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Marcus Korb is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia. He completed his PhD under Professor Heinrich Lang at the Chemnitz University of Technology, where he graduated summa cum laude. His PhD work focused on diastereoselective anionic phospho-Fries rearrangements and their application to chiral P,O-Ferrocenes ligands for atropselective Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions. Following his PhD, Korb worked at the Chemnitz University of Technology's MERGE Center of Excellence and was awarded the prestigious Forrest Research Fellowship. He moved to the University of Western Australia in 2019, where his research interests include the activation of internal alkynes, the development of all-carbon macrocycles, and the synthesis of bioactive 3(2H)-Furanones with antimicrobial properties. His teaching responsibilities include coordinating the Bayliss Seminar Series and lecturing in introductory and advanced chemistry courses. Additionally, he has received multiple awards for his research and has been actively involved in various academic committees and associations, promoting the interests of early- and mid-career researchers in the field of chemistry.
University of Western Australia • Perth, Australia
Conducting advanced research in organic chemistry and supervising undergraduate projects.
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