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Thieme-IUPAC Prize in Synthetic Organic Chemistry for 2002
Announced

Georg Thieme Verlag, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and the Editors of Synthesis, Synlett and Houben-Weyl are pleased to announce the recipient of the

Thieme-IUPAC Prize in Synthetic Organic Chemistry 2002

Erick Carreira


Erick Carreira is to be awarded the Thieme-IUPAC Prize 2002 in recognition of his outstanding achievements in the field of synthetic organic chemistry. His research focuses on the asymmetric synthesis of biologically active, stereochemically complex, natural products, and has resulted in the highly lauded syntheses of challenging target molecules and the development of catalytic and stoichiometric reagents for asymmetric stereocontrol using an approach that is both innovative and elegant. He will be presented the prize at ICOS14 in Christchurch, New Zealand on 16 July, 2002.

The Thieme-IUPAC Prize is awarded every two years on the occasion of IUPAC’s International Conference on Organic Synthesis (ICOS) to a scientist under 40 years of age, whose research has had a major impact on the field of synthetic organic chemistry. The Prize is sponsored jointly by Georg Thieme Verlag, IUPAC, and the editors of Synthesis, Synlett, Science of Synthesis, and Houben-Weyl.

Erick M. Carreira was born in Havana, Cuba in 1963. He obtained a B.S. degree in 1984 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Ph.D. degree in 1990 from Harvard University. After carrying out postdoctoral work at the California Institute of Technology through late 1992, he joined the faculty at the same institution as an assistant professor of chemistry. He subsequently was promoted to associate professor of chemistry in the spring of 1996, and full professor in the spring of 1997. Since September 1998, he has been full professor of Organic Chemistry at ETH Zürich. He is the recipient of numerous awards.

His research program focuses on the asymmetric synthesis of biologically active, stereochemically complex, natural products. Target molecules are selected which pose unique challenges in asymmetric bond construction. A complex multistep synthesis endeavor provides a goal-oriented setting within which to engage in reaction innovation and design. Drawing from the areas of organometallic chemistry, coordination chemistry, and molecular recognition, Carreira's group is developing catalytic and stoichiometric reagents for asymmetric stereocontrol, including chiral Lewis acids and transition-metal based reductants.

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<prize announcement published in Chem. Int. 24(3) 2002>


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