Miguel García-Garibay Explained

Miguel García-Garibay
Birth Place:	Morelia, Mexico
Citizenship:	United States
Nationality:	Mexican

Miguel A. García-Garibay is a professor of chemistry and biochemistry and the dean of physical sciences at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).^{[1] [2]} His research focuses on solid state organic chemistry, photochemistry and spectroscopy, artificial molecular machines, and mesoscale phenomena.^{[3] [4]}

Education

García-Garibay received his B.S. from the University of Michoacán, Mexico, in 1982. After completing a combined degree in Chemistry, Biology, and Pharmacy, García-Garibay went on to get a PhD degree in Chemistry at the University of British Columbia, where he joined the group of John Scheffer. After that, he joined the group of Nicholas Turro as a postdoctoral fellow at Columbia University.^[5]

García-Garibay received an Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award in 2015.

Awards and positions

• National Academy of Sciences, 2023
• ACS Fellow, 2019^[6]
• ACS Cope Scholar Award, 2015
• Appointment to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable of the NAS Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, 2012–2018
• Associate Editor of the Journal of the ACS, 2009–2016
• NSF Creativity Award, 2009–2011
• American Competitiveness and Innovation Fellow, 2008
• Fellow of the AAAS, 2007
• Herbert Newby McCoy Award, UCLA, 1999
• Dean's Marshal Award for the Division of Physical Sciences, UCLA, 1997
• NSF Career Award 1996–99

References

• Web site: Professional Dossier Miguel A. García-Garibay . . June 2019 . UCLA Chemistry and Biochemistry .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Faculty . ucla.edu . August 11, 2017.
2. Web site: Named Dean . ucla.edu . August 11, 2017.
3. Web site: Google Scholar: Miguel García-Garibay. Google Scholar. April 24, 2017. 1.
4. Web site: Named Dean . dailybruin.com . August 11, 2017.
5. Web site: About – Garcia Garibay Research Group.
6. Web site: 2019 ACS Fellows . . n.d. . American Chemical Society .