Gregory Fu
Gregory Chung-Wei Fu (* 1963 in Ohio ) is an American organic chemist at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
Fu received a bachelor's degree from the later Nobel Prize winner K. Barry Sharpless at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1985 and a Ph.D. in 1991 from David Evans at Harvard University. with the work The transition metal-catalyzed hydroboration reaction: synthetic applications and mechanistic studies . As a postdoctoral fellow he worked with the later Nobel Prize winner Robert Howard Grubbs at the California Institute of Technology . In 1993 Fu received his first professorship ( assistant professor , 1998 associate professor ) for chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , and in 1999 a full professorship there. In 2012 he moved to the California Institute of Technology. Here he is (as of 2017) Norman Chandler Professor of Chemistry .
Fu deals with the development of new reagents and new methods for the synthesis of organic molecules. His focus is on stereoselective catalysis , in particular using transition metals , and a deeper understanding of chemical reactivity .
In 1997, Fu became a research fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation ( Sloan Research Fellow ). In 2006 he became a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science , in 2007 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and in 2014 to the National Academy of Sciences . In 2012 he received the American Chemical Society Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry . He is an editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society .
Web links
- Gregory C. Fu , Fu Research Group and CV at California Institute of Technology (caltech.edu)
- Biography, publications and academic pedigree of Gregory C. Fu at academictree.org
Individual evidence
- ^ Biographical data, publications and academic family tree of Gregory C. Fu at academictree.org, accessed on February 6, 2018.
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter F. (PDF; 815 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved December 25, 2017 .
- ↑ Gregory Fu. In: nasonline.org. Retrieved December 25, 2017 .
- ^ ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry - American Chemical Society. In: acs.org. Retrieved December 25, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fu, Gregory |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fu, Gregory Chung-Wei; Fu, Gregory C. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American organic chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ohio |