Varinder Aggarwal

Varinder Aggarwal erhält den Horst-Pracejus-Preis 2025. Er hat Methoden zur enantioselektiven Katalyse entwickelt, deren Mechanismen nachvollzogen und so Naturstoffe synthetisiert. Unter anderem hat er mehrere lithiierte Benzoate stereokontrolliert addiert und so helikale Verbindungen geschaffen.Mit dem Preis, benannt nach dem Katalyseforscher Horst Pracejus, ehrt die GDCh seit dem Jahr 1997 Arbeiten zur Enantioselektivität oder Chiralität.

My greatest privilege as a scientist is working with young people. They are always lively, full of energy, and their enthusiasm is very infectious. They keep you young and sharp, too, and I love coming to work every day.

What advice would you give your younger chemistry self? Have a broader interest in other areas of chemistry as an undergraduate, since you never know when it will come in handy.

Reveal to us the secret of your greatest success in your research career. Perseverance and a good student with perseverance. I had a crazy idea for the synthesis of a complex prostaglandin through the proline-catalysed aldol reaction of succinaldehyde. I asked a first-year PhD student to

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