Samuel J. Danishefsky

Samuel J. Danishefsky
Born (1936-03-10) March 10, 1936
NationalityAmerican
Alma materYeshiva University,
Harvard University
Known forDanishefsky's diene,
Danishefsky Taxol total synthesis
AwardsErnest Guenther Award (1981)
Wolf Prize in Chemistry (1995/6)
William H. Nichols Medal (1999)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Pittsburgh,
Yale University,
Columbia University
Doctoral advisorPeter Yates

Samuel J. Danishefsky (born March 10, 1936) is an American chemist working as a professor at both Columbia University and the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.