应功能有机分子化学国家重点实验室邀请，美国印第安纳大学 (Indiana University) Silas P. Cook教授来我校进行学术交流并作学术报告，欢迎参加。

报  告 人：Silas P. Cook教授

报告题目：The Search For Efficiency in Synthesis: From Natural Products to Catalysis

报告时间：2016年5月9日（星期一）上午10:00-11:30

报告人简介

Dr. Silas P. Cook began his academic career at Reed College (Portland, OR) in 1995. While there, he quickly recognized the importance of organic chemistry in a wide range of disciplines ‒ from cell biology to nuclear chemistry. After earning his B.A. in 1999, Silas took a position at the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation (GNF) in San Diego, CA. There he worked to unravel various signal transduction pathways related to kinase and GTPase cell signaling. In 2001, he began his graduate studies in total synthesis at Columbia University (New York, NY) under the auspices of Professor Samuel J. Danishefsky. Upon the completion of his Ph.D. in 2006, he took a postdoctoral position in the laboratory of Professor Eric Jacobsen at Harvard University (Cambridge, MA). In 2009, Silas began his independent appointment in the Chemistry Department at Indiana University. 

His research interest focuses on Synthetic Organic Chemistry. Particularly through the broad study of natural product synthesis, the group seeks to uncover new strategies in synthesis, catalysis and molecular pharmacology.

He was awarded a lot of awards including the Johnson Center for Innovation and Translational Research Patent Award (2016), Thieme Chemistry Journals Award (2015), Amgen Young Investigator Award (2015), Eli Lilly Grantee Award (2013), IU Outstanding Junior Faculty Award (2013), IU Trustees Teaching Award (2013), NSF CAREER Award (2013), and ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award (2012).