Melanie Sanford
Melanie Sanford | |
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| Born | June 16, 1975 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Yale University (BS, MS) California Institute of Technology (PhD) |
| Awards | MacArthur Fellowship, Sackler Prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Organometallic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Catalysis |
| Institutions | University of Michigan |
| Thesis | Synthetic and mechanistic investigations of ruthenium olefin metathesis catalysts (2001) |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert H. Grubbs |
| Other academic advisors | Robert H. Crabtree, John T. Groves |
Melanie Sarah Sanford (born June 16, 1975) is an American chemist, currently the Moses Gomberg Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Chemistry at the University of Michigan. She is a Fellow for the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2016. She has served as an executive editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society since 2021, having been an associate editor of the since 2014.