The Stoltz Group

Natural Product Synthesis and Synthetic Methodology

California Institute of Technology • Pasadena, California



Brian Stoltz


Degrees:

• B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania 1993

• M.S., Yale University (John Wood), 1996

• Ph.D., Yale University (John Wood), 1997

• NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University (E. J. Corey), 1998-2000


Honors and Awards:

• Mukaiyama Award, 2015

• Nankai University Lectureship, Nankai University, Tianjin, China, March 2012

• R. C. Fuson Visiting Professorship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, October 2011

• Caltech Academics and Research Committee (ARC) Professor of the Month, October 2011

• Lester S. Andrews Lecturer, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, May 2011

• Herbert C. Brown Lecturer in Organic Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, April 2011

• Ta-shue Chou Lectureship Award, The Ta-shue Chou Foundation in conjunction with the Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, February 2011

• Israel Chemical Society, Honorary Lifetime Member, 2010

• Schulich Visiting Professor Lectureship, Technion-The Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, 2010

• Tetrahedron Young Investigator Award in Organic Chemistry, 2010

• Teva USA Scholar Awardee, 2009-2012

• Givaudan-Karrer Distinguished Visiting Professor, Universität Zürich, 2009

• Tetrahedron Young Investigator Award, 2010

• Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences, 2009

• Elias J. Corey Award For Outstanding Original Contribution in Organic Synthesis by a Young Investigator, 2009

• KAUST Global Research Investigator, 2008

• Elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2006

• Indiana University of Pennsylvania College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Alumni Ambassador Award, 2006

• The Associated Students of the California Institute of Technology 30th Annual Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2006

• Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award from the American Chemical Society, 2005

• Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, May 2005

• 2005 Bristol-Myers Squibb Freedom to Discover Award-Unrestricted Grant in Synthetic Organic Chemistry

• Tetrahedron Asymmetry Special Issue-Asymmetric Oxidation Guest Editor with Matthias Beller, 2005

• Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering (PECASE), 2004 (for 2002)

• Novartis Chemistry Lectureship, 2004-2005

• AstraZeneca, Excellence in Chemistry Award, 2004

• Roche, Excellence in Chemistry Award, 2004

• Gerhard Closs Lectureship, University of Chicago, 2004

• Boehringer Ingelheim New Faculty Award, 2004

• Merck Research Laboratories Chemistry Council Research Award, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005

• Eli Lilly Grantee, 2004, 2005

• Inaugural 21st Century of Excellence (COE) Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, Univerity of Tokyo, Japan, Summer 2003

• Research Corporation Cottrell Scholars Award, 2003

• Amgen Young Investigator Award, 2003

• Tetrahedron Symposium-in-Print Guest Editor, 2003: New Synthetic Methods

• Johnson and Johnson Focused Giving Awardee, 2003, 2004 and 2005

• Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 2003-2005

• Pfizer Research Laboratories Creativity in Synthesis Award, 2003 and 2004

• GlaxoSmithKline Chemistry Scholar Award, 2002 and 2003

• Abbott Laboratories New Faculty Award, 2002 and 2003

• Abbott Laboratories Lecturer, Montana State University, 2002

• National Science Foundation 2002 CAREER Award, November 2001

• Research Corporation 2002 Research Innovation Award, November 2001

• American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund Type G Award, November 2001

• Caltech Graduate Student Council Classroom Teaching Award, June 2001

• Caltech Graduate Student Council Mentoring Award, June 2001

• Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award, July 2000

• National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellowship, January 1998

• Wolfgang Prize for the outstanding thesis in chemistry, Yale University, May 1997

• American Chemical Society Division of Organic Chemistry Fellow, Fall 1996

• Boehringer Ingelheim Fellow, Yale University, Summer 1996

• Bayer Fellow, Yale University, Spring 1996

• W.R. Grace Fellow, Yale University, Spring 1995

• Miles Fellow, Yale University, Fall 1994 and Fall 1995

• Cooke Teaching Award, Department of Chemistry Yale University, 1993-1994 academic year

• Samuel K. Bushnell Fellowship, Yale University, 1993-1994 academic year

• Summa Cum Laude, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, May 1993

• Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh College Chemistry Award recipient, May 1993

• Indiana University of Pennsylvania Chemistry Department Achievement Award 1989-1993

• McFarland Scholarship, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1990-1991 academic year


Contact Information:

Office:

301C Schlinger

Phone: (626) 395-6064

Fax: (626) 395-8436


E-mail:

stoltz@caltech.edu


Mailing Address:

Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Mail Code 101-20

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA 91125