Staff

Name Lyapkalo Ilya
Position Head of the Team

Ilya Lyapkalo, Ph.D.

Ilya Lyapkalo, Ph.D.

Head of the Team


Laboratory of New Methods in Synthesis & Catalysis
Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry ASCR, v.v.i.
Flemingovo nám. 2, CZ-166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic

Phone: (+420) 220 183 420
Mobil: (+420) 731 193 976
Fax: (+420) 220 183 578

 
Education
1993-1996 Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry at N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
1985-1993 M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry and Chemical Technology, D. I. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, Moscow.
 
Experience
2000-2003 Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Research Fellowship with Prof. Dr. H.-U. Reissig, Freie Universität (FU) Berlin, Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Berlin, Germany; supported also by Fonds der Chemischen Industrie.
1998-1999 Postdoc with Prof. Dr. D. Seebach, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry ETH Zentrum, Zürich, Switzerland; supported by Novartis Pharma AG and Fonds Ostkontakte of ETH Zürich.
1998 (4 months) Visiting researcher at University of Minnesota-Duluth., Minnesota, USA (U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) Award under Young Investigator Research Opportunities for CRDF Collaborations Program.
 
Appointments
since 2007 Head of the Research Team, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
2003-2006 Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, A*STAR, Singapore.
1996-1999 Research Scientist, Laboratory of Nitro Compounds Research, N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences.
 
Research interest
Palladium catalysed cross-coupling reactions, uncharged superbases and stable organo-cations, chemistry of nitroso & nitro groups, asymmetric catalysis, applied NMR.