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Prof. of Chemistry; Baker Family Director, Sarafan ChEM-H; HHMI Investigator. EIC of ACS Cent. Sci. Thinks chemistry is central to everything, esp human health

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Haslam and Dewey Professor of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Professor since 1974. Graduated from Amherst College with an AB degree in chemistry and obtained his PhD in chemistry from Harvard University.

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Postdoctoral Fellow (NIH), Harvard University, Enantioselective catalysis (2012) Doctor of Philosophy, The Scripps Research Institute, Natural product total synthesis (2009) Bachelor of Arts, Columbia University, Chemistry (2004) Assistant Professor Noah Burns’ research explores the boundaries of modern organic synthesis to more rapidly create species of the highest molecular complexity. Projects in the Burns Lab take particular inspiration from natural products, not only for their importance as synthetic targets, but also for their potential to identify important unanswered scientific questions. Noah Burns was born in Oakland, California, but grew up in south central Maine. He studied chemistry at Columbia University (B.A. 2004 summa cum laude), under the mentorship of Professor James Leighton. His doctoral work with Professor Phil Baran at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California (Ph.D. 2009) addressed the synthesis of haouamine A, a marine alkaloid. He then developed a catalytic enantioselective [5+2] cycloaddition as an NIH postdoctoral fellow with Professor Eric Jacobsen at Harvard University. He joined the Stanford Chemistry Department faculty in 2012, and was named a Terman Fellow in 2013. Today, the Burns Lab focuses major efforts on the selective halogenation of organic molecules. Dihalogenation and halofunctionalization encompass some of the most fundamental transformations in our field, yet methods capable of accessing relevant halogenated motifs in a chemo-, regio-, and enantioselective fashion are lacking. Breakthroughs in this area could enable the controlled evaluation of the therapeutic potential of numerous chiral organohalogens. The group also explores the practical total synthesis of natural products where there is true impetus for their construction due to unanswered chemical, medicinal, biological, and/or biophysical questions. Lab members are specifically engaged in the construction of unusual lipids with intriguing physical properties, for which synthesis offers a unique opportunity for study.

German chemist known for his contributions to synthetic organic chemistry, particularly the development of the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction (Huisgen cycloaddition). Had a significant influence on post-war chemistry departments in Germany and Austria.

Acta Crystallographica Section C, an IUCr journal, reports exciting science with structural content and important results relating to the chemical sciences

Biochemist, writer, and professor of biochemistry at Columbia University medical school. Author of the autobiography "Heraclitean Fire: Sketches from a Life Before Nature".

Naval architect and researcher. Studied and designed composite materials, wooden aircraft, plastics, and new materials during World War II. Known for designing rescue dinghies and studying reinforcement fibers made of glass, carbon, boron, and other materials.

PhD holder in theoretical high energy physics from MIT. TED speaker in residence and one of only six Black women to earn a PhD in that field.