Valentine P. Ananikov PhD

Valentine Ananikov received his Ph.D. degree in 1999, Habilitation in 2003, and in 2005 he was appointed Professor and Laboratory Head of the ND Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences. In 2008 he was elected as a Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In 2012 he became Professor of Chemistry Department of Moscow State University. In 2013 he has received a Megagrant from St. Peterburg State University and was appointed as Head of Laboratory of Cluster Catalysis.

Valentine Ananikov was a recipient of the Russian State Prize for Outstanding Achievements in Science and Technology (2004), an Award of the Science Support Foundation (2005), a Medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2000), Liebig Lecturer by German Chemical Society (2010), and Balandin Prize for outstanding achievements in the field of catalysis (2010). Scientist interests are focused on the development of new concepts in transition metal and nanoparticle catalysis, sustainable organic synthesis, and new methodology for mechanistic studies of complex chemical transformations. His research has been supported by grants from the Russian Science Foundation, the Russian Foundation of Basic Research, and the Grants of the President of Russia. Valentine Ananikov is a member of the International Advisory Boards of Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, Organometallics, Chemistry An Asian Journal, and Open Chemistry.