{"id":2830,"date":"2025-11-19T11:00:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T09:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boschem.eu\/bos2026\/?page_id=2830"},"modified":"2026-02-18T16:37:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:37:51","slug":"gints-smits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/boschem.eu\/bos2026\/speakers\/gints-smits\/","title":{"rendered":"Gints \u0160mits"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-2830\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-2830-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-2830-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-2830-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_media_image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2701\" height=\"4012\" src=\"https:\/\/boschem.eu\/bos2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/11\/photo_smits_23.jpg\" class=\"image wp-image-2831  attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-2830-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-2830-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>Title and Abstract: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/boschem.eu\/bos2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/Abstracts_G_Smits_BOS2026.pdf\">FROM ESTERS TO ALDEHYDES AND BEYOND: TRIARYLBORANE-CATALYZED HYDROSILYLATION<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Gints \u0160mits leads a research laboratory at the Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis (LIOS) and serves as an Assistant Professor at Riga Technical University (RTU), Latvia. He earned his Ph.D. from RTU in 2015 under the supervision of Dr. Ronalds Zemribo, focusing on the synthesis of natural products. Afterward, he joined the group of Prof. Nicolai Cramer at the \u00c9cole Polytechnique F\u00e9d\u00e9rale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, where he was working on Rh and Ir metal complexes as a postdoctoral researcher.<br \/>\nIn 2017, he began his independent research career at LIOS. His current research interests include total synthesis, main group catalysis, medicinal chemistry, and materials science. 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