Erick M. Carreira | |
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Born | 1963 (age 60–61) Havana, Cuba |
Alma mater | University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign (BS) Harvard University (PhD) |
Known for | Total synthesis |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Synthetic organic chemistry |
Institutions | California Institute of Technology ETH Zürich |
Doctoral advisor | David A. Evans |
Website | www |
Erick M. Carreira (born 1963) is a Cuban-born American organic chemist and professor at ETH Zürich. He is known for his research group's work in total synthesis projects, particularly asymmetric synthesis of complex natural products.[1][2] He became the editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Chemical Society in 2021.[3][4]