Geoffrey W. Coates Explained

Geoffrey W. Coates
Birth Name:Geoffrey William Coates
Birth Place:Evansville, Indiana, United States
Thesis Title:Preparation of novel polymer architectures using homogeneous Ziegler-Natta catalysts
Thesis Url:https://www.proquest.com/pqdtglobal/docview/304130781/B5DB1A7100DD4D75PQ
Thesis Year:1994
Doctoral Advisor:Robert Waymouth
Academic Advisors:Robert H. Grubbs
Field:Polymer chemistry

Geoffrey "Geoff" William Coates (born 1966) is an American chemist and the Tisch University Professor in the department of chemistry and chemical biology at Cornell University.[1] [2]

Early life and education

Coates was born in 1966 in Evansville, Indiana. He received a B.A. degree in chemistry from Wabash College in 1989. He entered graduate school at Stanford University where he worked with Robert M. Waymouth as a Hertz Fellow.[3] His thesis work investigated the stereoselectivity of metallocene-based Ziegler-Natta catalysts.[4] [5] [6] He was awarded a Ph.D. in organic chemistry in 1994. Coates then was a NSF Postdoctoral Fellow with Robert H. Grubbs at the California Institute of Technology. At Caltech, Coates worked on ring-closing metathesis reactions to functionalize polyolefins,[7] and supramolecular phenyl-perfluorophenyl pi-stacking interactions.[8] [9]

Independent career

In 1997, Coates joined the faculty of Cornell University.[10] He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2001, and to Professor in 2002. He was appointed to the first Tisch University Professorship in 2008.

Selected honors and professional activities

Coates has received numerous awards for his work in organometallic and polymer chemistry.[11]

Entrepreneurship and affiliations

Coates is the scientific cofounder of Novomer,[22] Ecolectro,[23] Intermix Performance Materials,[24] and Imperion Coatings. Novomer was acquired by Danimer Scientific in 2021.[25] Coates is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of KensaGroup[26] and is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Welch Foundation.[27] Coates was an associate editor of the journal Macromolecules from 2008 to 2021, and is now an associate editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society.[28]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Geoffrey W. Coates Chemistry & Chemical Biology Cornell Arts & Sciences. chemistry.cornell.edu. 2020-02-16.
  2. Web site: Geoffrey W. Coates - Google Scholar Citations. scholar.google.com. 2020-02-16.
  3. Web site: Geoffrey Coates. 2021-05-25. Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Empowering Limitless Progress. en-US.
  4. Coates. Geoffrey W.. Waymouth. Robert M.. 1993-01-01. Enantioselective cyclopolymerization of 1,5-hexadiene catalyzed by chiral zirconocenes: a novel strategy for the synthesis of optically active polymers with chirality in the main chain. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 115. 1. 91–98. 10.1021/ja00054a014. 0002-7863.
  5. Coates. Geoffrey W.. Waymouth. Robert M.. 1991-07-01. Enantioselective cyclopolymerization: optically active poly(methylene-1,3-cyclopentane). Journal of the American Chemical Society. 113. 16. 6270–6271. 10.1021/ja00016a053. 0002-7863.
  6. Coates. Geoffrey W.. Waymouth. Robert M.. 1995-01-13. Oscillating Stereocontrol: A Strategy for the Synthesis of Thermoplastic Elastomeric Polypropylene. Science. en. 267. 5195. 217–219. 10.1126/science.267.5195.217. 0036-8075. 17791342. 1995Sci...267..217C. 36872985.
  7. Coates. Geoffrey W.. Grubbs. Robert H.. 1996. Quantitative Ring-Closing Metathesis of Polyolefins. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 118. 1. 229–230. 10.1021/ja9532603. 0002-7863.
  8. Coates. Geoffrey W.. Dunn. Alex R.. Henling. Lawrence M.. Ziller. Joseph W.. Lobkovsky. Emil B.. Grubbs. Robert H.. 1998-04-01. Phenyl−Perfluorophenyl Stacking Interactions: Topochemical [2+2] Photodimerization and Photopolymerization of Olefinic Compounds. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 120. 15. 3641–3649. 10.1021/ja974072a. 0002-7863.
  9. Coates. Geoffrey W.. Dunn. Alex R.. Henling. Lawrence M.. Dougherty. Dennis A.. Grubbs. Robert H.. 1997. Phenyl–Perfluorophenyl Stacking Interactions: A New Strategy for Supermolecule Construction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 36. 3. 248–251. 10.1002/anie.199702481. 1521-3773.
  10. Web site: Geoff Coates – The Coates Research Group. coates.chem.cornell.edu. 2020-02-16.
  11. Web site: Geoffrey Coates. www.nasonline.org. 2020-02-16.
  12. Web site: Innovator Under 35: Geoffrey Coates, 33. 2021-05-25. MIT Technology Review. en-us. 2022-06-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20220625163148/http://www2.technologyreview.com/tr35/profile.aspx?TRID=543. dead.
  13. Web site: Coates, Geoff W.. 2021-05-25. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. en-US.
  14. Web site: Geoffrey Coates Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists. 2021-06-05. blavatnikawards.org. en.
  15. Web site: Geoffrey Coates Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists. 2021-05-25. blavatnikawards.org. en.
  16. Web site: Geoffrey W. Coates. 2021-05-25. American Academy of Arts & Sciences. en.
  17. Web site: Chemist named National Academy of Inventors fellow. 2021-05-25. Cornell Chronicle. en.
  18. Web site: Geoffrey W. Coates. 2021-05-25. www.nasonline.org.
  19. Web site: Welch. 2021-05-24. The Welch Foundation Welcomes Geoffrey W. Coates to the Scientific…. 2021-05-25. Welch. en.
  20. https://www.eni.com/en-IT/media/press-release/2022/08/eni-award-2022-winners-named.html
  21. http://www.nasonline.org/programs/awards/industrial-application-of-science.html
  22. https://www.novomer.com Novomer
  23. https://ecolectro.com Ecolectro
  24. https://www.intermixperformancematerials.com Intermix Performance Materials
  25. Web site: Danimer Scientific Completes Acquisition of Biodegradable Polymer Producer Novomer. 11 August 2021.
  26. Web site: Home . kensagroup.com.
  27. Web site: Scientific Advisory Board.
  28. JACS 2021: In Review. 10.1021/jacs.1c13452. 2022. Carreira. Erick M.. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144. 1. 1–2. 35016510. 245878963.

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