The Wiley Prize 2008 is awarded to

Kirill Kovtunov for his Abstract in EUROMAR-2008

Thesis: OBSERVATION OF PARAHYDROGEN INDUCED POLARIZATION IN HETEROGENEOUS HYDROGENATIONS CATALYZED BY SUPPORTED METAL CATALYSTS

Dr. Kirill Kovtunov graduated Novosibirsk State University, Faculty of Natural Sciences in 2005. He has completed his Ph.D. research at the International Tomography Center and has received his Ph.D. degree in Physical Chemistry in 2008. Kirill Kovtunov was awarded the Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry Award for Young Scientists in 2008 for the work "OBSERVATION OF PARAHYDROGEN INDUCED POLARIZATION IN HETEROGENEOUS HYDROGENATIONS CATALYZED BY SUPPORTED METAL CATALYSTS". His current research interests are: application of NMR in catalysis, parahydrogen induced polarization, heterogeneous hydrogenation, mechanisms study