Thieme Chemistry and the Editors of Science of Synthesis have announced Professor Sarah Reisman as the first winner of the Dr. Margaret Faul Award for Women in Chemistry. In her lab at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), the American chemist is breaking new ground in the synthesis of natural products. The Dr. Margaret Faul Award for Women in Chemistry is presented for the first time and honours female scientists within the first 15 years of their independent career who have made a significant contribution to synthetic chemistry. It comprises 5,000 Euro prize money and is intended to support the awardee in her career.
Professor Sarah Reisman is the director of an innovative research program dedicated to the synthesis of bioactive natural products at Caltech in Pasadena, CA. Aiming for the total synthesis of complex natural substances, her lab continues to develop new synthesis methods. Their results include a new way to prepare pyrroloindolines and unnatural tryptophan derivatives. Reisman's research also focuses on nickel catalysis, particularly asymmetric and reductive cross-coupling reactions.
Professor Sarah Reisman began her independent career at Caltech, where she was promoted to Professor in 2014. A year later she assumed the position of Executive Officer for Chemistry within the Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering at Caltech. In a joint interdisciplinary project with the Heritage Medical Research Institute she also operates as Heritage Principal Investigator.
Professor Sarah Reisman has received numerous awards for her contributions to synthetic chemistry. Among others, she was awarded the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry's Japan Lectureship Award in 2015, the Tetrahedron Young Investigator Award in 2014, and the Thieme Chemistry Journals Award in 2011. The Dr. Margaret Faul Award for Women in Chemistry will be presented to Professor Reisman at the European Symposium on Organic Chemistry in Vienna, Austria, in July 2019.
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