Jonathan Sessler

Jonathan L. Sessler
Jonathan L. Sessler
Born (1956-05-20) 20 May 1956 (age 68)
CitizenshipAmerican
EducationMSc at University of California, Berkeley
PhD at Stanford University
Postdoc at Louis Pasteur University
Alma materUniversity of California
Stanford University
Known for
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Texas at Austin
Thesis (1982)
Doctoral advisorJames P. Collman[1]

Jonathan Sessler (born 20 May 1956 in Urbana, Illinois) is a professor of chemistry at The University of Texas at Austin. He is notable for his pioneering work on expanded porphyrins and their applications to biology and medicine. He is a co-founder of Pharmacyclics, Inc., a company that works with expanded porphyrins, and Anionics, Inc., which develops anion recognition chemistry. Pharmacyclics was sold to AbbVie for $21 billion in 2015.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Jonathan L Sessler". utexas.edu. UT Experts.
  2. ^ "AbbVie Completes Acquisition of Pharmacyclics | AbbVie Newsroom". news.abbvie.com. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
  3. ^ "AbbVie buys cancer drugmaker Pharmacyclics in $21B deal". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2018-07-11.