Gregory Fu

Gregory Chung-Wei Fu
Born (1963-06-17) June 17, 1963 (age 61)[1]
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology (BS)
Harvard University (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsOrganic chemistry
Institutions
ThesisThe transition metal-catalyzed hydroboration reaction: synthetic applications and mechanistic studies (1991)
Doctoral advisorDavid A. Evans
Other academic advisorsK. Barry Sharpless
Robert H. Grubbs
Websitehttp://fugroup.caltech.edu/

Gregory (Greg) C. Fu is an American chemist who is a professor of organic chemistry at the California Institute of Technology, where he is the Norman Chandler Professor of Chemistry.[2] The current research interests of the Fu laboratory include metal-catalyzed coupling reactions and the design of chiral catalysts. In particular, the group is focused on the development of nickel-catalyzed enantioselective cross-couplings of alkyl electrophiles and on photoinduced, copper-catalyzed carbon–heteroatom bond-forming reactions. The group works in collaboration with the laboratory of Professor Jonas C. Peters.[3]

In 2014, he was elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences.[4] He was awarded an Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award in 1998-1999.[1] He was awarded the Elias J. Corey Award from the American Chemical Society in 2004.

  1. ^ a b Andrea Kovacs Henderson, ed. (2009). American Men & Women of Science. Vol. 2. Gale Cengage Learning. p. 1385.
  2. ^ "Gregory C. Fu | Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering". cce.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  3. ^ Fu, Greg. "The Fu Group, Publications". The Fu Group, Publications.
  4. ^ "April 29, 2014: NAS Members and Foreign Associates Elected". National Academy of Sciences. April 29, 2014. Archived from the original on August 18, 2015. Retrieved August 19, 2015..