芝加哥大学教授Rawal课题组招聘启事

The Rawal group at the University of Chicago has a postdoctoral opening for a creative and ambitious synthetic organic chemist to work on the total synthesis of complex bioactive natural products, especially indole alkaloids (see J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143, 10872−10875; DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c05762). New concepts in asymmetric catalysis will also be investigated. Please submit your research summary and complete CV to vrawal@uchicago.edu

Viresh Rawal

POSITIONS

Chairman, Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, 2015-present

Professor of Chemistry, University of Chicago, 1999-present

Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Chicago, 1995-1998

Associate Professor of Chemistry, Ohio State University, 1994-1995

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Ohio State University, 1988-1994

EDUCATION

Post-Doctoral Studies, 1986-1988, Professor Gilbert Stork, advisor Columbia University, New York, NY 10027

Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 1980-1986, Professor Michael P. Cava, advisor University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 Dissertation: “Photocyclization Based Strategy for the Synthesis of Antitumor Agent CC-1065.”

B.S. Chemistry, cum laude, 1976-1980, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06268 (Professor Gary A. Epling, Honors Research)

AWARDS & HONORS

Editorial Board Member: Journal of Organic Chemistry (2004-‘07), Heterocycles (2007-),

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry (2012-), Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry (2012-),

Organic Syntheses (2007-), Organic Chemistry Frontiers (2014-), Tetrahedron & Tetrahedron Letters (2015-).

Volume Editor, Science of Synthesis, “Compounds with All-Carbon Functions”

Japan Society for the Promotions of Science (JSPS) Fellowship, 2015

NSF Workshop for Organic Synthesis and Natural Products, Co-organizer, 2006-2008

Novartis International Chemistry Lectureship Award, 2007

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2004

ACS Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, 2003

Pfizer Research Award for Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 1995-1998

Merck Young Investigator Award, 1995

American Cyanamid Faculty Award, 1994

Eli Lilly Grantee Award, 1993-1995

American Cancer Society Junior Faculty Research Award, 1990-1993

DuPont Young Faculty Award, 1988-1989

Dean’s Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, 1983-1985

Rohm and Haas Fellowship, 1981-1983; Douty Foundation Fellowship, 1981