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W. Dean Harman
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Walter (W.) Dean Harman is an American chemist, academic, author and researcher. He is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Chemistry at the University of Virginia.[1]
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Walter Dean Harman | |
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Born | (1960-11-04) November 4, 1960 (age 63) Stanford, CA |
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Chemist, academic, author and researcher |
Awards | Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award NSF Young Investigator Award Cavalier Distinguished Teaching Professor |
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Education | B.S., Chemistry Ph. D., Chemistry |
Alma mater | Stanford University |
Thesis | The Reactivity of Pentaammineosmium(II) with Unsaturated Ligands (1987) |
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Institutions | University of Virginia |
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Harman's research primarily focuses on organic, inorganic, and organometallic chemistry. He has also worked extensively in the area of dearomatization, and has developed new chemical tools based on tungsten, osmium, rhenium, and molybdenum that are designed to manipulate organic molecules in new ways.[2] He is also the co-author of a textbook for general chemistry with Professor Gordon Yee, entitled Thinkwell Chemistry.