Chemistry2027 – Advances in Synthesis, Catalysis, and Molecular Design

University of Münster, Germany;Armido Studer studied at the ETH Zurich where he earned his doctorate in 1995. He then spent 1.5 years at the University of Pittsburgh, USA, as a postdoc, and obtained his post-doctoral lecturing qualification at the ETH Zurich in 2000. Following this, he accepted a professorship at the University of Marburg. Since 2004, Armido Studer has been a Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Münster. He received numerous international research awards, most recently the 2026 Leibniz Prize from the German Research Foundation. In 2016 and 2024, he was awarded ERC Advanced Grants. He is a member of the European Academy of Sciences, the Academia Europaea, the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts.

Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany ;Prof. Dr. A. Stephen K. Hashmi is a Professor of Organic Chemistry at Heidelberg University, Germany, where he has held the Chair of Organic Chemistry since 2007. He completed his doctoral and habilitation studies in organic chemistry and conducted postdoctoral research at Stanford University. His research focuses on organic synthesis, highly strained organic compounds, and homogeneous catalysis with a focus on gold catalysis. Throughout his career, he has received numerous prestigious fellowships, awards, and international distinctions, including the ORCHEM Prize, Hector Research Prize, and Tan Kah Kee Chemistry Lectureship. He has also held several academic leadership positions at Heidelberg University and has served on the editorial and advisory boards of leading chemistry journals. He is the author of more than 550 scientific publications.