Jérôme Waser was born in Sierre, Valais, Switzerland in 1977. He studied chemistry at ETH Zurich and obtained his Diploma in 2001. From 2002 to 2006, he was a PhD student at ETH Zurich with Prof. Erick M. Carreira. In 2006, he joined Prof. Barry M. Trost at Stanford University as a SNF postdoctoral fellow. From October 2007 to May 2014, he was a tenure-track assistant professor at EPF Lausanne (EPFL). From June 2014 to July 2019, he has been associate professor at EPFL, and was promoted to full professor in August 2019. His research is focused on the development and application of catalytic methods for the synthesis of bioactive compounds. He is a recipient of the ERC Starting Grant 2013, the ERC Consolidator Grant 2017, the Werner prize of the Swiss Chemical Society 2014 and the Springer Heterocyclic Chemistry Award 2016. Since August 2020, he is also vice-director for the NCCR catalysis of the Swiss National Science Foundation.
研究方向
Catalytic C–H Functionalization MethodsOxidative Organic Chemistry ReactionsCyclopropane Reaction MechanismsCrystallization and Solubility StudiesX-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
