Born

October 15, 1982 in Genoa, Italy

Education

2004

BSc in Chemistry at the University of Genoa

2007

MSc in Chemistry at the University of Genoa

2011

PhD in Organic Chemistry at the University of Leeds (two years spent at the Stevenage site of GlaxoSmithKline): "Metal-Catalysed Asymmetric Allylic Substitution Reactions for Array Synthesis", PhD supervisors: Profs. Steve Marsden and Adam Nelson

Since Nov. 2011

Post-doctoral Associate under the supervision of Prof. Andreas Pfaltz

Industry Experience

2004

Three months internship at Chemical Control s.r.l. Cuneo, Italy

2007

Graduate research assistant (six months) at the University of Genoa

Publications

Iridium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Amination with Polar Amines: Access to Building Blocks with Lead-Like Molecular Properties
P. Tosatti, J. Horn, A. J. Campbell, D. House, A. Nelson and S. P. Marsden, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2010, 352, 3153-3157.

Catalyst Control in Sequential Asymmetric Allylic Substitution: Stereodivergent Access to N,N-Diprotected Unnatural Amino Acids
P. Tosatti, A. J. Campbell, D. House, A. Nelson and S. P. Marsden, J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 5495-5501. (Highlighted on Synfacts 2011, 966)

Elaboration of Peptidomimetics Derived from a PADAM Approach: Synthesis of Polyfunctionalised 2(1H)-Pyrazinones via an Unexpected Aromatisation
A. Basso, L. Banfi, G. Guanti, R. Riva and P. Tosatti, Synlett 2011, 2009-2012.

Recent advances and applications of iridium-catalysed asymmetric allylic substitution
P. Tosatti, A. Nelson and S. P. Marsden, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2012, 3147-3163.