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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Bioorganic and Biological Chemistry,Organic Molecular Chemistry |
| Keywords | lipid peroxidation, free radical chemistry, mechanistic organic chemistry, hydrogen atom transfer, antioxidants |
Current contact address
| Country | Canada |
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| City | Ottawa |
| Institution | University of Ottawa |
| Institute | Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Marcus Conrad | Institut für Entwicklungsgenetik (IDG), Helmholtz Zentrum München, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH), Oberschleißheim |
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| Prof. Dr. Marcus Conrad | Institut für Metabolismus und Zelltod, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH), Oberschleißheim |
| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/01/2019 |
Programme(s)
| 2018 | Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Programme |
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Nominator's project description
| Professor Pratt is an organic chemist and international authority on the chemistry of free radicals. He addresses questions about chemical reaction mechanisms in both industrial and biological contexts. He is best known for his contributions to understanding mechanisms of hydrocarbon autoxidation and their inhibition by radical-trapping antioxidants. During his time in Germany, he will explore the role of lipid autoxidation in oxidative cell death and the development of small molecules to subvert it as potential therapeutic agents. |