On behalf of the organisers, we cordially invite you to the fourth lecture in the AMU Invited Lecture Series in MODERN CATALYSIS 2 on "Catalytic Methods for C-H Functionalizations and Application to Late-Stage Diversification", which will be delivered by Prof. Dr Belen Martin-Matute from Stockholm University, Sweden.
The event will be held on Thursday, 16 March 2023, at 9:00 a.m. online via the Microsoft Teams platform.
Prof. dr. Belén Martín-Matute was born in Madrid. She obtained her Licenciate in Organic Chemistry at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in 1998. She then joined the group o Prof. A. M. Echavarrenf where she received her doctoral degree with sobresaliente cum laude in 2002 working on TM-catalysed reactions: intramolecular arylations and cyclisations of furans with alkynes. In 2003, she joined the group of Prof. J.-E. Bäckvall at Stockholm University for her postdoctoral studies where she worked on the dynamic kinetic resolution of sec-alcohols combining ruthenium and enzyme catalysts. She spent two more years in the group of Prof. J. C. Carreteroin Madrid working on asymmetric catalysis. In October 2007, she returned to Stockholm University as Assistant Professor, where she became Associate Professor in 2012 and Full Professor in 2014. Belén Martín-Matute leads activities on the development of new catalytic processes to produce carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bonds. This includes converting water, carbon dioxide, and other renewable resources into chemical products without having to deal with hazardous intermediates. A very important aspect of her work deals with the synthesis of heterogeneous catalysts based on porous metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). In Belén Martín-Matute's research, sustainability is also prioritized by using environmentally friendly solvents and versatile, stable and structurally simple yet effective catalysts. She received the Young Investigator Award from the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry / Sigma Aldrich in 2007, the Lindbomska Award from the Swedish Academy of Sciences in 2013, and the Göran Gustafsson (GG) Award by the GG Foundation. She currently serves as an advisory board member for ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. and she is an advisory board member for Chem. Eur. J. Since November 2021, she is an associate editor for Organic Letters.
The lecture series on modern catalysis is hosted by the Applied and Sustainable Catalysis Laboratory of the AMU Centre for Advanced Technology.
