Lecture: 'Emergent properties in (organo)catalysis'

About

Cossío's group is currently working on photocatalytic and organocatalytic reactions. Their aim is to discover unexpected phenomena and emergent properties from unusual catalysts involving different types of chirality, applying their methods to the synthesis of inhibitors of epigenetic enzymes and chemotherapeutic agents. In all these projects they combine experimental and computational studies not only to explain but also to predict new outcomes and design new experiments.

Bio

Fernando P.Cossío, PhD by the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU in 1987, is Professor of Organic Chemistry at the UPV / EHU since 1988 after a 1-year postdoctoral position at the CNRS Bordeaux, France. He was Dean of the Faculty of Chemical Sciences / Kimika Fakultatea (1999-2001) and Vice-Rector of Research and International Relations of the UPV / EHU (2001-2003). Since 2009 he has been the Scientific Director of Ikerbasque, the Basque Foundation for the Advancement of Science. Author of 230 international publications, 11 international patents and 5 books, Fernando has received several awards, among them the Almirall Award of the Spanish Society of Therapeutic Chemistry (1987), Ignacio Ribas Award of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry (2011), Janssen-Cilag Award of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry (2013) and Centennial Award and Corresponding Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Zaragoza (2016). His researcher interests are focused on computational chemistry, reaction mechanisms, medicinal chemistry, asymmetric synthesis, organocatalysis and photocatalysis.