Dale L. Boger
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Dale Lester Boger is an American medicinal and organic chemist
. Dale Boger was born on August 22, 1953, in Hutchinson, Kansas
. He studied chemistry at the University of Kansas
(B.S., 1975), Ph.D.
1980, Harvard University
, under Professor E. J. Corey. Following graduate school, he joined the faculty at the University of Kansas
where he became assistant/associate professor of medicinal chemistry (1979–1985).
In 1985, he started at Purdue University
, where he was professor of chemistry (1985–1991). He is currently Richard and Alice Cramer Professor of Chemistry at The Scripps Research Institute
in La Jolla, CA.
Boger is active in the field of organic chemistry
with research interests including natural product synthesis, synthetic methodology, medicinal chemistry, and combinatorial chemistry. He is also the author of a popular book on synthetic organic chemistry: Modern Organic Synthesis Lecture Notes (TSRI Press, 1999).
Chemist
A chemist is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density and acidity. Chemists carefully describe the properties they study in terms of quantities, with detail on the level of molecules and their component atoms...
. Dale Boger was born on August 22, 1953, in Hutchinson, Kansas
Hutchinson, Kansas
Hutchinson is the largest city in and the county seat of Reno County, Kansas, United States, northwest of Wichita, on the Arkansas River. It has been home to salt mines since 1887, thus its nickname of "Salt City", but locals call it "Hutch"...
. He studied chemistry at the University of Kansas
University of Kansas
The University of Kansas is a public research university and the largest university in the state of Kansas. KU campuses are located in Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park, and Kansas City, Kansas with the main campus being located in Lawrence on Mount Oread, the highest point in Lawrence. The...
(B.S., 1975), Ph.D.
Ph.D.
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1980, Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, under Professor E. J. Corey. Following graduate school, he joined the faculty at the University of Kansas
University of Kansas
The University of Kansas is a public research university and the largest university in the state of Kansas. KU campuses are located in Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park, and Kansas City, Kansas with the main campus being located in Lawrence on Mount Oread, the highest point in Lawrence. The...
where he became assistant/associate professor of medicinal chemistry (1979–1985).
In 1985, he started at Purdue University
Purdue University
Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...
, where he was professor of chemistry (1985–1991). He is currently Richard and Alice Cramer Professor of Chemistry at The Scripps Research Institute
The Scripps Research Institute
The Scripps Research Institute is an American medical research facility that focuses on research in the basic biomedical sciences. Headquartered in La Jolla, California, with a sister facility in Jupiter, Florida, the institute is home to 3,000 scientists, technicians, graduate students, and...
in La Jolla, CA.
Boger is active in the field of organic chemistry
Organic chemistry
Organic chemistry is a subdiscipline within chemistry involving the scientific study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and preparation of carbon-based compounds, hydrocarbons, and their derivatives...
with research interests including natural product synthesis, synthetic methodology, medicinal chemistry, and combinatorial chemistry. He is also the author of a popular book on synthetic organic chemistry: Modern Organic Synthesis Lecture Notes (TSRI Press, 1999).
Awards
Dale Boger has received numerous awards and honors including:- NSF Predoctoral Fellowship, 1975–78
- Searle Scholar Award, 1981–84
- NIH Research Career Development Award, 1983–88
- Alfred P. SloanAlfred P. SloanAlfred Pritchard Sloan, Jr. was an American business executive in the automotive industry. He was a long-time president, chairman, and CEO of General Motors Corporation...
Fellow, 1985–89 - ACS Arthur C. CopeArthur C. CopeArthur C. Cope was a highly successful and influential organic chemist and member of the National Academy of Sciences. He is credited with the development of several important chemical reactions which bear his name including the Cope elimination and the Cope rearrangement.Cope was born on June...
Scholar Award, 1988 - American CyanamidAmerican CyanamidAmerican Cyanamid was a large, diversified, American chemical manufacturer, founded by Frank Washburn in 1907. It was the only United States firm manufacturing the polio vaccine of the Sabin type....
Academic Award, 1988 - Japan Promotion of Science Fellow, 1993
- ISHC Katritzky Award in Heterocyclic Chemistry, 1997
- Honorary Member, The Lund Chemical Society (Sweden), 1998
- ACS Aldrich Award for Creativity in Organic Synthesis, 1999
- A. R. Day Award, POCC 1999
- Honorary Ph.D. Degree: Laurea Honors Causa, Univ. of Ferrara, 2000
- Smissman Lecturer, Univ. of Kansas, 2000
- Yamanouchi USA Faculty Award, 2000
- Myron L. BenderMyron L. BenderMyron Lee Bender was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He obtained his B.S. and his Ph.D. from Purdue University. The latter was under the direction of Henry B. Hass. After postdoctoral research under Paul D. Barlett , and Frank H. Westheimer , he spent one year as a faculty member at the...
& Muriel S. Bender Distinguished Summer Lectureship, Northwestern UniversityNorthwestern UniversityNorthwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
, 2001 - Paul JanssenPaul JanssenPaul Adriaan Jan, Baron Janssen was the founder of Janssen Pharmaceutica, a pharmaceutical company with over 20,000 employees. In 2005 he finished as runner up, after Father Damien, in the poll for The Greatest Belgian organized by the regional Flemish television...
Prize for Creativity in Organic Synthesis, 2002 - Ross Lecturer, Dartmouth College, 2002
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2003
- Adrien Albert Medal, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2003
- ISI Highly Cited (top 100 chemists)
- Alder Lecturer, University of Köln, 2005
- Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2006
- ACS Guenther Award in Natural Products, 2007 http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=awards%5Cguenther.html
- Editor-in-Chief, Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 1990–present
- Executive Editorial Board Member, Tetrahedron Publications, 1990–present
- ACS Medicinal Chemistry Division
- Long Range Planning Committee, 1981–1983
- Awards Committee, 1984–1986
- Councilor, 1996–1999