时间: 2024年10月24日（周四）上午10:00-11:00

Time: 10:00-11:00, Thursday, Oct 24^th , 2024

主持人: 西湖大学理学院徐益明讲席教授 邓力博士

Host: Dr. Li Deng, XU Yiming Endowed Chair Professor, School of Science, Westlake University

地址：云谷校区本科生书院H5 二楼多功能报告厅

Venue: Lecture Hall, 2nd floor of building H5, Residential Colleges, Yungu Campus

Phil S. Baran, PhD

Dr. Richard A. Lerner Endowed Chair Professor

Department of Chemistry

Scripps Research

主讲人/Speaker:

Through his research, Phil Baran, PhD, explores Organic synthesis, one of the great branches of Chemistry that has had a profound impact on the betterment and advancement of civilization. In its most modern manifestations, it renders the dream of alchemy (turning something worthless into something valuable) a reality. It places the practitioner into the role of artist, engineer, and astronaut. Baran’s research finds new ways to circumvent the bottlenecks of sustainable, scalable synthesis that allow organic molecules to be more rapidly transformed into viable therapies. The chemical products developed in his lab have shown major utility in a multitude of disease areas and his methods are widely used in pharmaceutical, agrochemical, and materials science sectors. Baran received his BS from New York University and his PhD from Scripps Research. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University before returning to Scripps Research as a faculty member. The mission of his laboratory is to simplify the practice of synthesis and, in doing so, educate students and postdoctoral scholars at the intersection of fundamental organic chemistry and translational science. Baran has educated hundreds of scientists over the years, co-founded numerous companies (Sirenas, Vividion, Elsie, and several others in stealth) based on his lab’s research and is the recipient of a notable list of awards and honors that recognize the impact of his research. These include the Danisco Foundation Science Excellence Award, the Manchot Research Professorship Award, the Emanuel Merck Lectureship, the ACS Elias J. Corey Award, the Blavatnik National Laureate in Chemistry Award and a MacArthur Fellowship. Baran is also an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

讲座摘要/Abstract:

Organic synthesis is one of the great branches of Chemistry that has had a profound impact on the betterment and advancement of civilization. In its most modern manifestations, it renders the dream of alchemy (turning something worthless into something valuable) a reality. It places the practitioner into the role of artist, engineer, and astronaut. Thus, advances in this field are inherently of interest to a broad audience. Predicting the specific developments that will alter the course of this field is difficult. This talk will use case-studies from our lab to demonstrate how one of the oldest and least expensive reagents on Earth, electrons, can facilitate new retrosynthetic disconnections and aid in the pursuit of simple, ideal solutions to longstanding challenges.

讲座联系人/Contact:

理学院，朱怡，邮箱：zhuyi48@westlake.edu.cn

School of Science, Yi Zhu, Email: zhuyi48@westlake.edu.cn