Melanie Sanford

Melanie Sanford (born June 16, 1975) is an American chemist, and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Chemistry at University of Michigan.^[1] Sanford is best known for her studies of high-valent organopalladium species, particularly those implicated in Pd-catalyzed C–H functionalization reactions.^[2][3] She has received numerous awards and honors, including selection as a 2011 MacArthur Fellow.^[4] She is also a Fellow for the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Life

Sanford was born and grew up in Providence, Rhode Island. She graduated from Yale University with a BS and MS in 1999, having carried out research with Robert H. Crabtree, and from the California Institute of Technology with a Ph.D. in 2001, where she studied with Robert H. Grubbs. She did postdoctoral work at Princeton University, where she studied with John T. Groves.^[5]

References

1. ^ https://www.chem.lsa.umich.edu/chem/faculty/facultyDetail.php?Uniqname=mssanfor
2. ^ Dick, Allison R.; Hull, Kami L.; Sanford, Melanie S. (2004). "A Highly Selective Catalytic Method for the Oxidative Functionalization of C–H Bonds". Journal of the American Chemical Society 126 (8): 2300–2301. doi:10.1021/ja031543m. 
3. ^ Lyons, Thomas W.; Sanford, Melanie S. (2010). "Palladium-Catalyzed Ligand-Directed C–H Functionalization Reactions". Chemical Reviews 110 (2): 1147–1169. doi:10.1021/cr900184e. 
4. ^ http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.7730827/k.8FBB/Melanie_Sanford.htm
5. ^ Jim Austin (November 24, 2006). "Melanie Sanford: The Interview". Science. http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2006_11_24/noDOI.1162095531482324995. 

External links

• Melinda Wenner Moyer (October 22, 2008). "The Bond Breaker She’s invented a way to build exactly the right molecule for the job". Popular Science. http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2008-10/bond-breaker. 
• http://centc.blogspot.com/2011/01/melanie-sanford-named-aaas-fellow.html
• http://www.esquire.com/features/best-and-brightest-2009/advanced-cell-chemistry-1209

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Name	Sanford, Melanie
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Short description	Chemist
Date of birth	June 16, 1975
Place of birth	Providence, Rhode Island
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