Anthony J. Burke

Anthony J. Burke is Professor at the University of Evora. His interests lie mostly in the areas of asymmetric synthesis and catalysis, reaction mechanisms and medicinal chemistry. He is currently the coordinator of the organic and organometallic research line at the Centro de Qu�mica de Evora. He is the co-author of one book, one book chapter with about 80 international articles and patents to date.Carolina S. Marques is working as a PostDoc in the Burke group. Her current interests are the development of new catalytic systems and methodologies for the synthesis of chiral amines and other important targets. She is the co-author of one book, and has about 30 international publications, which includes two important review articles, patents and has communicated her work both nationally and internationally on a frequent basis.Nicholas Turner is Professor of Chemical Biology, Director of the Centre of Excellence in Biocatalysis (CoEBio3) and co-Director of SYNBIOCHEM. His research interests are in biocatalysis, directed evolution of enzymes and synthetic biology. He has published 250 papers/patents with an H-index of 46 and over 9,000 citations. He is a member of several Scientific Advisory Boards and consults widely. He has received many awards for his research achievements.Gesine J. Hermann is a research and business consultant for ChiraTecnics, Portugal. In her career she has co-authored a number of publications and patents. She studied chemistry in Germany at the University of Frankfurt from where she graduated in 1991. In 1995 she completed her PhD at the University of Heidelberg under the supervision of Professor Albrecht Berkessel. After postdoctoral studies at the University of Oxford with Professor Steve Davies she then began her professional career as a process development scientist and held different positions in international pharma companies.