Lawson Ata Martin

Ata Martin LAWSON was born in Tsévié (Togo) in 1974. He studied at Joseph Fourier University of Grenoble, France, graduating in 2002. He worked on aurone analogs synthesis as potent P-gp (P-glycoprotein) inhibitors in DPM Laboratory with Pr. Ahcene Boumendjel. He also worked on flavonoids synthesis in the same laboratory. In October 2002, he moved to University of Limoges as PhD student where he has been interested in extraction, isolation and characterization of natural polyphenols mainly rotenoids from L. nicou, a tropical liana of Fabaceae family. After becoming doctor by defending his PhD in 2006, he moved again to University of Reims as Assistant Professor in Therapeutic Chemistry Laboratory of Pr. Janos Sapi. He stayed there for two years before having in 2009 a permanent position as Associate Professor at Le Havre University. His current research interests include natural products chemistry (phytochemistry) as well as synthesis of pyridones and ring-fused pyridones as valuable therapeutic agents by using chromone derivatives as starting materials.