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The D-CHAB welcomes Prof. Bill Morandi

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Prof. Bill Morandi started on July 1 as an Associate Professor at the Laboratory of Organic Chemistry. His research focuses on homogeneous catalysis and sustainable chemistry. The D-CHAB wishes Prof. Morandi a warm welcome and a very successful start!

by Joachim Schnabl

Biography

Prof. Bill Morandi

Bill Morandi was born in Fribourg, Switzerland in 1983. He studied at the ETH Zurich from 2003 to 2008, earning a BSc in Biology and a MSc in Chemical Biology, working under the guidance of Prof. Peters, Prof. Diederich and Prof. Carreira. After performing his master thesis on the decarbonylation of aldehydes under the supervision of Prof. Carreira, he remained in the the Carreira Lab to perform his doctoral studies in organic synthesis. As a doctoral student supported by the Swiss Chemical Industry Funds, he developed new synthetic methodologies using in situ generated diazo compounds, enabling the safe use of these reagents in the preparation of important building blocks. In 2012, he moved to the California Institute of Technology to work under the guidance of Prof. Grubbs. As a SNSF postdoctoral fellow at Caltech, he initiated a new research program aiming to develop efficient and general catalytic oxidation reactions of internal alkenes, including the study of the effects determining the regioselectivity of this transformation. In 2014, Dr Morandi was awarded an independent Max Planck Research Group Leader Position by the Max Planck Society. He founded and leads the "Homogeneous Catalysis and Reaction Design" group at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung in Mülheim/Ruhr.
(Biography © www.morandilab.com)

Education and Experience

BSc ETH Zurich in Biology 2003-2006
MSc ETH Zurich in Chemical Biology 2006-2008
Dr Sc. ETH Zurich in Organic Chemistry 2008-2012 (with Prof. Carreira)
Postdoctoral Scholar in Organometallic Chemistry 2012-2014 (with Prof. Grubbs)
Independent Max Planck Research Group Leader (W2/Associate Professor without tenure) 2014

Selected Awards

 

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