Uwe SCHNEIDER was born in Würzburg, Germany, and studied Chemistry in Germany as well as in France. He received a Ph.D. degree in Organic Chemistry at IRCOF, France, with Professor Pannecoucke and Professor Quirion (2003). Next, he did his ERATO postdoctoral work with Professor Shu Kobayashi at the University of Tokyo, before being appointed as an Assistant Professor at the University of Tokyo (2007). Subsequently, he moved to the University of Edinburgh, UK, to become a Lecturer (2011). His research interests include the development of both new catalysts and new reactions.