SonBinh Nguyen explained

SonBinh T. Nguyen
Field:	Chemistry
Work Institution:	Northwestern University
Alma Mater:	California Institute of Technology (Ph.D) Pennsylvania State University (B.S.)

SonBinh T. Nguyen is the McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence and the Dow Chemical Company Research Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University. He is also the former Director of the Integrated Sciences Program.^[1]

Nguyen received his B.S. in Chemistry from the Pennsylvania State University in 1990, where he worked with Gregory L. Geoffroy.^[2] He received his Ph.D. in 1995 from the California Institute of Technology, where he was supervised by Robert Grubbs and Nathan Lewis.^[3] From 1995 to 1996, he worked under K. Barry Sharpless at the Scripps Research Institute as an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow.

Awards

In 1997, he received a Beckman Young Investigators Award.^[4] In 2000, he received an AFOSR PECASE award.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: SonBinh T. Nguyen . Northwestern University. 11 August 2011.
2. Web site: SonBinh T. Nguyen. Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University. 11 August 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110809095530/http://www.chemistry.northwestern.edu/faculty/sonbinh-nguyen.html. 9 August 2011.
3. Nguyen . SonBinh TheBao . The designs, syntheses, and applications of well-defined, single component group VIII olefin metathesis catalysts . California Institute of Technology . 20 December 2021 . en . 1995 . 10.7907/1BVB-S189 . phd . Research Advisor(s): Grubbs, Robert H. (advisor), Lewis, Nathan Saul (advisor).
4. Web site: Sonbinh T. Nguyen . Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation . 1 August 2018.
5. Web site: Nguyen, Sonbinh T. . Fellowship Directory . The David and Lucile Packard Foundation . 28 July 2023.