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Prof. Dr. Kyriacos Nicolaou

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Name: Kyriacos C. Nicolaou Date of Birth: July 5, 1946 Place of Birth: Cyprus Marital Status: Married to Georgette K. Nicolaou Children: Colette, Alexis, Christopher, Paul Address: Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, Phone (858) 784-2400, Fax (858) 784-2469 and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of California/San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, Phone (858) 534-7115 Citizenship: USA/UK

Education 1969 B.Sc. (Honors degree, First Class), Bedford College, University of London, UK 1972 Ph.D., University College, University of London, UK (with Professors F. Sondheimer and P.J. Garratt)

Appointments 1972-73 Research Associate, Columbia University, New York, NY (with Professor T.J. Katz) 1973-76 Research Associate, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (with Professor E.J. Corey) 1976-80 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 1976-81 Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 1976-82 Professor of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 1976-83 Rhodes-Thompson Professor of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 1989- Chairman, Department of Chemistry, and Darlene Shiley Chair in Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, and Professor of Chemistry, University of California/San Diego, La Jolla, CA 1996 Aline W. and L.S. Skaggs Professor of Chemical Biology, Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, TSRI

Selected Professional Activities 1998- Regional Advisory Board, J.C.S. Chemical Communications 1990- Editorial Board, Synthesis 1991- Regional Advisory Board, J.C.S. Perkin I 1992- Board of Consulting Editors, Tetrahedron Publications 1992-95 Editorial Board, Accounts of Chemical Research 1993- Editorial Board, Carbohydrate Letters 1994- International Advisory Board, Contemporary Organic Synthesis 1978-88 Editorial Board, Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Medicine 1984-90 Co-Editor, Synthesis 1994- Editorial Board, Chemistry - A European Journal 1994- International Advisory Board, Angewandte Chemie 1994- Editorial Board, Perspectives in Drug Discovery and Design 1999- Editorial Board, Indian Journal of Chemistry, Section B, 1995-1997 1997- International Advisory Board, J.C.S Perkin I 1998- Editorial Advisory Board, Combinatorial Chem. High Throughput Screening 1998- Editorial Board, Current Opinion in Bioorganic Chemistry 1994- Editorial Advisory Board, Organic Letters 2000- Editorial Advisory Board, ChemBioChem

Selected Awards and Honors 2001 Foreign Member, Academy of Athens, Greece 2001 Greek American Scientists, Engineers, and High Tech Entrepeneurs Award 2001 Nagoya Medal of Organic Chemistry, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan 2001 Ernst Schering Prize, Ernst Schering Research Foundation, Germany 2000-01 Centenary Medal, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK 2000 Honorary Ph.D. (honoris causa), Agricultural University of Athens, Greece 2000 Paul Karrer Gold Medal, Switzerland 2000 Max Tishler Prize Lecture, Harvard University, USA 1999 Yamada Prize, Japan 1999 Honorary Professorship, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, China 1999 Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, USA 1999 Aspirin Prize for Solidarity through Chemistry, Spain 1998 Press Club Headliner Award, San Diego Press Club, USA 1998 Honorary Ph.D. (honoris causa), University of Crete, Greece 1998 Gustavus John Esselen Award for Chemistry in the Public Interest, American Chemical Society, Northeastern Section, USA http://www.scheringstiftung.de/index.php?view=article&catid=72%3Aernst-schering-preis-cvs&id=2168%3Apreistraeger-prof-dr-kyriacos-nicolaou… 1/2 21.11.2017 Prof. Dr. Kyriacos Nicolaou | Schering Stiftung 1998 Decoration of the Order of the Commander of Honor Medal bestowed by the President of Greece 1998 Honorary Ph.D. (honoris causa), Universidad de Alcala, Madrid, Spain 1997 Cliff S. Hamilton Award in Organic Chemistry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln 1997 Distinguished Scientist Award, American Chemical Society, San Diego Section, USA 1997 Honorary Ph.D. (honoris causa), University of Cyprus, Cyprus 1996 Honorary Member, Pharmaceutical Society of Japan 1996 Honorary Ph.D. (honoris causa), University of Thessaloniki, Greece 1996 Linus Pauling Medal, American Chemical Society, Puget Sound, Portland, and Oregon Section, USA 1996 Member, National Academy of Sciences, USA 1996 Inhoffen Medal, German Research Center for Biotechnology (GBF) and the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany 1996 Chemical Pioneer of the American Institute of Chemists Award, USA 1996 Ernest Guenther Award in the Chemistry of Natural Products, American Chemical Society, USA 1996 William H. Nichols Medal, American Chemical Society, New York Section, USA 1995 Rhone-Poulenc Silver Medal, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK 1995 Honorary Ph.D. (honoris causa), University of Athens, Greece 1994 D.Sc. degree, University of London, UK 1994 Karavas Prize, Cyprus 1994 Alexander the Great Award, Hellenic Cultural Society of San Diego, USA 1994 Paul Janssen Prize for Creativity in Organic Synthesis, Belgium 1993 Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, USA 1993 Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, American Chemical Society, USA 1993 Alan R. Day Award, Philadelphia Organic Chemist's Club, USA 1988 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Award, Japan 1987 Fellow, New York Academy of Sciences, USA 1987-88 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation US Senior Scientist Award, Germany 1987 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, American Chemical Society, USA 1983 American Chemical Society Philadelphia Section Award, USA 1984 J.S. Guggenheim Fellow, USA 1980 Honorary M.A. (honoris causa), University of Pennsylvania, USA 1980-84 Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, USA 1979-83 A.P. Sloan Fellowship, USA

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