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Daniele Leonori

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Daniele grew up in a small village near Perugia, in the centre of Italy, where he received his master degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry. He then moved to the UK joining the group of Prof Ian Coldham (University of Sheffield) for his PhD, working on the dynamic thermodynamic resolution of chiral organolithiums. Daniele completed two postdoctoral positions, one with Prof Magnus Rueping (RWTH Aachen University), where he first encountered the field of photoredox catalysis, and a second with Prof. Peter H. Seeberger (Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces), developing de novo synthesis of monosaccharides. He then moved back to the UK to work with Prof Varinder K. Aggarwal FRS (University of Bristol) as Research Officer. Daniele started his independent career as Lecturer at the University of Manchester in 2014, where he was promoted to Reader in 2018 and Professor in 2020. In 2022, Daniele returned to RWTH Aachen University to take a W3 Professorship in the Institute of Organic Chemistry.

Education and Academic Career

from 2022
Professor of Organic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University
2020 – ​2022
Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Manchester
​2018 – 2020
Reader in Organic Chemistry, University of Manchester
2017 – 2018
EPSRC Early Career Fellow, University of Manchester
2014 – 2017
Lecturer of Organic Chemistry, University of Manchester
2012–2014 
Research Officer, University of Bristol
under the supervision of Prof Varinder K. Aggarwal FRS
2011 – 2012 
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Max Planck Institute 
under the supervision of Prof Peter H. Seeberger
2010 – 2011 
Postdoctoral Research Associate, RWTH-Aachen University 
under the supervision of Prof. Magnus Rueping
2007 – 2010
PhD, University of Sheffield 
under the supervision of Prof. Iain Coldham

Awards

2024
ERC Consolidator Grant
2024
ERC Proof-of-Concept Grant
2023
Organic Letter Oustanding Publication Award
2023
Teacher of the Year Award - Master level
​2021
EuChemS Division of Organic Chemistry Young Investigator Award
2020
Blavatnik Laureate for Chemistry in the UK
2019
Philip Leverhulme Prize
2019
AstraZeneca Award for Outstanding Achievements in Organic Synthesis
2019
University of Tasmania Research Scholarship
2018
RSC Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize
2018
ERC Starting Grant
2017
Thieme Chemistry Journal Award
2017
EPSRC Early Career Fellowship
2016
Silver Medal - 2016 European Young Chemist Award
2015
IUPAC/UNESCO/PhosAgro Green Chemistry Award
2014
Marie Curie Career Integration Grant
2009
Pfizer Poster Symposium Runner-Up Prize
2009
Eli Lilly Postgraduate Prize

Interviews and Videos of Relevance

Interview to The Cyclo Edition (2020)
Blavatnik Award (2021)
Synthesis Workshop Podcast: Meet the Professor (2024) - Also on Spotify!

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