry
Keywordssynthetic organic, organocatalysis, organometallic chemistry

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityNew York City
InstitutionColumbia University
InstituteDepartment of Chemistry

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Paul KnochelDepartment Chemie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München
Prof. Dr. Paul KnochelInstitut für Organische Chemie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Garching
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/2017

Programme(s)

2016Carl Friedrich von Siemens Research Award Programme of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Nominator's project description

Professor Rovis is well known internationally for his outstanding research in asymmetric transition-metal catalysis and natural product synthesis. He has made key contributions to the field of organo-catalysis, rhodium-catalysis and for the use of N-heterocyclic carbenes for asymmetric synthesis. In Germany, he will study new applications of zinc reagents in asymmetric catalysis using chiral NHC-ligands.