Vy Maria Dong

Vy Dong
Born
Vy Maria Dong

1976 (age 47–48)
Big Spring, Texas
Alma materUniversity of California, Irvine B.S. (1998)
California Institute of Technology Ph.D. (2003)
Scientific career
FieldsOrganic chemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Irvine (2012-present)
University of Toronto (2006-2012)
University of California, Berkeley (2004-2006)
ThesisNovel Variants of the Zwitterionic Claisen Rearrangement and the Total Synthesis of Erythronolide B (2003)
Doctoral advisorDavid MacMillan
Other academic advisorsLarry E. Overman, Robert G. Bergman, Ken Raymond
Websitewww.chem.uci.edu/~dongv

Vy Maria Dong (born 1976 in Big Spring, Texas) is a Vietnamese-American Chancellor's Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). Dong works on enantioselective catalysis and natural product synthesis.[1] She received the Royal Society of Chemistry's Merck, Sharp & Dohme Award in 2020,[2] the American Chemical Society's Elias James Corey Award in 2019,[3][4] and the UCI's Distinguished Alumni Award in 2018.[5][6]

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  2. ^ "Professor Vy Dong | Merck, Sharp & Dohme Award winner 2020". Royal Society of Chemistry. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  3. ^ "2019 National Award Recipients - American Chemical Society". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2018-11-04.
  4. ^ "Professor Vy Dong to receive the 2019 ACS E.J. Corey Award | UCI Department of Chemistry". chem.uci.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-04.
  5. ^ "Dong and Evans lauded | UCI Department of Chemistry". www.chem.uci.edu. April 17, 2018. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  6. ^ "UCI Lauds and Laurels Distinguished Alumni Award | UCI Department of Chemistry". www.chem.uci.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-09.