Richmond Sarpong

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Ghanaian American chemist organic chemist person university professor

Richmond Sarpong is a Ghanaian-born American organic chemist renowned for his work in complex molecule synthesis and as a prominent professor at the University of California, Berkeley.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Richmond Sarpong canonical	3

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Ghanaian American ⓘ chemist ⓘ organic chemist ⓘ person ⓘ university professor ⓘ
academicAdvisor	Martin F. Semmelhack ⓘ
awardReceived	ACS Cope Scholar Award ⓘ Elias J. Corey Award for Outstanding Original Contribution in Organic Synthesis by a Young Investigator ⓘ surface form: ACS Elias J. Corey Award for Outstanding Original Contribution in Organic Synthesis by a Young Investigator Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science ⓘ Royal Society of Chemistry Synthetic Organic Chemistry Award ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Ghana ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
doctoralDegree	PhD in chemistry ⓘ
educatedAt	Macalester College ⓘ Princeton University ⓘ
emigration	emigrated from Ghana to the United States ⓘ
employer	University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Ghanaian ⓘ
familyName	Sarpong ⓘ
fieldOfWork	C–C bond activation ⓘ complex molecule synthesis ⓘ natural product synthesis ⓘ organic chemistry ⓘ total synthesis ⓘ transition metal catalysis ⓘ
givenName	Richmond ⓘ
hasAcademicRank	full professor ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	American Chemical Society ⓘ Royal Society of Chemistry ⓘ
name	Richmond Sarpong self-link ⓘ
notableFor	advocacy for diversity and inclusion in chemistry ⓘ development of strategies for C–C bond activation ⓘ methodology for skeletal editing of organic molecules ⓘ synthesis of complex natural products ⓘ
notableStudent	organic chemistry graduate students at UC Berkeley ⓘ
occupation	organic chemist ⓘ professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Ghana ⓘ
positionHeld	Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
postdoctoralAdvisor	Brian M. Stoltz NERFINISHED ⓘ
researchInterest	catalysis ⓘ natural product total synthesis ⓘ reaction mechanism ⓘ
residence	Berkeley, California, United States ⓘ surface form: Berkeley, California
workplace	UC Berkeley College of Chemistry ⓘ surface form: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley

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Subject: Richmond Sarpong
Description of subject: Richmond Sarpong is a Ghanaian-born American organic chemist renowned for his work in complex molecule synthesis and as a prominent professor at the University of California, Berkeley.

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Barry M. Trost → notableStudent → Richmond Sarpong ⓘ

K. C. Nicolaou → doctoralStudent → Richmond Sarpong ⓘ

Richmond Sarpong → name → Richmond Sarpong self-link ⓘ