Matthew Hopkinson

Biography

Higher Education 2007 – 2011 DPhil in Organic Chemistry, Merton College, University of Oxford (UK), Supervisor: Prof. Véronique Gouverneur DPhil Thesis Title: “Transition Metal Catalysis in the Presence of Fluorinating Reagents” 2003 – 2007 MChem in Chemistry, Pembroke College, University of Oxford (UK), Masters Project Supervisor: Prof. Véronique Gouverneur Masters Thesis Title: “The Electrophilic Fluorination of Hetero-Diels-Alder Adducts” Academic Career Aug 2016 – Present Junior Professor (W1), Freie Universität Berlin (Germany) Jan 2012 – May 2016 Post-Doctoral Research / Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Germany), Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius July – Oct 2011 Post-Doctoral Research, University of Oxford (UK), Supervisor: Prof. Véronique Gouverneur

Research Interest

research interest :design and application of new methodologies for the synthesis of fluorine-containing organic molecules relevant as pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals. We are particularly interested in the development of catalytic strategies for the incorporation of fluorine or fluorine-containing functional groups such as the CF3, SCF3 and SF5 moiety