Chiral Recognition and Separation Mechanisms

Lecturer: Prof. Nelu Grinberg, USA 
Date: 22 January 2009
Location: Lev Hakongressim, Weizmann Science Park, Ness Ziona
Hours: 08:30- 17:00
Price: 1,900 NIS + VAT

Who should attend
The course is directed to chemists working in the pharmaceutical industry and other industries dealing with separation of enantiomers. 
Knowledge of chromatographic separation and some knowledge of organic chemistry are required.

About the Speaker
Dr. Nelu Grinberg is a Distinguished Scientist in the Chemical Development Department at Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals in Ridgefield, CT.  Prior to this, he worked for sixteen years in the Analytical Department at Merck Research Laboratories in Rahway, NJ, where he was a Senior Research Fellow. He has worked in the field of chiral separation for more than twenty years and has published intensively in this area.  He has authored and coauthored over 90 publications, including articles and book chapters.  He is currently on the editorial board of the Journal of Liquid Chromatography and Related Techniques and is a Co-editor of the Advances in Chromatography series. He was the Course Director for a Short Course on Separation of Enantiomers at the Eastern Analytical Symposium (Somerset, NJ).  He is the President of Connecticut Separation Science Council, and member of the Board of Directors of the Society of Small Molecule Science.  Dr. Grinberg obtained his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Technical University of Iasi in Romania. He conducted post¬doctoral research with Professor Barry Karger at Northeastern University and with Professor E. Gil-Av at The Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel.