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This article is about the American polymer chemist. For the English organometallic chemist, see Geoffrey E. Coates.
Geoffrey W. Coates
Born
Geoffrey William Coates

1966 (age 57–58)
Evansville, Indiana, United States
Alma materWabash College BS 1989
Stanford University Ph.D. 1994
Scientific career
FieldsPolymer chemistry
ThesisPreparation of novel polymer architectures using homogeneous Ziegler-Natta catalysts (1994)
Doctoral advisorRobert Waymouth
Other academic advisorsRobert H. Grubbs
Websitecoates.chem.cornell.edu

Geoffrey "Geoff" William Coates (born 1966) is an American chemist and the Tisch University Professor in the department of chemistry and chemical biology at Cornell University.[1][2]

Early life and education

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Coates was born in 1966 in Evansville, Indiana.[3] He received a B.A. degree in chemistry from Wabash College in 1989. He entered graduate school at Stanford University where he worked with Robert M. Waymouth as a Hertz Fellow.[4] His thesis work investigated the stereoselectivity of metallocene-based Ziegler-Natta catalysts.[5][6][7] He was awarded a Ph.D. in organic chemistry in 1994. Coates then was a NSF Postdoctoral Fellow with Robert H. Grubbs at the California Institute of Technology. At Caltech, Coates worked on ring-closing metathesis reactions to functionalize polyolefins,[8] and supramolecular phenyl-perfluorophenyl pi-stacking interactions.[9][10]

Independent career

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In 1997, Coates joined the faculty of Cornell University.[3] He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2001, and to Professor in 2002. He was appointed to the first Tisch University Professorship in 2008.

Selected honors and professional activities

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Coates has received numerous awards for his work in organometallic and polymer chemistry.[11]

Entrepreneurship and affiliations

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Coates is the scientific cofounder of Novomer,[22] Ecolectro,[23] Intermix Performance Materials,[24] and Imperion Coatings. Novomer was acquired by Danimer Scientific in 2021.[25] Coates is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of KensaGroup[26] and is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Welch Foundation.[27] Coates was an associate editor of the journal Macromolecules from 2008 to 2021, and is now an associate editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society.[28]

References

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  1. ^ "Geoffrey W. Coates | Chemistry & Chemical Biology Cornell Arts & Sciences". chemistry.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  2. ^ "Geoffrey W. Coates - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Archived from the original on 2022-05-22. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  3. ^ a b "Geoff Coates – The Coates Research Group". coates.chem.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  4. ^ "Geoffrey Coates". Fannie and John Hertz Foundation | Empowering Limitless Progress. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  5. ^ Coates, Geoffrey W.; Waymouth, Robert M. (1993-01-01). "Enantioselective cyclopolymerization of 1,5-hexadiene catalyzed by chiral zirconocenes: a novel strategy for the synthesis of optically active polymers with chirality in the main chain". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 115 (1): 91–98. doi:10.1021/ja00054a014. ISSN 0002-7863.
  6. ^ Coates, Geoffrey W.; Waymouth, Robert M. (1991-07-01). "Enantioselective cyclopolymerization: optically active poly(methylene-1,3-cyclopentane)". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 113 (16): 6270–6271. doi:10.1021/ja00016a053. ISSN 0002-7863.
  7. ^ Coates, Geoffrey W.; Waymouth, Robert M. (1995-01-13). "Oscillating Stereocontrol: A Strategy for the Synthesis of Thermoplastic Elastomeric Polypropylene". Science. 267 (5195): 217–219. Bibcode:1995Sci...267..217C. doi:10.1126/science.267.5195.217. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 17791342. S2CID 36872985.
  8. ^ Coates, Geoffrey W.; Grubbs, Robert H. (1996). "Quantitative Ring-Closing Metathesis of Polyolefins". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 118 (1): 229–230. doi:10.1021/ja9532603. ISSN 0002-7863.
  9. ^ Coates, Geoffrey W.; Dunn, Alex R.; Henling, Lawrence M.; Ziller, Joseph W.; Lobkovsky, Emil B.; Grubbs, Robert H. (1998-04-01). "Phenyl−Perfluorophenyl Stacking Interactions: Topochemical [2+2] Photodimerization and Photopolymerization of Olefinic Compounds". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 120 (15): 3641–3649. doi:10.1021/ja974072a. ISSN 0002-7863.
  10. ^ Coates, Geoffrey W.; Dunn, Alex R.; Henling, Lawrence M.; Dougherty, Dennis A.; Grubbs, Robert H. (1997). "Phenyl–Perfluorophenyl Stacking Interactions: A New Strategy for Supermolecule Construction". Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 36 (3): 248–251. doi:10.1002/anie.199702481. ISSN 1521-3773.
  11. ^ "Geoffrey Coates". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  12. ^ "Innovator Under 35: Geoffrey Coates, 33". MIT Technology Review. Archived from the original on 2022-06-25. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  13. ^ "Coates, Geoff W." The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  14. ^ "Geoffrey Coates | Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists". blavatnikawards.org. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  15. ^ "Geoffrey Coates | Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists". blavatnikawards.org. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  16. ^ "Geoffrey W. Coates". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  17. ^ "Chemist named National Academy of Inventors fellow". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  18. ^ "Geoffrey W. Coates". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  19. ^ Welch (2021-05-24). "The Welch Foundation Welcomes Geoffrey W. Coates to the Scientific…". Welch. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  20. ^ https://www.eni.com/en-IT/media/press-release/2022/08/eni-award-2022-winners-named.html [bare URL]
  21. ^ http://www.nasonline.org/programs/awards/industrial-application-of-science.html [bare URL]
  22. ^ Novomer website.
  23. ^ Ecolectro website.
  24. ^ Intermix Performance Materials website.
  25. ^ "Danimer Scientific Completes Acquisition of Biodegradable Polymer Producer Novomer". 11 August 2021.
  26. ^ "Home". kensagroup.com.
  27. ^ "Scientific Advisory Board".
  28. ^ Carreira, Erick M. (2022). "JACS 2021: In Review". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144 (1): 1–2. doi:10.1021/jacs.1c13452. PMID 35016510. S2CID 245878963.
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