Andrei Malkov

Biography

Andrei Malkov started his career with the award of MSs (Hons) from the Moscow State University (Russia) in 1982, which was followed by PhD studies at the Institute of Organo-Element Compounds (Moscow, Russia), successfully completed in 1986. He continued his work in the area of organometallic synthesis and catalysis, which intensified with his move to UK in 1992 where he had two postdoctoral spells at UEA (1992-1995) and the University of Leicester (1995-1999). He started his independent career in UK in the University of Glasgow in 1999 where he rose through the ranks to become Reader. In 2008 he was appointed as Professor of Organic Chemistry at Loughborough University.

Research Interest

Asymmetric organocatalysis: catalysts development, investigation of the mechanisms of stereodifferentiation, synthetic applications, Catalytic functionalization of C-H bonds: method development, synthetic applications, Catalysis by metal nanoparticles: method development, Total synthesis of bioactive natural products, biological investigations, Photovoltaics: solution processing of semiconductor thin films.