Daniel A. Singleton, Davidson Professor of Science, has been selected to receive the prestigious Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award for 2008. The Cope Scholar Award, issued by the American Chemical Society recognizes and encourages excellence in organic chemistry. Awardees are selected from among distinguished scientists across the globe. As a recipient of the Cope Scholar Award, Dr. Singleton will receive $5,000, a certificate, and a $40,000 unrestricted research grant. The award will be presented at a special ceremony during the ACS Fall Meeting in Philadelphia, PA in August 2008. Dr. Singleton will be delivering his awards address at the Arthur C. Cope Symposium to be held during the ACS Fall Meeting.
Dr. Singleton is recognized as an expert in physical and theoretical organic chemistry world-wide. His current research activities focus on the following areas:
- Combinatorial Kinetic Isotope Effects and the Mechanism of Organic Reactions
- Experimental Organic Transition States from Kinetic Isotope Effects
- Asymmetric Amplification and Absolute Asymmetric Synthesis
- Dynamic Effects on Reactivity, Selectivity, and Mechanisms
- Dynamic Isotope Effects
For more on the Arthur C. Cope Award go to
http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=awards\copescholar.html
To learn more about Dr. Singleton and his research go to
http://www.chem.tamu.edu/faculty/faculty_detail.php?ID=45