Tehshik Yoon

Tehshik P. Yoon
Born (1975-06-20) 20 June 1975 (age 49)
Montreal, Canada
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materHarvard University
California Institute of Technology
University of California, Berkeley
Scientific career
FieldsOrganic Chemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
Harvard University
ThesisThe acyl-Claisen rearrangement: development of a novel metal-catalyzed Claisen rearrangement and enantioselective variants of the acyl-Claisen rearrangement (2002)
Doctoral advisorDavid MacMillan
Other academic advisorsEric Jacobsen
Erick M. Carreira
David A. Evans
Websitehttps://yoon.chem.wisc.edu/

Tehshik Peter Yoon (born 20 June 1975) is a Canadian-born chemist who studies the new reaction methods for organic synthesis with the use of catalysis. Yoon currently is a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the chemistry department.[1] For his contributions to science, he has received numerous awards including the Beckman Young Investigator Award[2] and National Science Foundation CAREER Award.[3]

  1. ^ "Tehshik Yoon". wisc.edu. Archived from the original on April 2, 2019. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  2. ^ "Beckman Young Investigators Award Recipients". beckman-foundation.org. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  3. ^ "CAREER: Catalyst-controlled Activation of Oxaziridines". nsf.gov. Retrieved November 28, 2018.