Alain Krief 
Chemistry Department, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium;
HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi,
Karachi, Pakistan.
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Prof. Alain Krief received his PhD at the University of Paris with Prof. J. Ficini and realized his post-doctorate at Harvard University with Prof. E. J. Corey (Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1990). He is Emeritus Professor in Organic Chemistry at the University of Namur, Belgium, Adjunct Professor, HEJ Research Institute, University of Karachi, Pakistan, Senior Associate to the UNESCO UNISA Africa chair in Nanosciences & Nanotechnology (University of South Africa, Cape Town). He is the Executive Director of the International Organization for Chemical Sciences in Development (IOCD), was the President of the Royal Chemical Society of Belgium (1993-1995), the President of the Janssen Prize for Creativity in Organic Synthesis (2002-2008, Johnson & Johnson Company) and the President of the 40th Bürgenstock Conference (Switzerland, 2005).
Prof. Krief received a large number of honors and awards such as Prize of French Academy of Sciences for his outstanding research work on steroid biosynthesis (1985, France), International Prize Wernaers for knowledge broadcasting (1999, Belgium), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (1996, Japan). He was Visiting Professor at Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), University of Reims, University of Strasbourg (France), University of Bochum, University of Giessen, University of Hamburg, University of Honeheim, University of Stuttgart (Germany); Technion, Haifa, (Israel), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Japan), University of Karachi (Pakistan) and French speaking Swiss Universities (Switzerland).
Prof. Krief made outstanding contribution to organic chemistry, in particular to selenium organic chemistry. His work in the field of selenium organic chemistry is world-widely recognized. His research activities cover: (1) synthesis of inorganic- and organo-selenium reagents; (2) synthesis of biologically active compounds such as pyrethroid insecticides, anti-aging agents, MAO inhibitors, nitrogen fixation compounds, Antiviral compounds (anti Aids); (3) bioorganic chemistry: study of the mechanism of steroid biosynthesis; generation of antibodies directed towards enantioselective transformations; (4) chemical knowledge organization and transfer including e-learning, ontology building, semantic rich description of chemical structures; (5) acting with words to collaboratively promote & reform chemical sciences. He has published more than 360 scientific papers in high impact journals such as Nature Chemistry, Nature Reviews Chemistry, Chemical Reviews, Angew. Chem., etc.
Prof. Krief received a large number of honors and awards such as Prize of French Academy of Sciences for his outstanding research work on steroid biosynthesis (1985, France), International Prize Wernaers for knowledge broadcasting (1999, Belgium), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (1996, Japan). He was Visiting Professor at Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), University of Reims, University of Strasbourg (France), University of Bochum, University of Giessen, University of Hamburg, University of Honeheim, University of Stuttgart (Germany); Technion, Haifa, (Israel), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Japan), University of Karachi (Pakistan) and French speaking Swiss Universities (Switzerland).
Prof. Krief made outstanding contribution to organic chemistry, in particular to selenium organic chemistry. His work in the field of selenium organic chemistry is world-widely recognized. His research activities cover: (1) synthesis of inorganic- and organo-selenium reagents; (2) synthesis of biologically active compounds such as pyrethroid insecticides, anti-aging agents, MAO inhibitors, nitrogen fixation compounds, Antiviral compounds (anti Aids); (3) bioorganic chemistry: study of the mechanism of steroid biosynthesis; generation of antibodies directed towards enantioselective transformations; (4) chemical knowledge organization and transfer including e-learning, ontology building, semantic rich description of chemical structures; (5) acting with words to collaboratively promote & reform chemical sciences. He has published more than 360 scientific papers in high impact journals such as Nature Chemistry, Nature Reviews Chemistry, Chemical Reviews, Angew. Chem., etc.
Research Interests
synthesis of inorganic- and organo-selenium reagents, bioorganic chemistry, synthesis of biologically active compounds, chemical knowlege transfer.
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