Melanie Sanford

Melanie Sanford
Born (1975-06-16) June 16, 1975
NationalityAmerican
Alma materYale University (BS, MS)
California Institute of Technology (PhD)
AwardsMacArthur Fellowship, Sackler Prize
Scientific career
FieldsOrganometallic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Catalysis
InstitutionsUniversity of Michigan
ThesisSynthetic and mechanistic investigations of ruthenium olefin metathesis catalysts (2001)
Doctoral advisorRobert H. Grubbs
Other academic advisorsRobert 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.