J. Michael Chong

Professor

M. Chong
Room
Chemistry 2 364
Ext.
36643
E-mail
jmchong@uwaterloo.ca
Fax
(519)749-0435

 

Education

BSc, 1979, Honours Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of British Columbia
PhD, 1983, Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Professor Edward Piers, University of British Columbia
Postdoctoral Fellow, 1984-85, Professor K. Barry Sharpless, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

Visiting professor, 1993, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Visiting professor, 2001-2002, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

Research Interests

Synthetic organic chemistry. Development of new methods for stereoselective synthesis; Carbon-carbon bond forming reactions; New chiral ligands; Organometallic reagents; Insect pheromones.

Academic career (since first academic degree):

2006-present

Director, Guelph-Waterloo Centre for Graduate Work in Chemistry and Biochemistry  

1996-present

Professor of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
 

1990-1996

Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
 

1985-1990

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
 

1984-1985

NSERC/Killam Postdoctoral Fellow, Professor K. Barry Sharpless, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
 

1979-1983

PhD student, Professor Edward Piers, Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
 

Awards

NSERC University Research Fellow, 1985-1994