F. Dean Toste
F. Dean Toste | |
|---|---|
| Born | Terceira, Azores, Portugal |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto Stanford University |
| Known for | Organogold chemistry asymmetric ion-pairing catalysis |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
| Thesis | (1999) |
| Doctoral advisor | Barry Trost |
| Other academic advisors | Robert H. Grubbs Ian Still |
F. Dean Toste (born 1971 in Terceira, Azores, Portugal) is the Gerald E. K. Branch Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a prominent figure in the field of organic chemistry and is best known for his contributions to gold chemistry and asymmetric ion-pairing catalysis.
Toste attended the University of Toronto for his undergraduate and masters studies in the group of Ian Still,[1] and attended graduate school at Stanford University, earning his PhD under the supervision of Barry Trost.[2] He subsequently was a postdoctoral scholar at the California Institute of Technology with Robert H. Grubbs before joining the faculty at Berkeley in 2002.
Toste was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2020.[3]
References
- ^ Toste, Francisco Dinarco (1995). The total synthesis of varacin: novel applications of thiocyanate in organic synthesis (M.Sc. Thesis). University of Toronto. ISBN 0612075486.
- ^ Toste, Francisco Dean (2001). Part A : phenols in palladium catalyzed reactions. Enantioselective total syntheses of (--)-galanthamine, (--)-aflatoxin B₁ and (--)-calanolide A and B. Part B : ruthenium catalyzed carbon-carbon bond forming reactions (3 vols., Ph.D. Thesis). Stanford University.
- ^ http://www.nasonline.org/news-and-multimedia/news/2020-nas-election.html
