Oliver Reiser studied chemistry at the Universities of Hamburg, Jerusalem and Los Angeles (UCLA) and earned his Ph.D. degree from the University of Hamburg (Prof. Armin de Meijere) in 1989. After postdoctoral stays at IBM Research Center (Dr. Robert D. Miller) and Harvard University (Prof. David A. Evans), he started his independent research in 1992 at the University of Gottingen. In 1996, he moved to the University of Stuttgart as an Associate Professor and in 1997, to the University of Regensburg as Professor of Chemistry. His research group specializes in catalysis starting from renewable resources such as furans and pyrroles toward fine chemicals, natural products and drugs. He is currently serving as President of the International Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry.

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杂环化学——古老的科学还是化学的前沿？

Oliver Reiser 在汉堡大学、耶路撒冷大学和洛杉矶大学 (UCLA) 学习化学并获得博士学位。1989 年获得汉堡大学学位（Armin de Meijere 教授）。在 IBM 研究中心（Robert D. Miller 博士）和哈佛大学（David A. Evans 教授）进行博士后研究后，他于 1992 年开始了他的独立研究在哥廷根大学。1996 年，他转到斯图加特大学担任副教授，并于 1997 年转到雷根斯堡大学担任化学教授。他的研究小组专门从事从呋喃和吡咯等可再生资源到精细化学品、天然产品和药物的催化。他目前担任国际杂环化学学会主席。