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Gregory C. Fu

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academic chemist organic chemist person

Gregory C. Fu is a prominent organic chemist known for pioneering work in transition-metal catalysis and asymmetric synthesis.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic → chemist → organic chemist → person →
awardReceived	ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry → ACS Award in Organometallic Chemistry → Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award → Beckman Young Investigator Award → Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award → Elias J. Corey Award for Outstanding Original Contribution in Organic Synthesis by a Young Investigator → Herbert C. Brown Award for Creative Research in Synthetic Methods → Merck–Schuchardt Award → Mukhtar Ahmed Award in Chemistry → Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering → Sloan Research Fellowship → Thieme–IUPAC Prize in Synthetic Organic Chemistry →
educatedAt	Harvard University → Massachusetts Institute of Technology →
employer	California Institute of Technology →
fieldOfWork	asymmetric synthesis → cross-coupling reactions → nickel catalysis → organic chemistry → organometallic chemistry → palladium catalysis → photoredox catalysis → radical chemistry → transition-metal catalysis →
gender	male →
hasAcademicAdvisor	David A. Evans →
hasResearchInterest	cross-electrophile coupling → enantioselective catalysis → photoredox–nickel dual catalysis → radical cross-coupling →
hasWorkplace	Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Caltech →
knownFor	development of chiral catalysts → development of enantioselective cross-coupling reactions → development of nickel-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions → pioneering work in asymmetric synthesis → pioneering work in transition-metal catalysis → research on carbon–carbon bond formation → research on carbon–heteroatom bond formation →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → National Academy of Sciences →
nationality	American →
notableStudent	Abigail G. Doyle →
occupation	professor of chemistry →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
ACS Award in Organic Chemistry →	hasRecipient