P. ANDREW EVANS holds the Alfred A. Bader Chair of Organic Chemistry at Queens University, Kingston (Canada). His research interests are primarily focused on the explorations and development of new metal-catalyzed reactions and their application to the total synthesis of complex bioactive natural products. He has published over 100 papers, articles, reviews and monographs. He has also delivered nearly 500 plenary and invited lectures at international conferences, symposia, universities, research institutes and companies.