Erick M. Carreira
| Erick M. Carreira | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1963 Havana, Cuba |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Harvard University |
| Known for | Total synthesis |
| Website | www |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Synthetic organic chemistry |
| Institutions | California Institute of Technology, ETH Zürich |
| Doctoral advisor | David A. Evans |
Erick M. Carreira is an organic chemist who is a full professor at ETH Zürich. He is known for his research group's work in ambitious total synthesis projects, particularly asymmetric synthesis of complex natural products.
Carreira was born in 1963 in Havana, Cuba. He received his B.S. in 1984 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he worked with Scott E. Denmark. He then began graduate work at Harvard University as a student of David A. Evans and received his Ph.D. in 1990. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the California Institute of Technology with Peter Dervan until he joined the faculty there in 1992.
Carreira began his independent research career on the Caltech faculty and became a full professor in 1997. While there he received several awards for successful new faculty and for his skilled teaching. He has been a full professor of chemistry at ETH Zürich since 1998. Carreira has coauthored and coedited several major reference works in the total synthesis field, including volume 93 of Organic Syntheses.
Research in Carreira's group focuses on total synthesis, particularly asymmetric (that is, enantioselective) synthesis of complex natural products. The group also works on applications of these methods to development of catalysts and to medicinal chemistry.
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