课程名称：石油与化学工程学院导论课
专题：Chemistry and Chemical Engineering in Modern Society
授课时间：2017年3月8日15:20-16:50（2学时）
授课地点：A01-W201
主讲人：Istvan Marko
听课班级：石油与化学工程学院2015、2016级本科生，欢迎其他师生参加。
【主讲人简介】
Prof Istvan Marko
1983/1985 Université catholique de Louvain, Bachelor Degree
1978/1983 Université catholique de Louvain, Doctor Degree
1983/1985 Université catholique de Louvain, Post Doctor
1985/1987 University of Vermont, Post Doctor
1987/1988 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Post Doctor
1988/1989 University of Sheffield, Lecturer A
1989/1993 University of Sheffield, Lecturer A
1993/2017 Université catholique de Louvain, Full Professor
Main papers:
Copper-catalyzed oxidation of alcohols into aldehydes and ketones. A timely, efficient, aerobic alternative, 1996, Science.
The art of total synthesis, 2001, Science.
Selective and efficient platinum(0)-carbene complexes as hydrosilylation catalysts, 2002, science.
Total Synthesis of Jerangolid D, 2007, Journal of the American Chemical Society.
【导论课内容】
This introductory lecture on chemistry aims at showing to the students the wide variety of domains in which chemistry and chemical engineeringhaveprovided major benefits to the human societies. Chemistry is so much part of our life that we simply forget about it. However, it is crucial to remember that chemists are the people who create new drugs to protect us from numerous diseases, such as cancer, tuberculosis, viral and fungal infections, and bacterialcontaminates. They also imagine and prepare novel dyes for our clothes or our photovoltaic equipment, new polymers that have millions of use from bullet proof vests to car components and containers, wonderful perfumes that enlighten our daily life, unique insecticides that are highly selective against noxious insects while leaving the others in peace, important and active pesticides and fertilizers that enable us to produce grains and food without which we would starve like our ancestors did, special metallic alloys that enable us to go into space or deep under the seas. Chemists are also saving animals from extinction by synthesizing natural products that were originally obtained by killing these animals and they are working hard at cleaning the environment, devising ecologically respectful processes and generating products that are innocuous and biodegradable. Chemistry is everywhere, impacts everyone and nobody can live without it. It is the king of the sciences at the frontier with many others and chemists interact continuously with physicists, biologists, pharmacists, toxicologists, medical doctors, perfumers, oil companies, ....
