Organics | Topics in Organic Synthetic Chemistry — Third Webinar Celebrating Obtaining our Increased Journal Impact (IF: 3.2,Q2)
Organics | Topics in Organic Synthetic Chemistry — Third Webinar Celebrating Obtaining our Increased Journal Impact (IF: 3.2,Q2)
Part of the MDPI Organics Webinar series
2 September 2026
Organic synthesis, Development of synthetic methodology, Physical organic chemistry, Supramolecular and macromolecular chemistry, Heterocyclic chemistry, Organocatalysis, Bioorganic chemistry, Functional organic materials
Welcome from the Chair
Organics, a journal of the MDPI family, has been published since late 2020 as a quarterly journal. Therefore, soon we will enter the seventh year of existence.
In 2023, our journal was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1), and in 2024, we were indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), also starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1).
We received our first impact factor of 1.4 in 2024, and this has increased in 2025 to 1.6 and now has reached a remarkable 3.2 (Q2). In the same time frame, our Citescore went from 2.5 over 2.8 to now 3.3. This makes Organics competitive with other journals in the same domain. We now expect many more contributions. You could find out more information on Organics | Journal Statistics
To celebrate this, we have this third seminar in which five colleagues from different parts of the world will present their recent work on a variety of topics. Prof. S. Aoki (Tokyo University of Science) will talk of his recent work on hybrids of organometallic compounds, Prof. S. Niwayama (Muroran Institute of Technology, Hokkaido) will give us information on desymmetrization reactions in aqueous media, prof. R. Sheng (University of Madeira) will be taking us on a decade-long journey on the design and synthesis of natural coumarin-based optical chemosensors and finally Prof. Nessan Kerrigan (Dublin City University) has a talk on palladium-catalysed allylic alkylation of ketenes.
Date: 2 September 2026
Time: 10:00 AM CEST | 4:00 PM CST (Asia)
Webinar ID: 832 4329 8921
Webinar Secretariat: journal.webinar@mdpi.com
Event Chair
Sustainable Chemistry for Metals and Molecules, Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
Wim Dehaen was born in Kortrijk, Belgium. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1988 under the guidance of Professor Gerrit L’abbé for a study concerning the rearrangements of 5-diazoalkyl-1,2,3-triazole derivatives. After postdoctoral stays in Israel (1988-1990), Denmark (3 months in 1990), the United Kingdom (three months in 1994) and Belgium (most of 1990-1998) he was appointed Associate Professor at the University of Leuven (Belgium) in 1998, becoming a Full Professor at the same university in 2004. By 2024, close to 700 publications (current h-index 66) about his work on heterocyclic and supramolecular chemistry had appeared in international journals.
Invited Speakers
Department of Medicinal and Life Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo 125-8585, Japan
Shin Aoki received his Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo in 1992 under the supervision of Prof. Kenji Koga. He became an Assistant Professor at the University of Tokyo in 1990 and a was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Scripps Research Institute, USA, from 1992-1994, working with Prof. Chi-Huey Wong. After returning to the University of Tokyo, he joined Prof. Eiichi Kimura’s group at Hiroshima University in 1995. In 2003, he was appointed Professor in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science (TUS), and has since become a Vice Director of the Research Institute for Science and Technology, TUS.
Graduate School of Engineering, Muroran Institute of Technology, Muroran, Hokkaido 050-8585, Japan
Satomi Niwayama received her Ph.D. from the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan, in Synthetic Organic Chemistry in 1989. After postdoctoral appointments in the Department of Chemistry at the Ohio State University, USA, the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA, and at the Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, she became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Oklahoma State University, USA, in 1998, and an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, USA, in 2004. In 2014, she moved to the Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan, as a Professor. Her research programs pertain to the development of synthetic methodologies and solving biological problems by applying organic molecules. Her research accomplishments have garnered her much recognition from around the world, including the Morita Science Research Promotion Award in 2000, Banyu Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry in 2001, National Science Foundation-CAREER Award in 2003, the Japanese Society for Process Chemistry Award for Excellence in 2006, American Chemical Society PROGRESS/Dreyfus Lectureship Award in 2007, Southwest Region American Chemical Society Award in 2018, and International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM) Scientist Medal in 2025.
Centro de Química da Madeira (Madeira Chemistry Research Centre), Universidade da Madeira (University of Madeira), 9000-390 Funchal, Madeira Islands, Portugal
Ruilong Sheng received his B.Sc. degree in Biochemistry (2002), and obtained his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry (2008) from Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China. He conducted his postdoctoral research in Organic Supramolecular Chemistry, (Bio-)Macromolecular Chemistry, and Biomaterials at Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, CAS, China, subsequently working there as an Associate Research Professor of Organic Chemistry. From 2015 to 2017, he was invited to work at Université de Montréal and McGill University, Canada, working on natural product chemistry and nanobiomaterials as an Invited Scientist/Professor. In 2017, he joined Centro de Química da Madeira (CQM) at Universidade da Madeira, Portugal, as a Senior Researcher (R4, Research Professor) and Group Leader. His current research mainly focuses on the following: 1. Natural-product-based supramolecular/nano-systems for gene/drug/vaccine delivery. 2. Macromolecular/polymer chemistry and physics of functional nanobiomaterials. 3. Molecular optical (bio-)chemosensors and bioimaging. 4. Synthesis and chemical modification of bioactive small organic molecules/biomacromolecules. He has around 120 research publications (h-index=36, ~4400 citations, Google Scholar) and serves as an active peer-reviewer in many international journals.
School of Chemical Sciences, Dublin City University, Glasnevin, D09 V209 Dublin, Ireland
Nessan Kerrigan completed his Ph.D. in Chemistry at University College Dublin (1996-2000) under the direction of Prof. Declan G. Gilheany. He spent a year in industry working as a Process Development Chemist for Merck before carrying out postdoctoral research at the University of Glasgow (2002-2004) with Prof. David J. Procter. He then carried out further postdoctoral research at the University of Pittsburgh (2004-2006) with Prof. Scott G. Nelson, and began his independent research career at Oakland University, MI, USA in 2006. In 2017, he returned to Ireland to take up a position in the School of Chemical Sciences at Dublin City University, where he is Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry. The Kerrigan group carries out research in synthetic organic chemistry, with a focus on the development of new efficient methods involving ketenes for the construction of biologically interesting organic molecules and materials.
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Program
| Speaker/Presentation
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Time in CEST |
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Prof. Dr. Wim Dehaen Chair Introduction |
10:00 - 10:05 am |
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Prof. Dr. Shin Aoki |
10:05 - 10:25 am |
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Prof. Dr. Satomi Niwayama Highly Efficient, Practical, and Environmentally Friendly Desymmetrization Reactions in Aqueous Media |
10:25 - 10:45 am |
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Dr. Ruilong Sheng Design and Synthesis of Natural Coumarin-based Optical Chemosensors for Molecular Sensing and Biomaging: A Decade Long Journey |
10:45 - 11:05 am |
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Dr. Nessan Kerrigan Palladium-Catalysed Allylic Alkylation of Ketenes |
11:05-11:25 am |
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Q&A |
11:25 - 11:45 am |
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Prof. Dr. Wim Dehaen Closing of Webinar |
11:45 - 11:50 am |
Relevant Special Issue
Organic Supramolecular Chemistry of Natural Products
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/organics/special_issues/2ZG56DVML8
Green Catalysis and Sustainable Organic Synthesis
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/organics/special_issues/X91989URFB
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