Ilan Marek, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ilan Marek

bi-national French-Israeli chemist

Date of Birth: 15-Feb-1963

Place of Birth: Haifa, Haifa District, Israel

Profession: chemist, biochemist

Nationality: France, Israel

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Ilan Marek (born February 15, 1963, in Haifa) is a bi-national French-Israeli chemist.
He is particularly interested in the design and development of new stereo- and enantioselective strategies for the creation of several contiguous stereogenic centres and by the functionalization of organic molecules at the least reactive position.
These processes are carried out in a single chemical step and lead to the synthesis of complex molecular structures.
Understanding reaction mechanisms provides insight into the origins of stereoselectivity and governs optimization for the development of the most effective and general methodologies possible.