Innovative Catalysis in Organic Synthesis: Oxidation, Hydrogenation, and C-X Bond Forming Reactions

Pher G. Andersson holds a chair at the Department of Biochemistry and Organic Chemistry at Uppsala University, Sweden. He received his Ph.D. in 1991 and became a lecturer at Uppsala University in 1994 and a Professor in 1997. Among his many awards are the Bjurzons award (1992), the Oscar award (1995), the Junior Individual Grant for outstanding young researchers (1997), and the Astra Zeneca Research Award in Organic Chemistry (2004). He was Chairman of the management committee for the COST D24 program "Sustainable Chemical Processes: Stereoselective Transition Metal-Catalyzed Reactions" which ran from 2001-2006 and he was the Coordinator for the "Excellent Nordic Chemistry Network". Since 2011 he also holds a position as Honorary Research Professor at UKZN, South Africa. Pher Andersson has authored more than 100 publications and edited the books "Modern Reduction Methods" (Wiley-VCH, 2008) together with his former co-worker Ian Munslow and ?Iridium Catalysis? (Springer, 2010). His research interests cover selective synthesis, asymmetric catalysis, and sustainable chemistry.