Leandro Helgueira de Andrade's Biography

Leandro Helgueira de Andrade, Associate Professor, UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO

Leandro H. Andrade was born in Santo Antônio das Missões, Brazil. He received his M.S. degree in Chemistry (1998) and PhD degree in Chemistry (2002) from the Federal University of Santa Maria (RS, Brazil), working under the direction of Professor A. L. Braga. In 2002, he was awarded a one-year postdoctoral fellowship (FAPESP) to work with Professor J. V. Comasseto at University of São Paulo. In 2003, he received financial support from FAPESP within the Young Researchers Program to focus on biocatalysis research (July 2003 - Sep 2007). In 2005, he joined the Institute of Chemistry at University of São Paulo as Professor of Chemistry. He served as the Chair of the Brazilian Chemical Society, Organic Chemistry Division (2011–14). In 2013–14, he spent a sabbatical year in the Department of Chemistry at Massachusetts Institute of Technology working with Professor Timothy F. Jamison. He was an Associate Editor of the Journal Química Nova (2018-2020). His current research interests include sustainable synthesis, catalysis and flow chemistry. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5975-4980