Jonathan Ellman
Eugene Higgins Professor of Chemistry; Professor of Pharmacology, Yale University
Elected to the Academy in 2026
Education
MIT, BS, Chemistry; Harvard University, PhD, Organic Chemistry
Professional Areas
The development and application of novel synthetic chemistry approaches and chemical biology tools to study biological phenomena, produce pharmaceuticals, and develop compounds with diverse properties.
Citation
For inventing the landmark tert-butanesulfinamide approach to stereoselective synthesis, pioneering C-H bond functionalization reactions, and for defining the field of combinatorial small-molecule synthesis.