Professor Kenichiro Itami (Organic Chemistry Laboratory) has been selected as the Reuben Benjamin Sandin Lecturer at the University of Alberta, Canada.
This award, with a history dating back to 1962, is a prestigious recognition bestowed upon only one individual each year.
Past recipients include:
Winstein, E. van Tamelen, G. Büchi, J.D. Roberts, A. Eschenmoser, Sir Ewart Jones, H. Eggerer, Sir Derek Barton, E. Vogel, K. Wiesner, D. Arigoni, R. Breslow, G. Ourisson, K. Nakanishi, B. Lindberg, Sir John Cornforth, H.G. Khorana, B. Belleau, G. Stork, Y. Kishi, J.M. Lehn, P. Deslongchamps, K. Mislow, R.A. Raphael, C. Walling, J.R. Knowles, D.A. Evans, D. Seebach, D.J. Cram, G.M. Whitesides, P.G. Schultz, B.M. Trost, K.C. Nicolaou, Sir Jack Baldwin, R. Noyori, T. Mukaiyama, C.T. Walsh, S.V. Ley, R.H. Grubbs, K.B. Sharpless, P.B. Dervan, P. Wender, H.G. Kagan, W.F. DeGrado, J. Meinwald, L.E. Overman, S.J. Benkovic, C.R. Bertozzi, E. Nakamura, V. L. Schramm, J. Clardy, K. Houk, B. Feringa, A. Fürstner, S. Kent, B. Imperiali, S. Denmark, B. Cravatt, P. Baran, K. Itami