Innovazione e Ricerca

Four graduate chemists win Alfred R. Bader Award for Student Innovation

For more than a decade, Merck has developed partnerships with academic chemists and their students in recognition of innovative chemistry. Recently, four graduate student chemists have been awarded for innovation in synthetic organic chemistry.

Merck recognized four graduate students for their research and innovations in synthetic organic chemistry as part of the Alfred R. Bader Student Chemistry Symposium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA on September 12. Students presented their research to an audience of company staff and guests.

As a longstanding leader and collaborator in the chemistry space, Merck makes it a priority to recognize the innovative research of young chemists, whose discoveries align with the company’s aim to foster curiosity and accelerate innovation around the world.

Following is a list of the winners of $1,500 prizes and their research topics:

 

  • Joseph Dennis Jr., Massachusetts Institute of Technology,

Breaking the Base Barrier: An Electron-Deficient Catalyst Enables the Use of Common, Soluble Bases in Pd-Catalyzed C–N Coupling.

 

  • Lucas Hernandes, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

Synthesis of Isocarbostyril Alkaloids from Benzene.

 

  • Michael Crocker, Vanderbilt University,

The Halo-Amino-Nitro Alkane Functional Group: A Platform for Reaction Discovery.

 

  • Samantha Green, The Scripps Research Institute,

Quaternary Centers via Dual-Catalytic Alkene Hydroarylation.

 

This year’s finalists presented projects about synthetic methodologies and reactions for organic synthesis, a field ultimately focused on the creation of synthetic molecules for new drugs, performance materials and agricultural products.

 

The Alfred R. Bader Award for Student Innovation competition was open to advanced graduate students in synthetic organic chemistry from around the world and recognizes young chemists whose work is expected to accelerate progress in chemistry. This year’s contest theme was the development of instrumentation broadly applicable to synthetic organic chemistry and the reactive use of reagents, catalysts and ligands in methodology or total synthesis projects. The award is named after Sigma-Aldrich co-founder Alfred R. Bader.

 

For more than a decade, Merck has developed partnerships with academic chemists and their students in recognition of innovative chemistry through philanthropic contributions to the field.

 

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