Current Research
modular
click chemistry
in situ click assembly in biological
hosts
homogeneous Os, Ru, & Rh oxidation catalysts
transition metal-catalyzed asymmetric processes
Biographical
born
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1941
BA, Dartmouth College (T. A. Spencer), 1963
PhD, Stanford University (E. E. van Tamelen), 1968
postdoctoral, Stanford University (J. P. Collman), 1968
postdoctoral, Harvard University (K. Bloch), 1969
Chemistry
Faculties
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970–7,
1980–90
Arthur C. Cope Professor,
1987–90
Stanford University, 1977–80
The Scripps Research Institute, W. M. Keck Prof, 1990–
Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology of TSRI, 1996–
Kitasato University, Visiting Professor, 2002–
Elected
Fellowships & Memberships
American Assn for the Advancement of Science, 1984
American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 1984
National Academy of Sciences, 1985
Royal Society of Chemistry (Hon.), Great Britain, 1998
Kitasato Institute (Hon.), Japan, 2002
Awarded
Fellowships
National Science Foundation Doctoral Fellow, 1963
National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellow, 1968
A. P. Sloan Foundation Fellow, 1973
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Fellow, 1973
Sherman Fairchild Foundation Fellow, CalTech, 1987
Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellow, 1987
Honorary
Doctorates
Dartmouth College, 1995
Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1995
Technical University, Munich, 1995
Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, 1996
Wesleyan University, 1999 |
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American
Chemical Society Awards
Award
for Creative Work in Organic Synthesis, 1983
Arthur C. Cope Scholar, 1986
Harrison Howe Award, Rochester Section, 1987
Remsen Award, Maryland Section, 1989
Arthur C. Cope Award, 1992
San Diego Scientist of the Year, San Diego Section, 1992
Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry, 1997
Top 75 Contributors to the Chemical Enterprise, 1998
Richards Medal, Northeastern Section, 1998
Carothers Award, Delaware Section, 1999
Other
Awards
Allan
Day Award, Philadelphia Organic Chemists Club, 1985
Dr. Paul Janssen Prize, Belgium, 1986 (1st recipient)
Prelog Medal, ETH, Switzerland, 1988
Sammet Award, Göthe University, Frankfurt-am-Main, 1988
Chemical Pioneer Award, American Institute of Chemists, 1988
Scheele Medal, Swedish Academy of Pharma Sciences, 1991
Tetrahedron Prize (with Noyori), 1993
Centenary Lectureship Medal, Royal Society of Chemistry, 1993
Cliff Hamilton Award, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 1995
King Faisal Prize for Science, Saudi Arabia, 1995
Microbial Chemistry Medal, Kitasato Institute, Tokyo, 1997
Harvey Science & Technology Prize, Israel Inst of Tech, 1998
Rylander Award, Organic Reactions Catalysis Society, 2000
Chemical Sciences Award, National Academy of Sciences, 2000
Chiralty Medal, Italian Chemical Society, 2000
Rhone Poulenc Medal, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2000
Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, 2001
Wolf Prize (with Kagan & Noyori), Weizmann Institute, 2001
John Scott Medal Award, City of Philadelphia, 2001
ISI Highly Cited Researchers Database, original member, 2001
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (with Knowles & Noyori), 2001
Distinguished Professor (Hon), Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong
Kong, 2002
Journal
Editorial/Advisory Boards
Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
Chirality
Current Opinion in Drug Discovery & Development
Current Drug Discovery Techniques
Enantiomer
Organic Letters
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