Stephen Hanessian

Professor Hanessian has made splendid contributions to synthetic organic chemistry. He has been a pioneer in the investigation of the utility of carbohydrates and other chiral molecules in the synthesis of natural products. The concept of 'chiral templates' which he developed, and which has since been used by many research groups, has been applied ingeniously by Hanessian in the partial or complete syntheses of such challenging targets as spectinomycin. He has received major national and international awards, and is a sought-after speaker at major symposia and conferences around the world.