Neil E. Schore is an American chemist and former associate professor of

organic chemistry Organic chemistry is a subdiscipline within chemistry involving the science, scientific study of the structure, properties, and reactions of organic compounds and organic matter, organic materials, i.e., matter in its various forms that contain ...

and Vice Chair of Chemistry at the

University of California, Davis The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Davis, California, United States. It is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University ...

. He is also the co-author of ''Organic Chemistry: Structure and Function''. His doctoral advisor at Columbia University was

Nicholas Turro Nicholas J. Turro (May 18, 1938 – November 24, 2012) was an American chemist, Wm. P. Schweitzer Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University. He was a world renowned organic chemist and leading world expert on organic photochemistry. He was th ...

, a chemist in the field of

organic photochemistry Organic photochemistry encompasses organic reactions that are induced by the action of light. The absorption of ultraviolet light by organic molecules often leads to reactions. In the earliest days, sunlight was employed, while in more modern times ...

. His research areas include “mechanistic and synthetic organic and organometallic chemistry; applications of

organometallic chemistry Organometallic chemistry is the study of organometallic compounds, chemical compounds containing at least one chemical bond between a carbon atom of an organic molecule and a metal, including alkali, alkaline earth, and transition metals, and so ...

and

polymer chemistry Polymer chemistry is a sub-discipline of chemistry that focuses on the structures, chemical synthesis, and chemical and physical properties of polymers and macromolecules. The principles and methods used within polymer chemistry are also applic ...

to organic synthesis.” He is now a professor emeritus at UC Davis and holds the position of adjunct professor at the

Korea University Korea University (KU, ) is a Private university, private research university in Seoul, South Korea. Established in 1905 by Yi Yong-ik, Lee Yong-Ik, a prominent official of the Korean Empire, Korea University is among South Korea's oldest List of ...

International Summer Campus, teaching both general chemistry and organic chemistry.

Honors, awards, and professional highlights

Source: * 2019 Appointed as Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, UC Davis * 2012 Appointed to faculty, Korea University International Summer Campus * 2006 Phi Beta Kappa Award for Teaching Excellence * 1999 Vice Chair of Chemistry, UC Davis * 1999 Executive Secretary, UC Cancer Research Coordinating Committee * 1989 Distinguished Teaching Award * 1982 Became an associate professor, UC Davis * 1981-1985 Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar * 1979 Magnar Ronning Award, Teaching Excellence * 1976 Appointed to faculty, UC Davis (Assistant Professor) * 1974-1976 NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship * 1973 Ph.D. Columbia University * 1973 Louis P. Hammett Award * 1969-1973 NSF and NIH Predoctoral fellowships * 1969 B.A. University of Pennsylvania

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at the Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis (UCD) Living people 21st-century American chemists American organic chemists University of California, Davis faculty 1948 births {{US-chemist-stub