Autor: Rodney A. Fernandes

Rodney A. Fernandes, Ph D, is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India. He is a practitioner of total synthesis, asymmetric synthesis, and the development of new methodologies with a special emphasis on protecting-group-free synthesis. Many well-known syntheses have been significantly modified in his laboratory by designing protecting- group-free strategies enabling a good level of step-economy. He has 89 publications (including 6 review articles) and 8 patents. He was the recipient of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Young Scientists Medal Award in 2004 and is elected Fellow of Maharashtra Academy of Sciences (2015).