Miguel García-Garibay

Miguel A. García-Garibay is a professor of chemistry and biochemistry and the dean of physical sciences at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).[1][2] His research focuses on solid state organic chemistry, photochemistry and spectroscopy, artificial molecular machines, and mesoscale phenomena.[3][4]

Miguel García-Garibay
Born
Morelia, Mexico
NationalityMexican
CitizenshipUnited States
Education
Scientific career
Fields
  • Solid-state organic chemistry
  • Solid state reaction mechanisms
  • Dynamics in crystals
  • Crystalline molecular machines

Education

García-Garibay received his B.S. from the University of Michoacán, Mexico, in 1982. After completing a combined degree in Chemistry, Biology, and Pharmacy, García-Garibay went on to get a Ph.D. degree in Chemistry at the University of British Columbia, where he joined the group of John Scheffer. After that, he joined the group of Nick Turro as a postdoctoral fellow at Columbia University.[5]

García-Garibay received an Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award in 2015.

Awards and positions
  • ACS Fellow, 2019[6]
  • ACS Cope Scholar Award, 2015
  • Appointment to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable of the NAS Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, 2012–2018
  • Associate Editor of the Journal of the ACS, 2009–2016
  • NSF Creativity Award, 2009–2011
  • American Competitiveness and Innovation Fellow, 2008
  • Fellow of the AAAS, 2007
  • Herbert Newby McCoy Award, UCLA, 1999
  • Dean's Marshal Award for the Division of Physical Sciences, UCLA, 1997
  • NSF Career Award 1996-99

References
  1. "Faculty". ucla.edu. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
  2. "Named Dean". ucla.edu. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
  3. "Google Scholar: Miguel García-Garibay". Google Scholar. Google. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  4. "Named Dean". dailybruin.com. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
  5. https://mgg.chem.ucla.edu/index.php/about/
  6. "2019 ACS Fellows". American Chemical Society. n.d. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
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