Geoffrey W. Coates

Tisch University Professor

Overview

Prof. Coates is the Tisch University Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Cornell University. His teaching and research interests involve science at the interface of organic, inorganic, and materials chemistry. The broader impacts of his research include benign polymers and chemical synthesis, the utilization of renewable resources, and materials safe and economical energy storage and conversion.

SELECTED HONORS
2017  Election to the National Academy of Sciences
2017  Election to the National Academy of Inventors
2016  Kathryn C. Hach Award for Entrepreneurial Success, American Chemical Society
2015  Award in Applied Polymer Chemistry, American Chemical Society
2013  Doctor of Science, honoris causa, Wabash College
2012  Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award
2012  DSM Performance Materials Award
2011  Election to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
2011  World's Top 100 Chemists, 2000-2010, Thomson Reuters   
2009  Carl S. Marvel Creative Polymer Chemistry Award, American Chemical Society
2009  Award for Affordable Green Chemistry, American Chemical Society
2006  American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow
2001  Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, American Chemical Society
2000  David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowship in Science and Engineering
2000  Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
2000  Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, Young Investigator Award
1999  Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow
1997  Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award
1995  NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Chemistry
1994  Arthur Amos Noyes Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Caltech
1990  Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship

Research Focus

The research focus of my group is the development of new synthetic strategies for producing polymers of defined structure. The control of polymer composition, architecture, stereochemistry, and molecular weight allows the indirect control of polymer properties via polymer morphology. Our research projects are interdisciplinary, addressing problems at the interface of organic, inorganic, organometallic, and polymer chemistry.

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