Dreyfus Foundation 奖 Supports 化学 at Harvey Mudd College

太阳2平台 化学系 has been awarded a 2023 Jean Dreyfus Boissevain 讲座ship for Undergraduate Institutions by the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation. The award provides a grant to bring a leading researcher to a primarily undergraduate institution to give at least two lectures in the chemical sciences. The award also supports two undergraduates in 2024 chemistry summer research.

From a list of distinguished chemists nominated by the chemistry faculty for this honor, students selected 里士满萨普昂, professor of chemistry at the University of California, 加州大学伯克利分校. A researcher of natural product synthesis and organic synthesis methodology, 间隙 develops novel C-C bond cleavage and skeletal diversification reactions to modify the core framework of molecules. This innovative work has enabled the 间隙 Group to accomplish the synthesis of many complex natural products of pharmaceutical interest through concise and elegant routes.

“The chemistry department is thrilled to welcome Dr. 里士满萨普昂, who leads one of the most innovative organic chemistry labs in the country,Karl Haushalter说, 斯利W. Mudd Professor of 化学 and 生物学 and department chair. “We are grateful to the Dreyfus Foundation for this support and the opportunity to share Dr. 间隙’s work with Harvey Mudd and the Claremont Colleges community.”  

间隙 has received multiple awards for his work, including the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar 奖, 阿尔弗雷德·P. 斯隆基金奖学金, the ACS Cope Scholar 奖 and the 2022 ACS 奖 for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic 化学. The inspiration for his work in natural product synthesis is drawn from the dramatic impact of pharmaceuticals, such as the anti-parasite drug ivermectin, which impacted people suffering from river blindness in his home country of Ghana. He described such influences and inspirations in a TEDx加州大学伯克利分校 talk in 2015 (Face of Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa). 

The two centerpieces of 间隙’s visit will be a 一月公开讲座. 29 and a research seminar for students. In addition to these two events, 萨蓬将参观课堂, including the general chemistry class taken by all first-year Harvey Mudd students, and the Organic 化学 II class. He’ll also meet with students, faculty and staff within chemistry and with student affinity groups.  

The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, a leading nonprofit organization devoted to the advancement of the chemical sciences, was established in 1946 by chemist, inventor and business leader Camille Dreyfus. Jean Dreyfus Boissevain, his wife, was president of the Foundation from 1956 until her death in 1991.

太阳2平台 化学系 is committed to a challenging curriculum and extensive hands-on experience with modern instrumentation and computation, a robust research program and a broad-based education with an emphasis on problem-solving skills.