Peter Alan Jacobi

Biography

Professor Jacobi received his B.S. degree in Chemistry in 1967 from the University of New Hampshire, and his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry in 1973 from Princeton University (E.C. Taylor). After spending two years at Harvard as a Postdoctoral Fellow (R.B. Woodward), he joined the faculty of Wesleyan University in 1975. In 1993 he was named the John Wesley Beach Professor of Chemistry. In the fall of 1997 he moved from Wesleyan to Dartmouth, where in 2004 he was appointed the New Hampshire Professor of Chemistry (2004-13). Dr. Jacobi has been the recipient of the American Cyanamide Company Award for “Advancement of the Art and Science of Synthesis” (1985); the Connecticut Valley ACS Award for “Outstanding Contributions to Chemistry” (1988); and the Caleb T. Winchester Award for “Excellence as a Scholar-Teacher” (1996). In 2010 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Chemical Society.

Research Interest

Natural products chemistry, synthetic methodology, heterocyclic chemistry