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Prof. David Yu-Kai Chen

Associate Editor

Chemistry Department
Seoul National University
Seoul
Korea, Republic of

Scientific career

Since 2011	Associate Professor at the Seoul National University, Korea
2005 - 2011	Principal Investigator at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research in Singapore
2003 - 2005	Senior Research Chemist at Merck Research Laboratory in Rahway, USA
2002 - 2003	Research Associate at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, USA
1998 - 2001	Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of Cambridge, UK
1998	B.Sc in chemistry at the University of Auckland and Research Assistant at the Auckland Cancer Society Research Center, New Zealand

Research areas

His research activity has its foundation in complexity-inspired organic synthesis, with strong emphasis on the design of innovative synthetic strategies by employing modern synthetic technologies.

Thematic issue

Prof. Chen edited the thematic issue in the Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry together with Prof. Dawei Ma:

Transition-metal and organocatalysis in natural product synthesis

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Other Beilstein-Institut Open Science Activities

aromatic	the word “aromatic”
aromatic aldehyde	the word “aromatic” OR “aldehyde”
+aromatic +aldehyde	both words “aromatic” AND “aldehyde”
+aromatic -aldehyde	the word “aromatic” but NOT “aldehyde”
“aromatic aldehyde”	the exact phrase “aromatic aldehyde”
benz*	words which begin with “benz”, such as “benzene” or “benzyl”
benz*yl	words that begin with “benz” and end with “yl”, such as “benzyl” or “benzoyl”
benzyl~	words that are close to the word “benzyl”, such as “benzoyl” (i.e., fuzzy search)