2019-2020
Emily P. Baskus
Harvard University
Deciphering the Human Microbiota with Chemistry
Chemical Discovery in the Microbial World
2018-19
Neil K. Garg
University of California, Los Angeles
How Organic Chemistry Became One of UCLA's Most Popular Classes
Recent Forays in Methods Development and Complex Molecular Synthesis
2017-18
Vy M. Dong
University of California, Irvine
A Few of My Favorite Rings: Catalysis Inspired by Macrocycles
Alkynes of Transformations
2015-16
Kenichiro Itami
Nagoya University
Synthesis and Discovery of Bio-Functional Molecules by C-H Activation
Single-molecule Carbon Nanotubes, Nanoribbons, and a New Form of Carbon
2014-2015
Richmond Sarpong
University of California, Berkeley
Strategies and Tactics for Chemical Synthesis Inspired by Complex Alkaloids: Part 1, Part II
2013-2014
Mohammad Movassaghi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2012-13
F. Dean Toste
University of California, Berkeley
2011-2012
Brian M. Stoltz
California Institute of Technology
2010-2011
Phil S. Baran
The Scripps Research Institute
2009-2010
Kevan M. Shokat
University of California, San Francisco
2008-2009
Geoffrey W. Coates
Cornell University
2007-2008
Melanie S. Sanford
University of Michigan
2006-2007
Erik J. Sorensen
Princeton University
2004-2005
David W. C. MacMillan
California Institute of Technology
2003-2004
Gregory C. Fu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2002-2003
Milan Mrksich
University of Chicago
2001-2002
James S. Nowick
University of California, Irvine
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