Alexander Wetzel

Senior Researcher Nouryon, Stenungsund, Sweden

Sweden

About

Experience

  • Senior Research Chemist at Nouryon
    Jun 2016 - Present · 10 yrs 2 mos

    -Development and Synthesis of new surface active molecules - expert on alkoxylations and handling of high pressure reactors - experience in process chemistry and transition of products from the laboratory to production - analytical chemistry - design of experiments

  • Chemist at AstraZeneca
    Feb 2014 - May 2016 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    Organic synthesis, medicinal chemistry, transition metal chemistry, catalysis, analytics.

  • Postdoctoral Researcher at BASF
    Jul 2011 - Aug 2012 · 1 yr 2 mos

    Selective alkylation of amines with alcohols by Cp*-iridium(III)-complexes. Organometallic chemistry, catalysis, industrial chemistry.

  • Postdoctoral Researcher at École Polytechnique
    Jul 2010 - Jun 2011 · 1 yr

    Gold-catalyzed transformation of 2-alkynyl arylazides: Efficient access to the valuable pseudoindoxyl and indolyl frameworks. Organometallic chemistry, organic syntheis, aromatic compounds, catalysis.

  • Doctoral Researcher at Technical University of Munich
    Jan 2007 - Jun 2010 · 3 yrs 6 mos

    Aryl radicals in the synthesis of natural products and biologically active compounds. Organic chemistry, radical chemistry, methodology work, natural product synthesis.