Michael Krische
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
Germany
Biography
Professor Michael J. Krische obtained a BS degree in Chemistry from the University of California at Berkeley, where he performed research under the tutelage of Professor Henry Rapoport. After a year of study abroad as a Fulbright Fellow, he graduated graduate research at Stanford University under the mentorship of Professor Barry Trost as a Veatch Graduate Fellow. Following receipt of his Ph.D. degree, worked with Jean-Marie Lehn at the Université Louis Pasteur as at NIH Post-Doctoral Fellow. In 1999, Professor Krische was appointed Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. He was promoted directly to Full Professor in Fall 2004 and in Fall 2007 he received the Robert A. Welch Chair in Science.
Research Interest
His current research focuses on Asymmetric hydrogenation accounts for over half the chiral compounds made by man, withstanding physical or enzymatic resolution.
Publications
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Enantioselective Iridium Catalyzed Imine Vinylation: Optically Enriched Allylic Amines via Alkyne Imine Reductive Coupling Mediated by Hydrogen," Barchuk, A .; Ngai, M. Y .; Krische, MJ J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007 , 129 , 12644.
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Diastereo- and Enantioselective Hydrogenative Aldol Coupling of Vinyl Ketones: Design of Effective Monodentates TADDOL-Like Phosphonite Ligands, & quot; Bee, C .; Han, SB; Hassan, A .; Iida, H .; Krische, MJ J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008 , 130 , 2747.
