Drasko Vidovic

Dr Drasko Vidovic obtained BSc at Simon Fraser University, Canada in 2002. He then moved to University of Texas at Austin, USA, for his PhD studies under the supervision of Prof Alan Cowley. In 2007, after finishing his PhD studies, Dr Vidovic joined the research group of Prof Simon Aldridge at Oxford University, UK. He stated his independent career in Singapore in the late 2010 and joined Monash University as a Senior Lecturer in December 2017.

Our main research interests broadly fall within the field of green and sustainable catalysis. We are predominantly developing catalysts based on earth abundant aluminium for various organic transformations, such as Diels Alders cycloadditions, Michael additions, borylations, etc., including polymerization of cyclic dienophiles to create functionalized polyolefins. Our collaborative efforts with a pharmaceutical company Retrotope (https://www.retrotope.com/) are focused on catalytic, site-specific deuteration (H/D exchange) of polyunsaturated fatty acids as means to fight all forms of dementia (Alzheimer's, Parkinson's etc.), atherosclerosis, retinal diseases etc.