Phil S. Baran Professor, Department of Chemistry Member, Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology pbaran@scripps.edu Fax: (858) 784-7375 Tel: (858) 784-7373
Education
2001 – 2003 Postdoctoral Associate Advisor: Professor E.J. Corey Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1997 – 2001 Ph.D. Graduate Student in Chemistry Advisor: Professor K.C. Nicolaou The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California
1995 – 1997 B.S. with Honors in Chemistry Advisor: Professor D.I. Schuster New York University, New York, New York
1991 – 1995 Simultaneous high school graduation from Mt. Dora High School and A.A. degree with honors, Lake Sumter Community College, Florida
Awards
Danisco Science Excellence Medal Award, 2022
Bristol Chemical Synthesis Syngenta Award, 2021
Janssen Prize for Creativity, 2020
Inhoffen Medal, 2019
Manchot Research Professorship, 2017
Member, The National Academy of Sciences, 2017
Emanuel Merck Lectureship, 2017
Blavatnik National Laureate in Chemistry, 2016
ACS Elias J. Corey Award, 2016
Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2015
College of Arts and Science Alumni Distinguished Service Award, New York University, 2015
Reagent of the Year Award (EROS), 2015
Mukaiyama Award, 2014
MacArthur Fellowship, 2013
Royal Society of Chemistry Synthetic Organic Chemistry Award, 2013
Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013
Fellow, AAAS, 2012 – Present
ACS San Diego Section Distinguished Scientist Award, 2012
ISHC Katritzky Heterocyclic Chemistry Award, 2011
Thieme-IUPAC Prize in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 2010
ACS Award in Pure Chemistry, 2010
Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences, 2009
National Fresenius Award, ACS, 2007
Novartis Lecturer, 2007 – 2008
Hirata Gold Medal, 2007
Pfizer Award for Creativity in Organic Synthesis, 2006
Beckman Foundation Fellow, 2006 – 2008
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow, 2006 – 2008
BMS Unrestricted “Freedom to Discover” Grant, 2006 – 2010
NSF CAREER Award, 2006 – 2010
Eli Lilly Young Investigator Award, 2005 – 2006
AstraZeneca Excellence in Chemistry Award, 2005
DuPont Young Professor Award, 2005
Roche Excellence in Chemistry Award, 2005
Amgen Young Investigator Award, 2005
Searle Scholar Award, 2005
GlaxoSmithKline Chemistry Scholar Award, 2005 – 2006
46. Baran, P. S.; Guerrero, C.A.; Ambhaikar, N.B.; Hafensteiner, B.D. Short, Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Stephacidin A, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 606-609.
June 19, 2017
48. Baran, P. S.; Guerrero, C.A.; Hafensteiner, B.D.; Ambhaikar, N.B. Total synthesis of Avrainvillamide (CJ-17,665) and Stephacidin B, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 3892-3895.
June 19, 2017
49. Baran, P. S.; Richter, J. M. Enantioselective Total Syntheses of Welwitindolinone A and Fischerindoles I and G, J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2005; 127(44); 15394-15396.
June 19, 2017
50. Baran, P. S.; Shenvi, R. A.; Nguyen, S. A. One-Step Synthesis of 4,5-Disubstituted Pyrimidines Using Commercially Available and Inexpensive Reagents. Heterocycles 2006, 70, 581-586. Special issue dedicated to Professor Steve Weinreb.
June 19, 2017
51. Baran, P. S.; Li, K; O’Malley, D.P.; Mitsos, C. Short, Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Sceptrin and Ageliferin by Programmed Oxaquadricyclane Fragmentation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 249-252.
June 19, 2017