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Professor Gregory C. Fu - Biographical Information
Research Interests • Experience • Education • Awards
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Contact Information:Department of Chemistry (617) 253-2664 • fax: (617) 324-3611 email: gcf@mit.edu |
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• Development of new reagents and methods for organic synthesis, with an emphasis on asymmetric catalysis. |
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Experience
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2007-present |
Firmenich Professor of Chemistry |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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1999-2007 |
Professor of Chemistry |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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1998-1999 |
Associate Professor of Chemistry |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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1993-1998 |
Assistant Professor of Chemistry |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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1991-1993 |
Postdoctoral fellow with Professor Robert H. Grubbs |
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California Institute of Technology |
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1985-1991 |
Graduate student with Professor David A. Evans |
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Harvard University |
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1984-1985 |
Undergraduate student with Professor K. Barry Sharpless |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Education
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• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S., Chemistry, 1985 |
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Awards
| 2007 | Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences | |
| 2007 | Catalysis Science Award, Mitsui Chemicals | |
| 2006 | Mukaiyama Award, Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry of Japan | |
| 2005 | Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry | |
| 2004 | Corey Award, American Chemical Society | |
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2001 |
Springer Award in Organometallic Chemistry |
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2000 |
School of Science Undergraduate Teaching Prize, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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2000 |
Chan Memorial Award in Organic Chemistry |
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1999 |
Innovation Recognition Award, Union Carbide |
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1998 |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Award |
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1998 |
Cope Scholar Award, American Chemical Society |
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1998 |
Synthetic Organic Chemistry Award, Pfizer |
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1997 |
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award |
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1997 |
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow |
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1997 |
Chemistry Scholar Award, Glaxo Wellcome |
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1996 |
Lilly Grantee Award, Eli Lilly |
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1996 |
Cottrell Scholar Award, Research Corporation |
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1995 |
American Cancer Society Junior Faculty Research Award |
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1994 |
National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award |
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1993 |
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation New Faculty Award |
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Download PDFs: Curriculum Vitae • Publications by Date • Publications by Project
Project Pages: Nucleophilic Catalysis • Chiral Ligands • Palladium and Nickel Catalysis • Boron Heterocycles
Other Pages: Home • About Greg Fu • Group Members • Photos
Professor Gregory C. Fu
Department of Chemistry •
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 18-290
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 USA
(617) 253-2664 • fax: (617) 324-3611
email: gcf@mit.edu
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