Brian Stoltz

Brian M. Stoltz
Born (1970-11-12) November 12, 1970
Nationality American
Alma mater Indiana University of Pennsylvania (B.S., 1993)
Yale (Ph.D., 1997)
Awards Fellow, AAAS
Scientific career
Fields Chemistry
Institutions California Institute of Technology
Doctoral advisor John L. Wood
Website https://www.cce.caltech.edu/content/brian-m-stoltz

Brian M. Stoltz is currently a professor of chemistry at the California Institute of Technology.[1] The primary focus of his research is chemical synthesis with an emphasis on the development of new strategies for the preparation of complex molecules possessing unique structural, biological, and physical properties. His research involves the total synthesis of natural products such as dragmacidin F[2] and (–)-cyanthiwigin F,[3] and development of synthetic reactions to access quaternary stereocenters.[4] Specifically, he has focused on the allylic alkylation of enolates, developing an enantioselective variant in 2004.[5]

Several former members of the Stoltz laboratory have gone on to start research groups of their own, such as Richmond Sarpong (UC-Berkeley), Uttam Tambar (UT-Southwestern Medical Center), Neil Garg (UCLA), Jeremy May (University of Houston), Eric Ferreira (University of Georgia), Hosea Nelson (UCLA) and Wen-Bo 'Boger' Liu (Wuhan Univ.).

Education

Stoltz received his B.S. from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1993. He went on to earn his Ph.D. at Yale University, where he studied organic chemistry under the supervision of John L. Wood, completing his studies in 1997.[6] Upon completion of his graduate work, he held a post-doctoral appointment in the laboratory of E. J. Corey at Harvard University from 1998 to 2000.

Awards and honors

  • National Science Foundation Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2002)[7]
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science (2006)
  • Sackler Prize (2009)[8]
  • ACS E.J. Corey Award (2009)[9]
  • Tetrahedron Young Investigator Award (2010)[10]
  • Mukaiyama Award (2015)[11]

Current

At present he is the associate editor for the Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Brian M. Stoltz". stoltz.caltech.edu. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
  2. ↑ "The Total Synthesis of (+)-Dragmacidin F". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 126: 9552–9553. July 20, 2004. doi:10.1021/ja046695b. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
  3. ↑ Enquist, John A.; Stoltz, Brian M. (May 2, 2008). "The total synthesis of (-)-cyanthiwigin F by means of double catalytic enantioselective alkylation". Nature. 453: 1228–1231. Bibcode:2008Natur.453.1228E. doi:10.1038/nature07046. PMC 2474750. PMID 18580947.
  4. ↑ "Press release: Potassium Salt Outperforms Precious Metals As a Catalyst | Caltech". The California Institute of Technology. February 4, 2015.
  5. ↑ Stoltz, Brian; Behenna, Douglas (October 28, 2004). "The Enantioselective Tsuji Allylation". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126 (46): 15044–15045. doi:10.1021/ja044812x. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Wood Group Doctoral Students Alumni". Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  7. ↑ "NSF Award Recipient Details". nsf.gov. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
  8. ↑ https://english.tau.ac.il/sackler_prize_in_chemistry_past_laureates
  9. ↑ "Elias J. Corey Award for Outstanding Original Contribution in Organic Synthesis by a Young Investigator". Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Alumnus Stoltz Honored with Tetrahedron Young Investigator Award". iup.edu. February 24, 2010. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Brian Stoltz Receives 2015 Mukaiyama Award". caltech.edu. October 1, 2014. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
  12. ↑ Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry Prof. Brian M. Stoltz
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