Thomas J. Katz
Thomas Joseph Katz | |
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Citizenship | United States |
Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Madison, Harvard |
Known for | Metal-Sandwich Compounds Mechanism of Metal-Catalyzed Cycloaddition Reactions Valence Isomers of Benzene Olefin Metathesis Reaction Enyne Metathesis Reaction |
Awards | Presidential Awards for Excellence in Teaching Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award (1995) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Organic chemistry |
Institutions | Columbia University, |
Thomas J. Katz is an American organic chemist, who is known for his experimental work with prismane, olefin metathesis, and enyne metathesis.
Training[]
Katz earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1956 and received his doctoral thesis in chemistry at Harvard in 1959.[1]
Academic career[]
Katz's academic ties started with assistant professorship at the Columbia University (1961-1964), followed by an associate professorship in chemistry (1964–1968) and then a full professorship at the Columbia University in 1968.
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Categories:
- Living people
- University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science alumni
- Harvard University alumni
- Organic chemists
- 21st-century American chemists