W. Dean Harman

Walter Dean Harman
Born (1960-11-04) November 4, 1960 (age 64)
Stanford, CA
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Chemist, academic, author and researcher
AwardsCamille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
NSF Young Investigator Award
Cavalier Distinguished Teaching Professor
Academic background
EducationB.S., Chemistry
Ph. D., Chemistry
Alma materStanford University
ThesisThe Reactivity of Pentaammineosmium(II) with Unsaturated Ligands (1987)
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Virginia

Walter (W.) Dean Harman is an American chemist, academic, author and researcher. He is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Chemistry at the University of Virginia.[1]

Harman's research primarily focuses on organic, inorganic, and organometallic chemistry. He has also worked extensively in the area of dearomatization, and has developed new chemical tools based on tungsten, osmium, rhenium, and molybdenum that are designed to manipulate organic molecules in new ways.[2] He is also the co-author of a textbook for general chemistry with Professor Gordon Yee, entitled Thinkwell Chemistry.

  1. ^ "W. DEAN HARMAN".
  2. ^ "CHEMISTRY CHAIR SEEKS TO 'MAKE A DIFFERENCE' ACROSS THE BOARD". 7 December 2016.