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American organic chemist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Neil K. Garg is currently a Distinguished professor of chemistry and holds the Kenneth N. Trueblood Endowed Chair at the University of California, Los Angeles.[1][2]
Neil K. Garg | |
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Born | December 18, 1978 |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | NYU (B.S., 2000) California Institute of Technology (Ph.D., 2005) |
Awards | David A. Evans Award, Robert Foster Cherry Award, Elias J. Corey Award, Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, Guggenheim Fellowship, Mukaiyama Award, RSC Horizon Prize |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemistry |
Institutions | University of California, Irvine University of California, Los Angeles |
Doctoral advisor | Brian M. Stoltz |
Other academic advisors | Marc Walters (Undergraduate, NYU); Larry Overman (Postdoc, UC Irvine) |
Website | https://garg.chem.ucla.edu |
Garg's research is focused on the chemical synthesis of organic compounds, with an emphasis on the development of new strategies to prepare complex molecules possessing unique structural, biological, and physical properties. His group challenges long-standing paradigms of reactivity. He has made breakthroughs in catalysis, especially strong bond activation of esters and amides using nickel catalysts, and in the understanding and utilization of strained intermediates, such as arynes, cyclic alkynes, and cyclic allenes. His laboratory has completed the total syntheses of many natural products, including welwitindolinones, akuammilines, tubingensin alkaloids, and lissodendoric acid A.[3] In 2020, Garg co-Founded ElectraTect, Inc.[4]
Garg is also a prominent educator and has received many accolades for his classroom teaching, including the Cherry Award.[5] He has inspired a series of student-created music videos[6] to encourage students to learn organic chemistry. He has led other projects, such as the Organic Coloring Book series,[7] The O-Chem (Re)-Activity Book,[8] the Backside Attack smartphone app,[9] QR Chem,[10] RS Chemistry,[11] Virtual Reality Chemistry,[12] ChemMatch,[13][14] Biology And Chemistry Online Notes (BACON).[15] and #MentorFirst.[16][17] In 2023, Garg created a successful summer camp called Chem Kids to teach organic chemistry to children.[18]
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Garg received his B.S. from New York University in 2000. He went on to earn his Ph.D. at the California Institute of Technology, where he studied organic chemistry under the supervision of Brian Stoltz as a DoD NDSEG Fellow, completing his studies in 2005. Upon completion of his graduate work, he held an NIH post-doctoral appointment in the laboratory of Larry Overman at University of California - Irvine from 2005 to 2007.
Garg was promoted to Distinguished Professor at UCLA in 2020. In 2018, he became the inaugural holder of the Kenneth N. Trueblood Endowed Chair in Chemistry & Biochemistry. He has served as Vice Chair for the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (2012-2016) and (2023–present) and served as the Department Chair (2019–2023).[2] He also served as Faculty-in-Residence in the UCLA dormitories from 2012-2021.
Garg has received more than fifty honors and awards for his research and teaching.[2]
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