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University of Liverpool Dept. of Chemistry, Rm 134 Crown Street Liverpool L69 7ZD United Kingdom
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P. Andrew Evans
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Professor and Heath Harrison Chair of Organic Chemistry Department of Chemistry, Rm 134 Crown Street Liverpool, L69 7ZD United Kingdom +44 (0) 151 794-3523 Phone +44 (0) 151 794-1377 Fax
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P. Andrew Evans' Brief Biography |
Born June 20, 1964, Llangollen, Wales; B.Sc. (Hons.) 1987, Newcastle Polytechnic; Ph.D. 1991, University of Cambridge (Andrew B. Holmes, FRS); 1991-1993 NATO Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas at Austin (Philip D. Magnus, FRS); University of Delaware: Assistant Professor (1993-1999), Associate Professor (1999-2000), Professor (2000); Indiana University: Professor (2001-2006); The University of Liverpool: Professor and Heath Harrison Chair of Organic Chemistry (2006-Present).
He has won numerous awards and has been extremely active in the community. For example, he was awarded an NIH First Award (1997); Zeneca Pharmaceuticals Excellence in Chemistry Award (1997); Francis Alison Outstanding Young Scholar Award (1997); Eli Lilly Grantee Award (1998); Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (1998); GlaxoWellcome Chemistry Scholar Award (1999); Novartis Pharmaceuticals Academic Achievement Award (2000); Pfizer Distinguished Michigan Lecturer (2000); French Chemical Society Organic Division SFC-Rhodia Lecturer (2000); Johnson and Johnson Focused Giving Award (2001); Pfizer Creativity in Organic Chemistry Award (2002); Board of Consulting Editors, Tetrahedron and Tetrahedron Letters (2003-Present); ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Member-at-Large (2003-2005); US Associate Editor, Chemical Communications (2005-2007); National Organic Symposium Executive Officer (2005-2007); Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2006-11); Letters in Organic Chemistry Editorial Advisory Board (2006-Present); NIH Study Section Member (2006-2008); Novartis Chemistry Lectureship (2007); Chem. Comm. Editorial Board (2008-Present); RSC Pedler Award (2009); Synlett and Synthesis Editorial Board (2009-Present); ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Chair (2010).
His research interests are primarily focused on the exploration and development of new metal-catalyzed reactions and their application to the total synthesis of complex bioactive natural products. He has published more than 100 papers, articles, reviews and monographs. He has also presented nearly 400 plenary and invited lectures at international conferences, symposia, universities, research institutes and companies.
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