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Philipp Natho is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Synthetic OrganicChemistry in the group of Professor Renzo Luisi in the Department ofPharmacy-Drug Sciences at the Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro"(Italy). Philipp has expertise in synthetic methodology development witha particular focus on (and passion for) the synthesis and application ofstrained heterocycles. Philipp received his PhD from Imperial CollegeLondon (United Kingdom) developing methodologies for the expansion andfunctionalization of strained cyclic systems and applying thistechnology to natural product synthesis under the supervision of Prof.Philip J. Parsons. For his PhD research he was awarded the SyngentaScholarship (Syngenta) as well as the Young Chemist Award (ScientificUpdate). He also worked on the synthesis of highly substituted pyridinesunder the supervision of Prof. Rick L. Danheiser at the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology (USA). After his PhD, Philipp joined The BostonConsulting Group in Munich (Germany) working as a management consultantfor two years, before returning to academia as a Marie Skłodowska-CuriePostdoctoral Research Fellow. He is the co-author of over 25 journalpublications and review articles.