Mark Lautens

Mark Lautens, OC, (born July 9, 1959) is a Canadian organic chemist and is a University Professor at the University of Toronto and current Chair of the Chemistry Department.

He is known for his involvement in the developments of asymmetric ring-opening chemistry, synthetic utility and scope of the Catellani Reaction including the use of ligands to facilitate the reaction, carbohalogenation, multi-component multi-catalyst reactions, and domino catalysis. He has supervised over 50 doctoral students and has published over 400 peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals. Provided by Wikipedia