Biorenewable Solvents for Organic Synthesis

Dr. Wei Zhang is a Professor and the Director of the Center for Green Chemistry at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He received his PhD and did his post-doctoral research at the University of Pittsburgh. His previous positions include Research Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, Senior Chemist at DuPont, and Director at Fluorous Technologies, Inc. Prof. Zhang's research is in the areas of fluorous chemistry, organocatalysis, medicinal chemistry, and green chemistry. He has coauthored over 250 papers including three in Chem. Rev., co-edited "Green techniques for organic and medicinal applications" (Wiley 2012 & 2018), and a SpringerBrief "Pot, Atom, and Step Economy (PASE) Synthesis" (2019). He is editor and editorial advisory member of nine international journals.

Dr. Wenbin Yi studied chemistry at Nanjing University of Science & Technology (NJUST) and received B.Sc. (2002) and Ph.D. (2006) under the supervision of Professor Dr Chun Cai. He is currently a Professor in Department of Pharmaceutical and Fine Chemicals at NJUST. His research interests focus on fluorine chemistry with an emphasis on green synthetic methods. He has published over 100 scientific papers in the journals such as Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., J. Am. Chem.Soc, Nat. Commun., CCS Chemistry, and Green Chem.

Dr. Xiao Gao studied material chemistry at Doshisha University and received B.Sc. After that, he finished his Master course at Osaka University. At 2020, he finished his Ph.D. at Kyoto University under the supervision of Professor Dr Yoshiharu Uchimoto. He is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical and Fine Chemicals at NJUST. His research interests focus on green chemistry, renewable energy, polymer electrolyte, electrochemical interface. He has published over 10 scientific papers in journals such as Langmuir, ACS omega, and ACS Appl. Eng. Mat.

魏章博士是麻省大學波士頓分校的教授及綠色化學中心主任。他在匹茲堡大學獲得博士學位並完成博士後研究。他的過去職位包括匹茲堡大學的研究助理教授、杜邦公司的高級化學家，以及Fluorous Technologies, Inc.的主任。章教授的研究領域包括氟化學、有機催化、藥物化學和綠色化學。他共同撰寫了超過250篇論文，包括三篇發表在《Chem. Rev.》的文章，並共同編輯了《Green techniques for organic and medicinal applications》（Wiley 2012 & 2018）以及SpringerBrief的《Pot, Atom, and Step Economy (PASE) Synthesis》（2019）。他是九本國際期刊的編輯及編輯顧問成員。

易文彬博士在南京科技大學學習化學，並在蔡春教授的指導下獲得學士學位（2002）和博士學位（2006）。他目前是南京科技大學藥物與精細化學系的教授。他的研究興趣集中在氟化學，特別是綠色合成方法。他在《Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.》、《J. Am. Chem. Soc.》、《Nat. Commun.》、《CCS Chemistry》和《Green Chem.》等期刊上發表了超過100篇科學論文。

高曉博士在同志社大學學習材料化學並獲得學士學位。之後，他在大阪大學完成碩士課程。2020年，他在京都大學的內本義治教授指導下獲得博士學位。他目前是南京科技大學藥物與精細化學系的助理教授。他的研究興趣集中在綠色化學、可再生能源、高分子電解質和電化學界面。他在《Langmuir》、《ACS omega》和《ACS Appl. Eng. Mat.》等期刊上發表了超過10篇科學論文。