Education and Experience
2025-present Associate Dean of Research, College of Science, University of Utah
2025 Visiting Scholar, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA
2019-2024 Chair, Department of Chemistry
2016-present Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
2012-present Peter J. Christine S. Stang Presidential Endowed Chair of Chemistry
2009-2010 Visiting Professor, Huntsman Cancer Institute, U of U
2008-2016 Professor of Chemistry, University of Utah
2004-2008 Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Utah
1999-2004 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Utah
1996-1999 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Harvard University
Mentor: Professor Eric N. Jacobsen
Research Area: Enantioselective Strecker reactions
1992-1996 Graduate Student, Washington State University
Thesis Advisor: Professor Bruce E. Eaton
1994-1995 NeXstar Predoctoral Fellow, NeXstar Pharmaceuticals, Boulder, CO
1992 B.S., Chemistry, Sonoma State University, California
1991 Undergraduate Research Fellow, Utah State University
Mentor:Professor Michael E. Wright
Research Area: Synthesis of ferrocene derived NLO-polymers
Honors and Awards
2025 Editorial Advisory Board, Chemical Science
2025 University of Utah Distinguished Mentor Award
2025 JOC Outstanding Publication of the Year Award
2024 “Mención” Fellow of the OM Chemistry Group of the Spanish RSC”
2024 – 2025 Associate Editor, Chemical Science
2023 UT Award for Outstanding Chemist (administered by local ACS sections)
2023 Patai-Rappoport Lecture Award
2023 Heck Lectureship Award (U. of Delaware)
2022 University of Utah Distinguished Teaching Award
2019-present Editorial Advisory Board, Accounts of Chemical Research
2018 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Award
2017 Celebrate U "Top Researcher Honoree", University of Utah
2017 ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry
2016 Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
2016 Sigma Chi Outstanding Professor Award (student-awarded)
2014-2015 Novartis Chemistry Lectureship
2013 Schulich Visiting Professor Lectureship, Technion, Israel
2012-present Peter J. Christine S. Stang Presidential Endowed Chair of Chemistry
2012 Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
2011 University of Utah Distinguished Scholarly and Creative Research Award
2011-2019 Associate Editor for the Journal of the American Chemical Society
2010-2012 Editorial Advisory Board, ACS Catalysis
2010 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award
2009 Robert W. Parry Teaching Award
2009-present Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Organic Chemistry
2008 University of Utah Distinguished Honors Professor
2004 Pfizer Award for Creativity in Organic Chemistry
2004 Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher Scholar Award
2002 National Science Foundation CAREER Award
2000 Research Innovation Award (Research Corporation)
1997-1999 National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellowship