Richmond Sarpong
Richmond Sarpong | |
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| Born | April 23, 1974 |
| Alma mater | Princeton University Ph.D. (2001) Macalester College B.A. (1995) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Organic Chemistry, Total Synthesis |
| Institutions | California Institute of Technology University of California, Berkeley |
| Thesis | A study of enediyne functional analogs : model frameworks based on calicheamicin and esperamicin (2001) |
| Doctoral advisor | Martin Semmelhack |
| Other academic advisors | Rebecca Hoye, Brian Stoltz |
| Website | sarponggroup |
Richmond Sarpong (born April 23, 1974, in Bechem, Ghana) is a Ghanaian-American chemist who is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Sarpong works on natural product total synthesis to better understand biological systems and allow for the development of novel therapeutics. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2017, and was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020. He serves on the editorial boards of Organic Syntheses, Accounts of Chemical Research and Synlett.