Chemists Michael Crimmins and Jeff Johnson at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have won top awards from the American Chemical Society.
Both hold faculty posts in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Crimmins, Mary Ann Smith Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, has been awarded the Ernest Guenther Award for outstanding achievement in the chemistry of natural products.
Johnson, an associate professor of chemistry, has been awarded the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award in recognition of excellence in organic chemistry.
Crimmins’ research has focused on synthetic organic chemistry, including the development of new synthetic methods, novel synthetic strategies and total synthesis of biologically active and structurally interesting natural products. He previously chaired the North Carolina section of the American Chemical Society. He received the society’s Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award in 2001 and the Charles Holmes Herty Medal in 2004.
Johnson’s laboratory develops new synthetic methodology for the rapid construction of complex organic molecules, especially pharmaceuticals. He has won many awards given to young chemists, including the National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2003-2008) and the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (2006-2009). He was also named an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow (2006-2008).
With more than 154,000 members, the American Chemical Society is the world’s largest scientific society.
