Trifluoroacetic Acid (TFA)

Published online: 23.01.2015 DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1379995; Art ID: st-2014-v0507-v Matthew D. Norris was born in Bedford Park, South Australia and studied organic chemistry at Flinders University, receiving his B.Sc. (Hons) in 2011. He was then awarded the MF & MH Joyner Scholarship in Science and began doctoral work as a student of Associate Professor Michael V. Perkins. Matthew also received the Australian Fulbright Alumni (WG Walker) Postgraduate Scholarship and worked with Professor Erik J. Sorensen at Princeton University in 2014. His research has focused on chemical synthesis and methodology with a strong emphasis on the total synthesis of natural products.