Current Organic Synthesis

Dr Egle Beccalli obtained her degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology in 1979 from the University of Milan. In 1983, she became a Researcher, in 1998, she was appointed as an Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry and in 2003, and she became a Full-Professor of Organic Chemistry. In the period 2007-2012, she held the office of Head of the Department of Molecular Sciences Applied to Bio-systems (DISMAB) at the University of Milan. Prof. Beccalli is author of about 120 publications published in international journals, 3 book chapters and several communications to national and international congresses. She is member of the Italian Chemical Society, member of the board of PhD of Pharmaceutical Sciences, an evaluator for Danish Agency for Science Technology and Innovation (2011) and referees for several international journals. The research field of prof. Egle Beccalli is the transition-metals catalyzed reaction in heterocyclic organic chemistry.

Alberto Fraile received his B.Sc. in Chemistry from the Universidad Autónoma of Madrid (Spain) (1989-1994). Then, he joined the group of Prof. Jose Luis García Ruano at the same University, and obtained his M.Sc. in 1997 with an UAM Master’s fellowship. In 2003, he finished his Ph.D. thesis focused on the studies of asymmetric [3+2] cycloadditions of sulfinilfuranones and several dipoles with the highest qualification (“Summa Cum Laude”). During his PhD. participated in the development of the research project: “Synthesis of heterocyclic compounds” supported by Janssen-Cilag (1999-2001). Between 2002 and 2008 he was the responsible researcher in the development of the research project: “Studies on improving intermediate synthesis of several drugs” supported by Sanofi-Aventis. In 2011, he carried out a post-doctoral stay in Denmark (one year) in the group of Prof. Karl Anker Jørgensen, with a research contract from Aarhus University, working in the area of organocatalysis. During this stay, he developed and took part in different projects aimed to study different organocatalytic processes that led to tree papers (1 Angew. Chem. and 2 Chem. Eur. J.). In 2012, he went back to Organic Chemistry Department at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid where has been working on some topics of sulfur chemistry and, additionally, has opened new research lines concerning organocatalysis and photocatalysis, mainly related to the development of new reactions and catalysts.

Dr. Talha Bin Emran has been working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Pharmacy, BGC Trust University Bangladesh. He completed his B.Sc. honors and MS in Biochemistry from the University of Chittagong. He has been awarded a degree of PhD from the Graduate School of Medical Sciences Kanazawa University, Japan. He has published more than 50 research papers in reputed international and national journals. He has also participated in many seminars and conferences to present his research activities. His research based on Photochemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Immunology, Oncology, and Bioinformatics. The aim of his research is to develop novel vaccine candidates against infectious diseases such as malaria, which is outstanding among domestic pharmaceutical institutes.

Dr. Mohsen Golestanzadeh is an Associate Researcher at Environment Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non-Communicable Disease, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. He has obtained Ph. D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Kashan, Iran. His research interest includes synthesis and characterization of carbon based nano-materials, functionalization of graphene, graphene oxide and carbon nanotube and application of carbon based nanocatalysts in some organic reactions. He has been bestowed awards and honors, such as best thesis awards in Malek-Ashatar University of Technology in 2011, Top researcher in Organic Chemistry at the University of Kashan in 2016 and scholarship of “PERSIAN BIRTH COHORT” Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in 2018.

Dr. Saeed (Saeid) Khodabakhshi was born in 1984 in Shiraz (Iran). In 2013, he earned a PhD in Organic Chemistry from the Yasouj University (Iran), where he carried out his research on the “Development of multicomponent reactions and catalysis under supervision of Prof. Bahador Karami. He joined Prof. Nazario Martin group as a Postdoctoral researcher working in the Project of the Advanced Grant ERC “Chirallcarbon” at Complutense University of Madrid and IMDEA-Nanoscience Institute located in the Autónoma University Campus of Madrid. In August 2017, he was awarded the COFUND Marie Curie Research Fellow and started his project “Scalable Carbon-Based Materials for Carbon Dioxide Capture” under the supervision of Prof. Andrew Barron & Dr. Enrico Andreoli in Energy Safety Research Institute (Swansea University). His research interests include Carbon dioxide capture, Carbon-based nanomaterials chemistry, Heterocyclic and Multicomponent synthesis, and Organic catalyzed reactions.

His dual roles as Professor of Physical Chemistry, Surface Chemistry and Catalysis Lab in the Physical Chemistry Department of the National Research Centre (NRC) in Egypt, as well as his “delegation”, since 2004, to King Abdul-Aziz University in Saudi Arabia, are just the latest in a string of leadership roles he has held in the academic and scientific research field for almost 30 years. He is also served as journal reviewer, as a member of journals’ editorial boards, and in academic and industrial collaboration on projects in various parts of the world. His scientific and research career includes contributions and participation in over 40 workshops and conferences, over 100 publications and 10 patents. His scientific interest in advanced materials, nanomaterials with special interest in their application in heterogeneous catalysis. Solid acids and solid bases for liquid phase and gas phase reactions. In addition, he is specialist in catalyst and adsorbent characterization with particular expertise in adsorption measurements.

Dr. Simin Nazari is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Sousangerd Branch, Azad University, Sousangerd, Iran. Her research interests include Host-Guest Chemistry, Synthesis and characterization of Nano-structured Materials, Organic Synthesis and Catalysis (Organic Synthesis, Click Chemistry, Homogeneous Catalysis,Heterogeneous Catalysis, Green Chemistry) and New synthetic Strategies and Methodologies. Dr. Nazari obtained her PhD in Organic Chemistry from Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz (2008-2012).

Dr. RAVICHANDRAN VEERASAMY is Professor and Head, Pharmaceutical Chemistry Unit at Faculty of Pharmacy, AIMST University, Malaysia. He holds Ph.D. degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. R. K. Agrawal) and M.Pharm degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from Dr. H. S. Gour (Sagar, India) University (2009). Dr. Ravichandran is having 21 Years of research and teaching experience in the field of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Analysis. His area of expertise includes: Drug design, synthesis and pharmacological screening of chemical derivatives and prodrugs, 2D and 3D QSAR studies, Pharmacophore modeling, Development of new analytical techniques for pharmaceuticals, Phytochemical and pharmacological screening of medicinal plants, Standardization of herbal formulations, NDDS, and Green synthesis of metal nanoparticles and their biological and environmental application. He is an adjudicator for PhD theses for many Indian Universities. He is an active member in various professional bodies. He is having 120 research articles and 16 review articles in his credit. He is Associate editor for 4 journals, Advisory board member for 4 journals, Editorial board member for 19 journals and Reviewer for 115 reputed journals (Publishers: Elsevier, Bentham Science, Informa Health Care, Willey Inter Science, Willey Online, Springer, Taylor and Francis, Royal Society of Chemistry, American Chemical Society, Hindawi). He is recipient of many internal and external research grants, and many awards from different organizations. Scopus Citation: 1793, Scopus h-index: 23, Google Scholar Citation: 3355, Google Scholar h-index: 30, Google Scholar i10-index: 54.