Date & Time: Wednesday, June 24, 2026, 16:20–18:00
Speaker: Professor Daniel Seidel
Affiliation: University of Florida
Venue: Komatsu Hall, Building 121
Title: Asymmetric Superacid Catalysis for the Synthesis of Chiral Azacycles
Professor Daniel Seidel is the Katritzky Term Professor in Heterocyclic Chemistry at the University of Florida. He received his Diplom from Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany, his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin (J. L. Sessler group) for the development of new synthetic methods for expanded porphyrin analogues, and conducted postdoctoral research as an Ernst Schering Fellow at Harvard University (D. A. Evans group), focusing on metal-catalyzed enantioselective transformations. He began his independent career at Rutgers University in 2005 before moving to the University of Florida in 2017. His research focuses on C–H bond functionalization, asymmetric catalysis, and the efficient synthesis of nitrogen-containing heterocycles relevant to pharmaceuticals and materials science. Professor Seidel is internationally recognized as a leading authority in the fields of C–H functionalization and asymmetric catalysis, and we would be truly honored to have him join us for this lecture.