K. C. Nicolaou
| K. C. Nicolaou | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
July 5, 1946 (age 70) Karavas, Cyprus |
| Residence | Houston, United States |
| Fields | Chemist |
| Institutions |
Rice University |
| Alma mater | University College London |
| Doctoral students | Tushar Kanti Chakraborty |
| Other notable students | Phil Baran Scott E. Denmark |
| Known for |
Total synthesis Total synthesis of Taxol |
Rice University
Scripps Research Institute
University of California, San Diego
University of Pennsylvania
Kyriacos Costa Nicolaou (Greek: Κυριάκος Κ. Νικολάου) is a Cypriot-American chemist known for his research in the area of natural products total synthesis. He is currently Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Professor of Chemistry at Rice University, having previously held academic positions at The Scripps Research Institute/UC San Diego and the University of Pennsylvania.
K. C. Nicolaou was born on July 5, 1946, in Karavas, Cyprus where he grew up and went to school until the age of 18. In 1964, he went to England where he spent two years learning English and preparing to enter University. He studied chemistry at the University of London. (B.Sc., 1969, Bedford College; Ph.D. 1972, University College London, with Professors F. Sondheimer and P. J. Garratt). In 1972, he moved to the United States and, after postdoctoral appointments at Columbia University (1972–1973, Professor T. J. Katz) and Harvard University (1973–1976, Professor E. J. Corey), he joined the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania where he became the Rhodes-Thompson Professor of Chemistry. While at Penn, he won the prestigious Sloan Fellowship.
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