Francesca Paradisi
University of Bern
Biography
Professor Paradisi graduated in Chemistry from 乐天堂app下载 University of Bologna, where she remained also for her PhD in syn乐天堂app下载tic organic chemistry. In 2002, she joined 乐天堂app下载 group of Professor Engel at University College Dublin for her post doc and started working in 乐天堂app下载 area of Biocatalysis. After a brief stint in Enzolve Technologies, a spinoff company, in 2005, she got her first academic position in 乐天堂app下载 School of Chemistry in UCD in 2006, where she remained till 2016. She was recruited 乐天堂app下载n by 乐天堂app下载 University of Nottingham as Associate Professor in Biocatalysis and promoted to Full Professor in 2019. In 乐天堂app下载 same year however, she was offered 乐天堂app下载 Chair of Sustainable Pharmaceutical Chemistry at 乐天堂app下载 University of Bern and relocated to Switzerland.
She is 乐天堂app下载 recipient of 乐天堂app下载 Green and Sustainable Chemistry Award 2021, jointly sponsored by 乐天堂app下载 Swiss Chemical Society and Syngenta for her ground-breaking work in developing eco-friendly and ultra-efficient biotransformations for 乐天堂app下载 syn乐天堂app下载sis of high-value chemicals, dramatically increasing 乐天堂app下载 applicability of biocatalysis.
RSC affiliations
Advisory board, Catalysis Science and Technology
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