Jairton Dupont, born 1958, received his Ph.D. in Organometallic Chemistry with Michel Pfeffer (1984-1988, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg – France) and post-doc in asymmetric synthesis with S. G. Davies (1988-1990, University of Oxford, UK). His is currently assistant professor of organic chemistry at the Department of Organic Chemistry of UFRGS (1990, Porto Alegre, Brazil). His research focusses on Organometallic Chemistry applied to Organic Synthesis and two-phase catalysis with a strong emphasis on synthesis and asymmetric catalysis. He has authored about 100 scientific publications and patents.

Adriano Lisboa Monteiro, born 1965, obtained a Ph.D. degree from the Université Paul Sabatier (Toulouse-France) in 1993 working with Professor Igor Tkatchenko, and was a postdoctoral fellow in 1998 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology with Professor Stephen L. Buchwald. He joined the Department of Organic Chemistry of UFRGS in 1994 as assistant professor and is currently associate professor of Organic Chemistry. His research focuses on homogeneous catalysis with a strong emphasis on metal-mediated synthetic methodologies for the construction of C-C bonds. He has authored about 40 scientific publications and 1 patent.

Osvaldo de Lázaro Casagrande Jr., born 1964, received his Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry with Antonio E. Mauro (1987-1991, Universidade Estadual Paulista – UNESP - Brazil) and post-doc in olefin polymerization catalysis with R. F. Jordan (1996-1998, The University of Iowa, Iowa - USA). He is currently Associate Professor at the Department of Inorganic Chemistry - Institute of Chemistry-UFRGS. His research interests are directed towards the design of novel organometallic complexes for use as practical catalysts in olefin oligomerization and polymerization processes.

Günter Ebeling, born 1961, received his Ph.D. in Organic Synthesis with Blanka Wladislaw (1986-1992, USP – Brazil) and post-doc in organic synthesis with Luiz H. Catalani (1992-1993, USP-Brazil) . His is currently assistant professor of Organic Chemistry at the Department of Organic Chemisrty of UFRGS (1994, Porto Alegre, Brazil). He research focuses on organometallic chemistry applied to Organic Synthesis with special emphasis on asymmetric catalysis.