Biography:
Dr. Chau-Ming So is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He received his B.Sc. (1st class honor) from PolyU in 2006. He pursued his postgraduate study at the same institution and obtained his Ph.D. degree in 2010. In 2012-2013, he moved to Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) as the postdoctoral fellow in Prof. Tamio Hayashi’s research group. So’s research interests focus on the development of ligands and their application in transition metal-catalyzed chemo-/regio-/enantioselective reactions. He has published 62 papers in well-recognized SCI journals and licensed several patents.
Title : Design of Alkyl-Heteroaryl-Based Phosphine Ligands and Their Application in Chemoselective Coupling Reactions of Polyhalogenated Aryl Triflates