Previous R. C. Fuson Visiting Professors

2024-25

Prof. Seth B. Herzon
Yale University

I. Synthesis of Securines and Securamines
II. Discovery and Mechanism of Action of KL-50, a Potential Treatment for Drug-Resistant Brain Cancers

2023-2024

Sarah Reisman
California Institute of Technology
 

I. Necessity is the Mother of Invention: Natural Products and the Chemistry they Inspire
II. Development of New Reductive Cross-Coupling Reactions

2022-2023

Abby Doyle
University of California - Los Angeles
 

I. New Approaches to Chemical Synthesis & Catalysis: Part I
II. New Approaches to Chemical Synthesis & Catalysis: Part II

2019-2020

Emily P. Baskus
Harvard University

I. Deciphering the Human Microbiota with Chemistry
II. Chemical Discovery in the Microbial World

2018-19
Neil K. Garg
University of California, Los Angeles

I. How Organic Chemistry Became One of UCLA's Most Popular Classes
II. Recent Forays in Methods Development and Complex Molecular Synthesis

2017-18

Vy M. Dong
University of California, Irvine

I. A Few of My Favorite Rings: Catalysis Inspired by Macrocycles
II. Alkynes of Transformations

2015-16

Kenichiro Itami
Nagoya University

I. Synthesis and Discovery of Bio-Functional Molecules by C-H Activation
II. Single-molecule Carbon Nanotubes, Nanoribbons, and a New Form of Carbon

2014-2015

Richmond Sarpong
University of California, Berkeley
I. Strategies and Tactics for Chemical Synthesis Inspired by Complex Alkaloids: Part 1
II.  Strategies and Tactics for Chemical Synthesis Inspired by Complex Alkaloids: Part II