Dr. Fuk-yee Kwong and Dr. Wing-yiu Yu both received the ACP Lectureship awards in The 8th International Conference on Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry in Asia (ICCEOCA-8), held in International Convention Centre in Osaka, Japan from 25 to 28 November, 2013.
Based on the principle of equal partnership, this annual international programme aims to nurture close relationship among active researchers in the field of organic chemistry and related disciplines among the participating Asian countries. This conference programme offers an international research hub for leading scientists to exchange and collaborate in high-quality organic chemistry research. Moreover, this conference has become a platform for the next generation organic chemists in the East and Southeast Asian region to showcase their research accomplishment. The scope of this programme covers multiple facets of organic chemistry, including novel chemical reactions, organic synthesis, nano-chemistry, bioorganic chemistry, green chemistry, structural and material sciences, and environmental chemistry.
This year, Dr. Kwong has gained the recognition from the Korean representatives with his presentation entitled "A New Series of Tunable Phosphine Ligands for Sterically Hindered Coupling: Tetra-ortho-Substituted Biaryl Synthesis from Aryl Chlorides and Aryl Trifluoroborate Salts". On the other hand, Dr. Yu's presentation on "Catalytic C-H Bond Cross Coupling Reactions for C-C and C-N Bond Formations" has attracted the recognition from the representatives of Japan. Both awardees would be invited to undertake a one-week lecture tour in Korea and Japan in 2014 respectively.
Based on the principle of equal partnership, this annual international programme aims to nurture close relationship among active researchers in the field of organic chemistry and related disciplines among the participating Asian countries. This conference programme offers an international research hub for leading scientists to exchange and collaborate in high-quality organic chemistry research. Moreover, this conference has become a platform for the next generation organic chemists in the East and Southeast Asian region to showcase their research accomplishment. The scope of this programme covers multiple facets of organic chemistry, including novel chemical reactions, organic synthesis, nano-chemistry, bioorganic chemistry, green chemistry, structural and material sciences, and environmental chemistry.
This year, Dr. Kwong has gained the recognition from the Korean representatives with his presentation entitled "A New Series of Tunable Phosphine Ligands for Sterically Hindered Coupling: Tetra-ortho-Substituted Biaryl Synthesis from Aryl Chlorides and Aryl Trifluoroborate Salts". On the other hand, Dr. Yu's presentation on "Catalytic C-H Bond Cross Coupling Reactions for C-C and C-N Bond Formations" has attracted the recognition from the representatives of Japan. Both awardees would be invited to undertake a one-week lecture tour in Korea and Japan in 2014 respectively.
