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Timo V Ovaska

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Connecticut College USA Member since 2023

Biography

Professor Timo V. Ovaska was born in 1959 in Turku, Finland. Following conclusion of his high school education, he completed his military service in the Finnish army and then started his studies at the University of Turku, Finland in 1980 majoring in chemistry. He graduated with a Master’s degree in the spring of 1986 and after a few months as an industrial chemist at Farmos Group in Turku, Finland, he began his PhD studies at the University of Connecticut, USA in 1987. He received his PhD in organic chemistry in December of 1990 and then held a Visiting Professor of Chemistry position at Connecticut College until July 1991 when he became a tenure-track Professor at the same institution. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2007 and became the McCollum-Vahlteich ’21 Professor of Organic Chemistry in 2002, a position that he has held ever since.

Research Interests

Organic synthesis of polycyclic natural products particularly those that contain seven- and eight-membered rings

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