Dr. Christian Bruneau

Dr. Christian Bruneau Professor of Chemistry, CNRS-The University of Rennes, France

Webpage: http://scienceschimiques.univ-rennes1.fr/catalyse/personnels/interface/CB.htm Dr. Christian Bruneau graduated in chemistry from the Institut National Supérieur de Chimie Industrielle de Rouen (France, 1974) and obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Rennes in the field of organic and environmental chemistry (1979). He got a CNRS position in 1980 and from 1986 has been working in the field of organometallic chemistry, catalyst design, and molecular catalysis. Initially in the group of Prof. Pierre H. Dixneuf, he is now mainly involved in ruthenium-catalyzed selective transformations including olefin metathesis, allylation, sp2- and sp3-C-H bond activation/functionalization, asymmetric catalysis, and bio-resources transformations. From 2000 to 2011, he has been the head of the CNRS-University of Rennes research group involved in ‘‘Organometallics and Catalysis’’.

Yun Chi

Yun Chi Distinguished Chair Professor in Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Webpage: http://chem-en.web.nthu.edu.tw/files/13-1117-33460.php Yun Chi obtained his Ph.D. degree from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1986, and pursued a one-year postdoctoral work at MIT. Since 2010, he becomes a Distinguished Chair of Chemistry at National Tsing Hua University. His earlier academic endeavors cover the transition-metal cluster chemistry and design of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) precursors suitable for making metal-containing thin films and nanomaterials. His current researches are focused on subjects involving the design and testing of transition-metal based materials for organic light emitting diodes (OLED) and photovoltaic applications. He is a co-author of over 270 research papers with > 7,500 citations and h-index of > 45, and co-inventor of > 20 Taiwan and US patent applications.

Pierre H. Dixneuf

Pierre H. Dixneuf Professor of Chemistry, CNRS-The University of Rennes, France

Webpage: http://scienceschimiques.univ-rennes1.fr/catalyse/personnels/interface/PHD.htm Pierre H. Dixneuf obtained his doctorate of Science in Rennes (France) with Prof René Dabard, on ferrocene chemistry, and did postdoctoral work as a CNRS researcher on the first steps of N-Heterocyclic Carbene complexes with Michael F. Lappert at the university of Brighton UK. He is Professor in Rennes since 1978. His research interests, at the interface of organometallics and catalysis, included the activation of alkynes and the design of vinylidenes, allenylidenes, indenylidenes and carbon-rich organometallics with bimetallic and then ruthenium complexes. He developed in Rennes a research team on homogeneous catalysis since 1985 and contributed first to the activation of small molecules, the catalytic incorporation of CO2, the synthesis of vinyl carbamates and unsaturated carbonates and carbamates, introduced ruthenium-vinylidenes in catalysis and antiMarkovnikov additions. Then he performed oxidative couplings of unsaturated molecules with electron rich ruthenium catalysts and since 1997 he contributed to alkene metathesis by creating allenylidene-ruthenium catalyst precursors that opened the road to indenylidene-ruthenium catalysts that are efficient in catalytic plant oil transformations. He is currently contributing to inert C-H bond activation/functionalization with stable ruthenium(II) catalysts, developing catalysis in water and the synthesis of polyheterocyclic molecules. He has co-authored more than 420 publications and co-edited 3 books. He obtained several international awards: Humboldt prize for Research 1989, Le Bel SFC award and Grignard-Wittig Prize (GDCh) 2000, Institut universitaire de France membership since 2000, academie des sciences IFP prize and Sacconi medal (Italy) in 2006.

John A. Gladysz

John A. Gladysz Distinguished Professor and Dow Chair in Chemical Invenetion, Texas A&M University, USA

Webpage: http://www.chem.tamu.edu/rgroup/gladysz Education: B.S. Chem, University of Michigan, 1971; Ph.D, Stanford University, 1974. Professional Career: UCLA (Assistant Professor, 1974-1982), University of Utah (Associate Professor and Professor, 1982-1998), University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Chair, Organic Chemistry, 1998-2007), Texas A&M University (Distinguished Professor, 2008-). Awards and Honors: Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1980-1984); Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Grant recipient (1980-1985); Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award (1988); University of Utah Distinguished Research Award (1992); ACS Award in Organometallic Chemistry (1994); von Humboldt Foundation Research Award for Senior Scientists (1995); International Fluorous Technologies Award (2007); Fellow of the American Chemical Society (2009); Texas A&M Distinguished Achievement Award in Research (2013); RSC Award in Organometallic Chemistry (2013); Associate Editor, Chemical Reviews (1984-2010); Editor in Chief, Organometallics (2010-).

Andy Hor

Andy Hor Professor of Chemistry, The National University of Singapore, Singapore

Webpage: http://staff.science.nus.edu.sg/~andyhor/ Andy Hor was graduated from Imperial College London (B.Sc.(Hon)) and University of Oxford (D.Phil.) and postdoctoral Associate of Yale University. He is Professor of Chemistry of the National University of Singapore (NUS), and Executive Director of the Institute of Materials Research & Engineering (IMRE) of A*Star in Singapore as well as Concurrent Professor of Fudan University of China. He is Fellow of the Singapore National Academy of Science (SNAS), President of the Singapore National Institute of Chemistry (SNIC) and President of the Federation of the Asian Chemical Societies (FACS). His research interests are heterometallic materials, organometallic catalysis and supramolecular self-assembly, and has published ~320 ISI paper with ~500 annual citations in recent years. He has delivered numerous plenary, keynote and invited lectures in various international, regional and local meetings. He chaired the 15th Asian Chemical Congress (ACC-15) in 2013 and the coming 41st International Coordination Chemistry Conference (ICCC-41) in July 2014. He is on the international/advisory board of the Chemistry – an Asian Journal, Dalton Transactions and Inorganica Chimica Acta, and Associate Editor of the Australian Journal of Chemistry and Editor of the Journal of Molecular & Engineering Materials (JMEM).

Mark G. Humphrey

Mark G. Humphrey

Director of the Australia-China Joint Research Centre for Functional Molecular Materials, Australian National University, Australia

Webpage:

http://chemistry.anu.edu.au/people/professor-mark-humphrey

Mark Humphrey received BSc (1981), BSc(Hons) (1982, with M.I. Bruce), and PhD (1987, with M.I. Bruce) degrees from the University of Adelaide, Australia. He was a Humboldt Fellow at the Universität Würzburg (1987-1989, with G. Erker), a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Illinois (1989-1990, with J.R. Shapley), and a Lecturer (1990-1993) and Senior Lecturer (1994) at the University of New England, Australia, before being appointed to the Australian National University (1994-present) where he was most recently Associate Director (Research) of the Research School of Chemistry (2011-2013). He has been awarded fellowships by the CNRS (France, 1988), Telecom Research Laboratories (Australia, 1991), the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (Australia, 1997), the Science and Technology Agency (Japan, 2001), the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK, 2002), and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Japan, 2009), as well as the Gritton Fellowship by the University of Sydney (Australia, 1990). He was awarded the inaugural Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) Organometallic Award (1998), the RACI Inorganic Award (Burrows Award) (2008), the RACI H.G. Smith Memorial Award (2010), and the David Syme Research Prize (Australia, 2001), an Australian Research Council (ARC) Australian Research Fellowship (1994-1998), ARC Senior Research Fellowship (1999-2003), and two ARC Australian Professorial Fellowships (2004-2008, 2009-2013). He has been Visiting Professor at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium, 2006), Professeur Invité at the Université Rennes I (France, 2007), has received a DSc degree (2003) from the University of Adelaide, Australia, and holds Honorary Professorships at Nanjing University of Science and Technology and Jiangsu University (China, 2007-present) and is a Professor of Jiangnan University (China, 2012-present). He was President of the Australian Capital Territory Branch of the RACI (1999-2001) and Chair of the Inorganic Division of the RACI (2010-2013), and has served on several editorial boards including Journal of Organometallic Chemistry (2002-present) and Organometallics (2007-2009). He is the Australian Director of the Australia-China Joint Research Centre for Functional Molecular Materials and International Distinguished Professor of Jiangsu Province (2011-2014), and is the author of ca 260 publications, with research interests centred on the materials (and particularly nonlinear optical) properties of organometallic complexes.

Guo-Xin Jin

Guo-Xin Jin Professor of Chemistry, Fudan University, China

Webpage: http://www.chemistry.fudan.edu.cn/usr2000/gxj/index%20eng.htm Dr Guo-Xin Jin received his Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from Nanjing University in1987. He was a postdoctoral fellow from1988-1990 as Humboldt Fellow and a research staff member from1990-1995 at Organometallic Chemistry Institute of Bayreuth University, Germany. He joined Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, CAS as a Professor and head of a Laboratory in 1996. He moved to Chemistry Department, Fudan University in 2001 as Chair Professor (Cheung Kong Scholarship). His current research interests include various aspects of organometallic chemistry and catalysts for olefin polymerization. He has published more than 280 research papers and 10 review papers and books, and has been involved in 45 patents. He has delivered more than 20 plenary and keynote lectures in international conferences. He is Associate Editor of Dalton Transactions