Melanie Sarah Sanford was born on June 16,1975 and is an American chemist, currently the Moses Gomberg Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry and Arthur F Thurnau Professor of Chemistry at the University of Michigan.
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Melanie Sanford is a Fellow for the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2016.
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Melanie Sanford has served as an executive editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society since 2021, having been an associate editor of the since 2014.
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Melanie Sanford graduated from Yale University with a BS and MS in Chemistry in 1996, having carried out research with Robert H Crabtree, while competing for the Yale Gymnastics NCAA team.
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Melanie Sanford graduated from the California Institute of Technology with a Ph.
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Melanie Sanford did postdoctoral work at Princeton University, where she studied with John T Groves.
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Melanie Sanford began her academic career as an assistant professor at the University of Michigan in 2003.
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Melanie Sanford was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 2007 and full professor in 2013.
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Melanie Sanford's group has developed new methods to access fluorinated and radiofluorinated materials for agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals and radiology.
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Melanie Sanford has received numerous awards and honors including but not limited to:.