Associate Professor
Institute of Chemistry
University of Sao Paulo
Sao Paulo, Brazi
Luiz F. Silva, Jr. was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1971. He studied chemistry at University of São Paulo (USP), where he received his B.Sc. He got his Ph.D. in 1999 at USP under the supervision of Prof. H. Ferraz. He then worked one year as a postdoctoral research associate with Professor Gary A. Molander, at the University of Pennsylvania. He returned to Brazil to work as a postdoctoral research associate in the group of Professor Ferraz. In April/2002, he accepted an appointment at Institute of Chemistry of USP, as Assistant Professor. In January/2008, he became Associate Professor. He is Secretary General of Brazilian Chemical Society (2014-2016). His research interests are focused on total synthesis of natural products and on reactions promoted by hypervalent iodine.
