June 27, 2014.

Bayer Foundation Dialogue on the occasion of the
Award Ceremony for the
Bayer Early Excellence
in Science Award
in the
Chemistry Category
to
Prof. Dr. Abigail Doyle
from Princeton University (USA)
at Bayer HealthCare,
Berlin (Auditorium) on
June 27, 2014
Prof. Dr. Abigail Doyle
Agenda
Abigail G. Doyle was born in Princeton,
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Opening Remarks: from Research Excellence to
Therapeutic Progress
Andreas Busch, Head of BHC Global Drug Discovery
10:20
Bayer Foundations: Investments in Science & Society /
the Early Excellence in Science Award
Thimo V. Schmitt-Lord, Head of Bayer Foundations
10:35
Keynote Speech: Connect, Collaborate, Discover
Ijad Madisch, Founder Research Gate
11:00
Award Presentation
Andreas Busch, Thimo V. Schmitt-Lord
11:05
Award Lecture
Abigail Doyle, Princeton University (USA)
11:35
Podium
Andreas Busch, Abigail Doyle, Ijad Madisch,
Thimo V. Schmitt-Lord (Moderation: Pooja Merchant)
12:00
Research in the Doyle group is centered
Closing Remarks
Andreas Busch
in the area of catalysis, with specific
Reception – Refreshment and Beverages
NJ in 1980. She obtained her A.B.
and A.M. degrees summa cum laude
in Chemistry and Chemical Biology
from Harvard University in 2002.
After spending the subsequent year
at Stanford University working with
Professor Justin Du Bois, she joined the
laboratory of Professor Eric Jacobsen
at Harvard University for her doctoral
studies, which were centered in the
area of enantioselective catalysis. Abby
began as an Assistant Professor in the
Department of Chemistry at Princeton
University in 2008. In 2013, she was
promoted to Associate Professor with
tenure.
interests in the development of novel
nickel-catalyzed cross-coupling
reactions and the identification of new
13:00
Scientific Program in BHC Global Drug Discovery
Medicinal Chemistry
reagents and strategies for catalytic
nucleophilic (radio)fluorination.
Prof. Dr. Andreas
Busch, Head
of BHC Global
Drug Discovery
Prof. Dr. Abigail
Dr. Ijad Madisch,
Ijad Madisch
Doyle, PrincetonDr. Founder
University (USA)
Research Gate
Founder www.
researchgate.net
Thimo V.
Schmitt-Lord
Head of Bayer
Foundations