Group members
Current group members
Peter Dinér Associate Professor 
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Chao Zhou Postdoctoral fellow 
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Chao Zhou received his Ph.D. at Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry (TIPC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) working in the Lab of Supramolecular Photochemistry with Photocatalytic Organic Synthesis. HIs research interest is: ▸ Visible Light Catalysis |
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Giampiero Proetti Ph. D. student 
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Julius Kuzmin Master student
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Björn Blomkvist Ph. D. 
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Björn Blomkvist is working on the development of Brønsted catalysis for sulfinylamides, acylhydrazones and sulfonamides. Publications: Stereoselective Synthesis of Unnatural α-Amino Acids through Photoredox Catalysis A. Shatskiy, A. Axelsson, B. Blomkvist, J.-Q. Liu P. Dinér, M. Kärkäs, 2020, ChemRxiv. Preprint. Mild and Rapid Aniline/HBF4•DEE-Catalysed Formation of Sulfinyl Imines B. Blomkvist and P. Dinér, " ChemistrySelect, 2019, vol. 4, no. 25, pp. 7431-7436. Student-Driven Development of Greener Chemistry in Undergraduate Teaching: Synthesis of Lidocaine Revisited ," P. Josephson, V. Nykvist, W. Qasim, B. Blomkvist,* P. Dinér*, J. Chem. Educ., 2019, 96, 7, 1389-1394. HBF4 • DEE-catalyzed formation of sulfinyl imines : Synthesis and mechanistic studies , B. Blomkvist and P. Dinér, Tetrahedron Letters, 2018 vol. 59, no. 13, pp. 1249-1253. Chiral sulfinamides as highly enantioselective organocatalysts ; P. Dinér*, A. Sadhukhan, B. Blomkvist, ChemCatChem, 2014, 6, 3063 |
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Laura Mesas Sanchez PhD 
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Laura Mesas Sánchez worked kinetic resolutions of racemic alcohols using a ferrocene-based DMAP catalyst. She defended her thesis 2014 (28 Nov) entitled "Organocatalytic Acylation for the kinetic resolution of secondary alcohols – Synthetic Applications and mechanistic studies" . Laura is currently working at Bioworks in Uppsala, Sweden. Publications: a) A. E. Díaz-Álvarez, L- Mesas-Sánchez, P. Dinér*, Molecules, 2014, 9(19), 14273. b) L. Mesas-Sánchez, A. E. Díaz-Álvarez, P. Koukal, P. Dinér*, Tetrahedron, 2014, 70(24), 3807-3811. c) L. Mesas-Sánchez, Alba E. Díaz-Álvarez, P. Dinér*, Tetrahedron, 2013, 69(2), 753-757. d) A. E. Díaz-Álvarez, L. Mesas-Sánchez, P. Dinér* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52(2), 502-504. |
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Anton Axelsson Post-doctoral fellow
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Anton joined the group in spring 2020 and is working with chiral foto-redox chemistry. Anton received his Ph.D. from Chalmers Universiity of Technology under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Henrik Sundén. In 2021, Anton started a new position at Sprint Bioscience. Publication at KTH: Stereoselective Synthesis of Unnatural α-Amino Acids through Photoredox Catalysis A. Shatskiy, A. Axelsson, B. Blomkvist, J.-Q. Liu P. Dinér, M. Kärkäs, 2020, ChemRxiv, Preprint. |
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Prathap Jeya Kaniraj Post-doctoral fellow 
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Dr. Prathap Jeya Kaniraj is a post-doctoral fellow working on nickel-based catalysts on nanocellulose. During his Ph. D. studies, he worked on enantioselective synthesis using different transition metal catalyst at the Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI, India). He has also a post-doctoral experience from the TECHNION-Israel Institute of Technology in the group of Prof. Galiya Maayan. Publication: Catalytic Reductions and Tandem Reactions of Nitro Compounds Using in Situ Prepared Nickel Boride Catalyst in Nanocellulose Solution Kaniraj Jeya Prathap, Qiong Wu, Richard T. Olsson, and Peter Dinér*, Org. Lett., 2017, 19 (18), 4746–4749. |
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Tamal Roy Post-doctoral fellow
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Tamal Roy is working on the development of new nucleophilic catalysts for enantioselective synthesis. He is currently working at medicinal Chemistry in Uppsala University, 2015-2016. | |
Arghya Sadhukhan Post-doctoral fellow 
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Arghya Sadhukhan is working on the development of new nucleophilic catalysts for enantioselective synthesis, 2014-2015. Publications: Chiral sulfinamides as highly enantioselective organocatalysts P. Dinér*, A. Sadhukhan, B. Blomkvist, ChemCatChem, 2014, 6, 3063. |
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Alba Estrella Diaz-Alvarez Post-doctoral fellow 
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Alba Estrella Díaz Álvarez worked on the synthesis of highly functionalized ferrocenes. Her work aimed toward the development of synthetic ion channels and application of ferrocenes within catalysis, 2011-2013. Publications: a) A. E. Díaz-Álvarez, L- Mesas-Sánchez, P. Dinér*, Molecules, 2014, 9(19), 14273. b) L. Mesas-Sánchez, A. E. Díaz-Álvarez, P. Koukal, P. Dinér*, Tetrahedron, 2014, 70(24), 3807-3811. c) L. Mesas-Sánchez, Alba E. Díaz-Álvarez, P. Dinér*, Tetrahedron, 2013, 69(2), 753-757. d) A. E. Díaz-Álvarez, L. Mesas-Sánchez, P. Dinér* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52(2), 502-504. |
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Philip Josephson B. Sc. student 
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Phill performed his B. Sc. project regarding green synthesis of Lidocaine. Student-Driven Development of Greener Chemistry in Undergraduate Teaching: Synthesis of Lidocaine Revisited P. Josephson, V. Nykvist, W. Qasim, B. Blomkvist,* P. Dinér*, J. Chem. Educ., 2019, 96, 7, 1389-1394. |
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Viktor Nykvist B. Sc. student
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Viktor performed his B. Sc. project regarding green synthesis of Lidocaine. Student-Driven Development of Greener Chemistry in Undergraduate Teaching: Synthesis of Lidocaine Revisited P. Josephson, V. Nykvist, W. Qasim, B. Blomkvist,* P. Dinér*, J. Chem. Educ., 2019, 96, 7, 1389-1394. |
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Wafa Qasim B. Sc. student
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Wafa performed her B. Sc. project regarding green synthesis of Lidocaine. Student-Driven Development of Greener Chemistry in Undergraduate Teaching: Synthesis of Lidocaine Revisited P. Josephson, V. Nykvist, W. Qasim, B. Blomkvist,* P. Dinér*, J. Chem. Educ., 2019, 96, 7, 1389-1394. |
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Ágnes Lakó Master student 
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Ágnes Lakó is aErasmus student an a master student from Engineering in Pharmaceutical Industry from Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary. Ágnes is working on nickel catalyzed, ligand-free cross-couplings, 2017. | |
George Lasisi Erasmus intern 
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George Lasisi from HAN University of Applied Sciences (Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen) is working on the nickel boride catalyzed reduction of organic compounds, 2017. | |
Stephan Majoor Erasmus intern 
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Stephan Majoor from HAN University of Applied Sciences (Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen) is working on the development of new organocatalysts for enantioselective synthesis, 2016-2017. | |
Guillermo Maassen Erasmus intern
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Guillermo Maassen from HAN University of Applied Sciences (Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen) worked on the development of new organocatalysts for enantioselective synthesis, 2016. | |
Koen Bussink Erasmus intern 
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Koen Bussink from HAN University of Applied Sciences (Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen) worked on the development of new organocatalysts for enantioselective synthesis, 2015-2016. | |
Sebastian Kitzig Master student 
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Sebastian Kitzig performed both his B. Sc. and M. Sc. (2012-2013) in my group and he was working on the synthesisof new inhibitors for the p38-kinase based on the azobenzene scaffold. Sebastian started his Ph. D. studies in Berlin (2013). |
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Mattias Göransson Bachelor student
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Mattias Göransson performed his B. Sc. (2012) and synthesized a library of β-hydroxy-β-arylpropionates. | |
Jia-Fei Poon Master student 
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Jia-Fei Poon performed both his B. Sc. and M. Sc. (2010-2011) synthesized new inhibitors for the p38-kinase based on the stilbene scaffold. Jia-Fei is currently working as a Ph. D. student in Prof. Lars Engman's group at Uppsala university. Publications: Azastilbenes: A cut off to p38 MAPK inhibitors J. Poon, J.-P. Alao, P. Sunnerhagen, P. Dinér*, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2013, 11 (27), 4526-4536. |
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