Edvards Liepi?? (1944-2019)

摘要

On June 13, 2019 we lost our colleague Edvards Liepi??, an outstanding scientist, NMR spectroscopist, teacher and mentor. He was the head of the Laboratory of Physical Organic Chemistry at the Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, a professor at the Riga Technical University, and an academician of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. E. Liepi?? was born on July 1,1944 in Tukums, Latvia. He started his career in 1964 at Sloka paper mill factory. In 1971, he graduated from the Chemical Faculty of the Riga Po?ytechnical Institute as an engineer in chemical technology of biologically active compounds. He was studying at the evening department and at the same time started to work at the Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis (LIOS). E. Liepi?? obtained Dr. chem. in 1975 under supervision of Prof. Solomon Hiller and Dr. chem. Vadim Pestunovich and Dr. habil. chem. in 1988. In 1995, he was elected as a corresponding member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences and in 1998,as a full member.