Development of Novel Methods for the Synthesis of Heterocycles Using Cobalt Catalysis

Aleksandrs Čižikovs was born in 1998 in Riga. He obtained a Bachelor’s degree (2020) and a Master’s degree with distinction (2022) in Chemistry from the University of Latvia, for which he received the Mārtiņš Straumanis and Alfrēds Ieviņš Award in Chemistry of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. He is a co-author of the study “A new method for the production of indoles using cobalt catalysis”, listed as one the most notable scientific achievements in Latvia in 2024, which was awarded an Honorary Certificate of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. He is currently a research assistant of Organic Synthesis Methodology Group at the Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis. His main research interests are focused on cobalt-catalysed C-H bond functionalization. Aleksandrs is a co-author of six original publications, four review articles, and one book chapter.