Professor Scott has been with Texas A&M for over 25 years and has made tremendous scientific contributions to the University and also the community of chemistry. In recent years he has been awarded the following major national and international awards:
Tetrahedron Prize and Medal for creativity in organic chemistry (1995)
Bakerian Lectureship and Award, Royal Society of London (1996)
Royal Society in Chemistry Award in Natural Product Chemistry (1996)
The Robert A. Welch Award (2000)
The Royal Medal, Royal Society of Edinburgh (2001)
The Davy Medal, Royal Society of London (2001)
Distinguished Scientist of Texas of the Year (2002)
Nakanishi Prize, American Chemical Society (2003).
The Department of Chemistry at Texas A&M University announces with great pleasure that on April 2, 2004, a symposium entitled "Recent Advances in Bioorganic Chemistry" will be held in honor of A. Ian Scott on the occasion of his 75th birthday. The symposium will be held at Texas A&M University, Memorial Student Center, Room 206 from 10AM to 5PM. Plenary lectures will be delivered by:
Professor David Liu
Harvard University
"An Evolution-Based Approach to the Creation and Discovery of Functional Synthetic Molecules"
Professor KC Nicolaou
The Scripps Research Institute (Scott Lecturer, 2004)
"Perspectives in Total Synthesis"
Professor Craig Townsend
Johns Hopkins University
"Synthetic, Mechanistic and Engineering Approaches to Unusual Biosynthetic Processes"
Professor Martin Warren
Queen Mary, University of London, UK
"Tetrapyrrole biosynthesis - colour, history and surprises"
Professor JB Spencer
Cambridge University
"The biosynthesis of the vancomycin family of antibiotics"
Professor Robert Baxter
The University of Edinburgh, UK
"Biotin Biosynthesis - the unique vitamin H pathway"