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SOS ECAB: Meet Prof. Christian A. Malapit
The Science of Synthesis Early Career Advisory Board (ECAB) is a 3-year program to help promote young talented chemists. Learn more about our ECAB members and read the short interview of Prof. Yang Yang.
SOS ECAB: Meet Prof. Yang Yang
The Science of Synthesis Early Career Advisory Board (ECAB) is a 3-year program to help promote young talented chemists. Learn more about our ECAB members and read the short interview of Prof. Yang Yang.
SOS ECAB: Meet Prof. Caio Costa Oliveira
The Science of Synthesis Early Career Advisory Board (ECAB) is a 3-year program to help promote young talented chemists. Learn more about our ECAB members and read the short interview of Prof. Caio C. Oliveira.
SOS ECAB: Meet Prof. C. Rose Kennedy
The Science of Synthesis Early Career Advisory Board (ECAB) is a 3-year program to help promote young talented chemists. Learn more about our ECAB members and read the short interview of Prof. C. Rose Kennedy
Interview with Former ECAB Member Prof. Emilio Carlos de Lucca
Read our interview with former SOS ECAB Member Emilio Carlos de Lucca as he shares insights on total synthesis, the future of organic chemistry, and the importance of science communication.
SOS ECAB: Meet Prof. Albert Granados Toda
The Science of Synthesis Early Career Advisory Board (ECAB) is a 3-year program to help promote young talented chemists. Learn more about our ECAB members and read the short interview of Prof. Albert Granados Toda
SOS ECAB: Meet Prof. Ana Bahamonde
The Science of Synthesis Early Career Advisory Board (ECAB) is a 3-year program to help promote young talented chemists. Learn more about our ECAB members and read the short interview of Prof. Ana Bahamonde
Shu Kobayashi Recommends Science of Synthesis
Shu Kobayashi, a professor at the University of Tokyo, is one of the world’s leading experts in the field of chemical catalysis. He has been a member of the Science of Synthesis editorial board since 2017. Find out why he recommends SOS.
SOS ECAB: Meet Dr. Tomohiro Hattori
The Science of Synthesis Early Career Advisory Board (ECAB) is a 3-year program to help promote young talented chemists. Learn more about our ECAB members and read the short interview of Dr. Tomohiro Hattori.
SOS ECAB: Meet Dr. Joshua P. Barham
The Science of Synthesis Early Career Advisory Board (ECAB) is a 3-year program to help promote young talented chemists. Learn more about our ECAB members and read the short interview of Dr. Joshua P. Barham
Mariola Tortosa Becomes New SOS Board Member
We are delighted to welcome Professor Mariola Tortosa from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain) as a new member of the Science of Synthesis Editorial Board. Her research interests include boron chemistry, asymmetric catalysis and the synthesis of natural products.
Explore Modern Strategies in Organofluorine Chemistry
Jean-François Paquin is the Volume Editor of the SOS Reference Library series “Modern Strategies in Organofluorine Chemistry”. In this news, he shares an inspiring perspective on how electrochemistry is driving innovation in organofluorine chemistry.
David Sarlah
We are thrilled to announce that Professor David Sarlah from Rice University, USA, becomes a member of the Science of Synthesis Editorial Board with effect of October 1st, 2025. David obtained his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Ljubljana in his home country Slovenia before moving to the USA for undergraduate research in the labs of Prof. K. C. Nicolaou (Scripps) and Prof. Samuel Danishefsky (Columbia University). During his PhD in the Nicolaou group (finished in 2011) he...
Tehshik Yoon
We are excited to report that Professor Tehshik P. Yoon from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, joins the Science of Synthesis Editorial Board as a new member with effect of October 1st, 2025. Tehshik was born in Montréal (Canada) and grew up in Blacksburg, VA (USA). He earned his AB in chemistry in 1996 from Harvard University where he worked in lab of late Prof. Dave Evans. He then moved to Caltech at the West coast for his Master’s degree studying under the guidance of Prof. Erick...
Franziska Schoenebeck and Dani Schultz are the Women in Chemistry Award winners 2025
Franziska Schoenebeck and Dani Schultz are the Women in Chemistry Award winners 2025. This year, for the first time, the award selection committee selected one candidate from academia and one candidate from industry to receive the Women in Chemistry Award.
SOS Knowledge Updates: Volume Editor Renzo Luisi
Renzo Luisi, of the University of Bari (Italy), has joined the team of editors for the SOS Knowledge Updates series. He will be responsible for content relating to Volume 8 on Compounds of Group 1 (Li…Cs).

















