Sichuan University Student Wins 2017 Reaxys PhD Prize

Dr. Yuan Changchun has received a prize of US$2,000 and been admitted to a private network of talented chemists from around the world, the Reaxys Prize Club.

AsianScientist (Oct. 27, 2017) – Three young chemists have been awarded the Reaxys PhD Prize at a symposium held on October 19-20, 2017 in Shanghai, China.

Celebrating top research by leading young scientists across the globe, the Reaxys PhD Prize recognizes innovative and original research in chemistry, with an emphasis on synthesis. Since its inception eight years ago, the Reaxys PhD Prize received more than 3,500 submissions from over 50 countries.

Dr. Yuan Changchun from the Liu group at Sichuan University was recognized for his presentation titled “Total Syntheses of Bolivianine, Sarcandrolide J and Shizukaol D: Inspired but not Limited by Nature.” The other two winners were Dr. Joshua Barham from the Murphy group at the University of Strathclyde and Dr. Moritz Malischewski from the Seppelt group at the Freie University of Berlin.

“The quality of the oral presentations was great. As ever, the decision process was not easy we had to consider the reviewer comments, and our review of the presentations. But in the end, all of the review committee agreed, and I think we have three outstanding winners,” said Professor Henry N. C. Wong of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

The winners were selected from a group of ten finalists, who were challenged to present the key aspects of their research in a crisp yet critical manner. The presentations were judged by members of the Reaxys Advisory Board and the Reaxys PhD Prize Review Board.


The article can be found at: Li et al. (2017) An Alternative Total Synthesis of Bolivianine.

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