Robert M. Waymouth
Robert M. Waymouth (born May 20, 1960 in Warner Robins , Georgia ) is an American chemist at Stanford University .
Life
Waymouth studied both chemistry and mathematics in 1982 at the private Washington and Lee University in Virginia through a bachelor's degree . He then went to Professor RH Grubbs for his doctoral thesis at the California Institute of Technology . After graduating in 1987, he spent his postdoc with Piero Pino at the Institute for Polymers at ETH Zurich . In 1988 he was appointed assistant professor at Stanford University and in 1994 he was appointed associate professor. In 1997 he was given a full professorship. He has been Robert Eckles Swain Professor since 2000 .
He and his group develop organic and organometallic catalysts for the synthesis of macromolecules with novel chemical, physical or biological properties, for example selective catalyzed redox reactions for electrochemistry.
Awards
- Sloan Research Fellow 1993 to 1995
- Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award 1995
- Alan T. Waterman Award , 1996
- Wilhelm Manchot visiting professor at the Technical University of Munich 1997
- Humboldt Research Award 2001
- Cooperative Research Award in Polymer Science and Engineering from the PMSE Section of the American Chemical Society with James L. Hedrick 2009
- Environmental Protection Agency Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award with James L. Hedrick of IBM 2012
- Butler Lecturer, University of Florida 2015
Web links
- Waymouth Lab (Stanford)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Waymouth, Robert M. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American chemist at Stanford University |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Warner Robins , Georgia |