STUDIES
1969 - 1972
University of Basel, philosophisch-naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Diploma work with Prof. C. Grob
1973 - 1978
ETH Zürich, Laboratorium für organische Chemie,
Ph.D. with Prof. A. Eschenmoser
DIPLOMA AND CERTIFICATES
1969 Matura type B
1970 Jacottet-Küng-Preis
1972 Diploma examination in chemistry
1978 Doktor der Naturwissenschaften
1978 Silbermedaille der ETH
1989 Habilitation of the University of Fribourg
1990 Fuiji-Otsuka price of the University of Tokushima
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1978 – 1979
University of Cambridge (England), University Chemical
Laboratories, postdoctoral appointment with Professor A. R.
Battersby; subject: vitamin B12 biosynthesis
1979 – 1980 University of Geneva, maître-assistant
1980 – 1990 University of Fribourg, chef des travaux
1991 Professeur Associé in Fribourg
1991 - 2016 Professeur ordinaire in Neuchâtel
2004 – 2006 Vice-rector “Research” Université of Neuchâtel
2010 - 2014 Head of the chemistry department
COLLABORATORS
Diploma/Master students : 42
Ph.D. students : 39
Postdocs (+ Scientific Stagiaire) : 19 (+ 13)
EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES
Editor : Volume Editor of Volume 12 of Science of Synthesis Hetarenes and Related Ring Systems Five-Membered Hetarenes with Two Nitrogen or Phosphorus Atoms; Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart;
Editorial Board : Member of the Editorial Board of Monatshefte, Springer Verlag Wien
Member of the Committee for Flohet
Member of the Control Board of Arkivoc, Gainesville Florida
Reviewer for : Angewandte Chemie; Chemical Communications; Helvetica Chimica Acta; Journal of Organic Chemistry; Organic Letters; Synlett; Tetrahedron; Tetrahedron Letter
LECTURES AND PUBLICATIONS
More than 110 invited lectures
81 Scientific publications
24 Review articles or contributions to books
IMPACT WEB OF SCIENCE
90 items; 822 citations; 9.13 citations per item; h-index 17
RESEARCH
Diploma students : 42
Ph.D. students : 39
Postdocs : 19 (1 Australia, 1 Belgium 5 France, 1 Germany, 1 Greece, 1 Italy, 3 Rumania, 3 Slovakia, 3 Switzerland)
Stagiaire : 13 (2 China, 1 France, 1 Greece, 2 Spain, 6 Switzerland)
Actual group : 5 Ph.D. students, 1 Postdoc , 2 apprentices
Collaborations with other research groups: