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Biography
Tim was born in New Hampshire and grew up in northern New England. He received his B.A. in Chemistry from Colby College (2005) in Waterville, ME, where he was mentored by Prof. Dasan M. Thamattoor. After moving to La Jolla, CA, he completed his Ph.D. at The Scripps Research Institute with Prof. Phil S. Baran (2010). During his time at Scripps, he also worked in the laboratories of Prof. Donna G. Blackmond. He then returned to the east coast for postdoctoral studies with Prof. E.J. Corey at Harvard University. He started at Yale in 2013, and as of 2023, he is a Full Professor at Yale University in the Department of Chemistry.
Research Objective
Develop chemical technologies and computational approaches to enable the step-efficient synthesis of structurally complex natural products with potential applications to neuroscience.
Appointments
- 2023 - Present: Full Professor of Chemistry, Member Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program Yale University
- 2018 - 2023: Associate Professor of Chemistry, Member Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program Yale University
- 2013 - 2018: Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Member Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program Yale University
Education
- 2010 - 2013: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard University
Enantioselective organometallic methods development with E.J. Corey
- 2006 - 2010: Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute
Natural product synthesis with Phil S. Baran
Reaction mechanism investigation with Donna G. Blackmond
- 2001 - 2005: B.A., Chemistry with Honors, summa cum laude, Colby College
Study of reactive intermediates with Dasan M. Thamattoor
Honors and Awards
- 2019: Arthur C. Cope Scholar Early Career, American Chemical Society
- 2019: PRF New Directions, American Chemical Society
- 2019: Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
- 2018: Amgen Young Investigator Award
- 2018: Dylan Hixon ’88 Prize for Teaching Excellence
- 2017: Academic Young Investigator, American Chemical Society
- 2017: Sloan Research Fellowship
- 2017: NSF CAREER
- 2015: Rosenkranz Award
- 2015: Thieme Chemistry Journal Award
- 2014: Anderson Award
- 2010-2013: Bristol Myers Squibb Postdoctoral Fellowship
- 2012: Harvard Postdoctoral Award for Professional Development
- 2011: Reaxys PhD Prize Finalist
- 2008: Bristol Myers Squibb Graduate Fellowship
- 2008: Scripps Best Talk Award, Graduate Retreat, Chemistry
- 2005: The “Sarge” Award in Chemistry for departmental leadership
- 2005: Phi Beta Kappa Society member
- 2004: Wayne L. Smith Inorganic Chemistry Award
- 2003: Bradford P. Mundy Organic Chemistry Award
- 2003: Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Research Scholar