Thomas Katz

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Thomas J. Katz (born March 21, 1936 in Prague ) is a Czech - American chemist . In 2009 he retired from Columbia University .

life and work

Katz emigrated to the USA in 1940. He studied chemistry at the University of Wisconsin and Harvard University , where he in 1959 Robert B. Woodward with the work The Mechanism of the Diels-Alder reaction doctorate was. His academic career began that same year at Columbia University as an instructor. He continued this with his appointment as Assistant Professor in 1961 and Associate Professor in 1964. After a visiting professorship at the University of California , he returned to Columbia University as a professor in 1968. In 1988 he was visiting professor at the University of Konstanz .

Research priorities

His research activities covered a wide field. This is how he succeeded in the first total synthesis of the prism . He made early contributions to olefin metathesis , examined isotope effects on the mechanism of cycloadditions and the use of aromatic anions in organic synthesis.

Awards

Katz has received numerous honors and awards, including the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Teaching . He received a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation from 1962 to 1966 and a Guggenheim grant from 1967 to 1968 . He was made a Fellow of the American Association for Advancement of Science in 1993 and received the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award from the American Chemical Society in 1995 .

literature

  • Werner Röder; Herbert A. Strauss (Ed.): International Biographical Dictionary of Central European Emigrés 1933-1945 . Volume 2.1. Munich: Saur, 1983 ISBN 3-598-10089-2 , pp. 602f.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biographical data, publications and academic family tree of Thomas J. Katz at academictree.org, accessed on February 15, 2018.
  2. ↑ Biographical data on the institute's homepage
  3. ↑ Thomas J. Katz, Nancy. Acton: Synthesis of prismane. In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 95, 1973, pp. 2738-2739, doi : 10.1021 / ja00789a084 .
  4. ^ List of publications .
  5. ^ A b Five Columbia Professors Receive Presidential Awards for Excellence in Teaching

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personal data
SURNAME Katz, Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Katz, Thomas Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American chemist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague