| Thomas J. Katz | |
| Birth Name: | Thomas Joseph Katz |
| Field: | Organic chemistry |
| Work Institution: | Columbia University |
| Alma Mater: | University of Wisconsin–Madison (BA) Harvard University (PhD) |
| Known For: | Metal-Sandwich Compounds Mechanism of Metal-Catalyzed Cycloaddition Reactions Valence Isomers of Benzene Olefin Metathesis Reaction Enyne Metathesis Reaction |
| Children: | Joshua Katz |
| Prizes: | Presidential Awards for Excellence in Teaching Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award (1995) |
Thomas Joseph Katz is an American organic chemist known for his experimental work with prismane, olefin metathesis, and enyne metathesis. He is an emeritus professor at Columbia University.
Katz earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry at the University of Wisconsin - Madison in 1956 and received his doctoral thesis in chemistry at Harvard in 1959.[1]
Katz was an instructor at Columbia University from 1959 until 1961, following by an assistant professorship from 1961to 1964. He became an associate professor in 1964, and then a full professor in 1968.[2] In 1965, he was a visiting associate professor at University of California Berkeley. In 2009, he retired, becoming professor emeritus.