K. C. Nicolaou

K. C. Nicolaou
Personlig information
Født	5. juli 1946 (78 år) Karavas, Cypern
Bopæl	Houston
Uddannelse og virke
Uddannelses­sted	Harvard Universitet, University of London (til 1972), University College London, Columbia University
Medlem af	Royal Society (2013), National Academy of Sciences (fra 1996), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Athens Akademi, American Academy of Arts and Sciences med flere
Beskæftigelse	Universitetsunderviser, kemiker
Fagområde	Kemi
Arbejdsgiver	University of Pennsylvania, University of California, San Diego, Rice University
Nomineringer og priser
Udmærkelser	Chemical Pioneer Award (1996), Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards, Ernest Guenther Award (1996), Guggenheim-Stipendium, Ernst Schering Preis (2001) med flere
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Kyriacos Costa Nicolaou (græsk: Κυριάκος Κ. Νικολάου) er en cypriotisk-amerikansk kemiker, der er kendt for sin forskning i totalsyntese af naturprodukter. Han er ansat som Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Professor of Chemistry på Rice University, og han har tidligere arbejdet på både The Scripps Research Institute/UC San Diego and the University of Pennsylvania.

Priser

• 2016 Wolf Prize in Chemistry (Israel)
• 2011 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry (Franklin Institute USA)^[1]
• 2005 Arthur C. Cope Award (USA)
• 2003 Nobel Laureate Signature Award in Graduate Education (with Phil S. Baran)
• 2002 Tetrahedron Prize
• 2001 Ernst Schering Prize (Tyskland)
• 2000 Paul Karrer Gold Medal (Schweiz)
• 1998 Esselen Award (USA)
• 1996 Linus Pauling Award (USA)
• Aspirin Prize (Spain)
• Max Tishler Prize Lecture (Harvard)
• Yamada Prize (Japan)
• Janssen Prize (Belgium)
• Nagoya Medal (Japan)
• Centenary Medal (Royal Society UK)
• Inhoffen Medal (Germany)
• Nichols Medal (USA)
• ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry (USA)
• ACS Guenther Award in Natural Products Chemistry (USA)
• Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Member of the National Academy of Sciences
• Foreign Member of the Royal Society (2013)

Bibliografi

Han har skrevet tre bøger om totalsyntese:

• Nicolaou, Kyriacos Costa; E. J. Sorensen (1996). Classics in Total Synthesis: Targets, Strategies, Methods. Wiley-VCH. ISBN 978-3-527-29231-8.

1. Nicolaou, Kyriacos Costa; S. A. Snyder (2003). Classics in Total Synthesis II: More Targets, Strategies, Methods. Wiley-VCH. ISBN 978-3-527-30684-8.
2. Nicolaou, Kyriacos Costa; J.S. Chen (2011). Classics in Total Synthesis III: Further Targets, Strategies, Methods. Wiley-VCH. ISBN 978-3-527-32957-1.

Derudover har han været medforfatter på adskillige andre bøger:

• Molecules That Changed the World, 2008
• Handbook of Combinatorial Chemistry: Drugs, Catalysts, Materials, 2002
• Selenium in Natural Products Synthesis, 1984