Dengke Ma

Dr. Dengke Ma is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), supported by a prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship. His work focuses on advancing sustainable catalytic methodologies within organic chemistry.

Education:

• Ph.D. from Zhejiang University (People's Republic of China)

Dr. Ma specializes in organocatalysis and asymmetric synthesis, with particular expertise in radical-based enantioselective transformations. His research bridges fundamental organic chemistry and sustainable methodology development, targeting efficient synthesis routes for complex chiral molecules through innovative radical conjugate additions to enals.

His 2021 publication in Angewandte Chemie International Edition demonstrates a breakthrough in enantioselective radical catalysis, establishing a general organocatalytic system that expands synthetic accessibility to chiral building blocks. This work exemplifies his focus on merging radical chemistry with asymmetric catalysis.

Awards:

• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship

Funded by the European Commission's Horizon 2020 program, Dr. Ma leads independent research within Prof. Paolo Melchiorre's group. No student advisement is documented in available records. His project contributes to ICIQ's sustainable catalysis mission through advanced methodology development.

Dr. Ma operates within Prof. Melchiorre's research team at ICIQ, utilizing specialized facilities including Chemical Reaction Technologies and Photophysics Spectroscopy laboratories to advance radical catalysis research.