Dr. Nicolai Cramer

Biography

Nicolai Cramer is a Full Professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in the Laboratory of Catalysis and Synthesis (LCSA). He was born in Stuttgart, Germany, and completed his chemistry studies at the University of Stuttgart, earning his PhD in 2005 under the supervision of Professor Sabine Laschat. He conducted a research stage at Osaka University, Japan, and served as a postdoctoral fellow in the research group of Professor Barry M. Trost at Stanford University in 2006. He worked on his habilitation at ETH Zurich, where he was associated with Professor Erick M. Carreira, receiving the venia legendi in 2010. Cramer began his academic career as an Assistant Professor at EPFL in the same year and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2013 and Full Professor in 2015. His main research focuses on enantioselective metal-catalyzed transformations and the synthesis of biologically active molecules, contributing significantly to the field of organic chemistry.

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