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Professor Snyder grew up in the suburbs of Buffalo, NY, where his interests in science, particularly chemistry, were forged in high school by a variety of experiences including three summers of research in a biochemistry lab at the State University of New York at Buffalo and an opportunity to attend the United States National Study Camp for the International Chemistry Olympiad.
Scott then pursued his undergraduate studies in chemistry at Williams College in Williamstown, MA, where he conducted research in several different areas, including physical organic, heterocyclic, and medicinal chemistry. He also spent a summer as an intern at the Dupont-Merck Pharmaceutical Company (now part of Bristol-Myers Squibb). These endeavors resulted in several publications, a number of awards, and the receipt of national fellowships such as a Pfizer Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship and the Barry M. Goldwater Fellowship in Science and Engineering.
In 1999, he began his graduate studies with Professor K. C. Nicolaou at The Scripps Research Institute, where he devoted his attention to studying the chemistry and biology of the marine-derived antitumor agent diazonamide A. During his five years in La Jolla, Scott was funded by graduate fellowships from the National Science Foundation, Pfizer, and Bristol-Myers Squibb. Overall, his thesis project resulted in two distinct total syntheses of this intricately complex molecule attended by the discovery of several new synthetic methods and strategies. In addition to his benchwork, Scott also co-authored several review articles and book chapters as well as the textbook Classics in Total Synthesis II (Wiley-VCH).
Scott then trained as a National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Professor E. J. Corey at Harvard University, where he completed the enantioselective total synthesis of four members of the dolabellane family of natural products and discovered several new synthetic reactions and reagents.
He began his independent career in 2006 at Columbia University and moved to The Scripps Research Institute in 2013 where he is now an Associate Professor with tenure. His group is well known for its efforts related to synthesis of diverse polyphenolic and alkaloid natural products as well as the development of several new reagents that have enabled access to a diverse array of halogenated molecules. These endeavors are supported by generous grants from the National Institute of Health (through the National Institute of General Medical Sciences), the National Science Foundation, and the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund. Scott is also a recognized educator and co-author, with Graham Solomons and Craig Fryhle, of the widely-used undergraduate book Organic Chemistry, 11th Edition (Wiley).
Selected awards and honors
• The Chemical Record Lectureship, 2013
• Amgen Young Investigator Award, 2012
• Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award from the American Chemical Society, 2011
• DuPont Young Professor Award, 2011
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship, 2010
• Bristol-Myers Squibb Grant in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 2010
• Eli Lilly Grantee Award, 2009
• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship, 2009
• Cottrell Scholar Award from the Research Corporation, 2009
• Columbia University Presidential Teaching Award, 2009
• NSF CAREER Award, 2009
• Synthesis/Synlett Journal Award, 2008
• Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award, 2006
• Eli Lilly New Faculty Award, 2006
• Amgen New Faculty Award, 2006
Plenary/Named Lectures
30. |
ACS/SACI Binational Organic Chemistry Conference/Frank Warren Conference, Stellenbosch, South Africa (December 2014) |
29. |
IUPAC 28th International Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products/8th International Conference on Biodiversity, Shanghai, China (October 2014) |
28. |
1st Aldrich Lectureship, Rice University, Department of Chemistry, Houston, TX (April 2014) |
27. |
The 2014 Chemical Record Lectureship, Nagoya, Japan (March 2014) |
26. |
2nd Torkil Holm Symposium, Copenhagen, Denmark (January 2014) |
25. |
Armenian Chemistry Frontiers Symposium, Yerevan, Armenia (August 2013) |
24. |
ICIQ Summer School, Tarragona, Spain (July 2013) |
23. |
International Conference on Natural Products Chemistry, Chongqing, China (September 2012) |
22. |
International Conference on Functional Molecules in Nature, Nanjing, China (September 2012) |
21. |
26th International Conference on Polyphenols, Florence, Italy (July 2012) |
20. |
13th Belgian Organic Synthesis Symposium (BOSS), Leuven, Belgium (July 2012) |
19. |
3rd International Symposium on Organic Synthesis and Drug Design, Changzhou, China (May 2012) |
18. |
Eli Lilly Lectureship, Northwestern University, Department of Chemistry, Evanston, IL (February 2012) |
17. |
1st Aldrich Lectureship, University of California – Berkeley, Department of Chemistry, Berkeley, CA (October 2011) |
16. |
4th International Symposium on Advances in Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry, St. Petersburg, Russia (August 2011) |
15. |
The International Symposium on Physical Organic Chemistry and Synthetic Materials, Nankai University, Beijing, China (July 2011) |
14. |
7th Sino-US Symposium on Organic Chemistry, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China (June 2011) |
13. |
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Chemistry, Franklin Medal Award Symposium, Philadelphia, PA (April 2011) |
12. |
10th Anglo-Norman Organic Chemistry Symposium, University of Southampton, Southampton, England (April 2010) |
11. |
ACS Award in Pure Chemistry Symposium in honor of Prof. Phil S. Baran, ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA (March 2010) |
10. |
21st Frontiers in Chemistry Symposium, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA (February 2010) |
9. |
6th Hirata Memorial Lecture Symposium, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan (January 2010) |
8. |
34th RACI Symposium, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia (December 2009) |
7. |
30th RACI Symposium, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia (December 2009) |
6. |
4th Banff Symposium on Organic Chemistry, Banff, Canada (October 2009; student invited talk) |
5. |
22nd Organic Chemistry Day Symposium, University of Missouri-Columbia, St. Louis, MO (April 2009) |
4. |
3rd Annual NESACS/RSC/IUPAC Advances in Chemical Sciences Symposium, Cambridge, MA (April 2009) |
3. |
6th Novartis Lectureship, Boston University, Department of Chemistry, Boston, MA (February 2009) |
2. |
Sino-American Symposium on Organic Synthesis and Drug Development, Xuzhou Normal University, Xuzhou, China (October 2008) |
1. |
Kalypsys Lectureship, Young Investigators in Natural Product Synthesis, Western Regional ACS Meeting, San Diego, CA (October 2007) |
Invited Lectures
135. |
University of Colorado – Boulder, Department of Chemistry, Boulder, CO (April 2015) |
134. |
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Institute Seminar Series, New York, NY (March 2015) |
133. |
University of Cape Town, Department of Chemistry, Cape Town, South Africa (December 2014) |
132. |
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Institute Seminar Series, Memphis, TN (November 2014) |
131. |
Kunming Institute of Botany, Department of Chemistry, Kunming, China (October 2014) |
130. |
Institute for Chemical Synthesis and Biological Chemistry, Nanjing, China (October 2014) |
129. |
University of Montreal, Department of Chemistry, Montreal, Canada (October 2014) |
128. |
University of Pittsburgh, Department of Chemistry, Pittsburgh, PA (September 2014) |
127. |
Florida Atlantic University, Department of Chemistry, Boca Raton, FL (September 2014) |
126. |
5th European Workshop in Drug Synthesis, Siena, Italy (May 2014) |
125. |
Boehringer-Ingelheim, Process Chemistry, Ridgefield, CT (April 2014) |
124. |
Eisai, Discovery Chemistry, Tsukuba, Japan (March 2014) |
123. |
Teijin Pharma, Discovery Chemistry, Tokyo, Japan (March 2014) |
122. |
SUNY – Stony Brook, Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook, NY (February 2014) |
121. |
Lundbeck, Discovery Chemistry, Copenhagen, Denmark (January 2014) |
120. |
24th International Society for Heterocyclic Chemistry Conference, Shanghai, China (September 2013) |
119. |
Sanofi-Aventis, Disovery Chemistry, Frankfurt, Germany (August 2013) |
118. |
Celgene, Discovery Chemistry, San Diego, CA (August 2013) |
117. |
Gordon Research Conference on Natural Products (July 2013) |
116. |
Council for Chemical Research Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (May 2013) |
115. |
Institute for Chemical Synthesis and Biological Chemistry, Nanjing, China (March 2013) |
114. |
Texas A & M University, Department of Chemistry, College Station, TX (February 2013) |
113. |
The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL (January 2013) |
112. |
Abbott Laboratories, Process Chemistry Department, Chicago, IL (January 2013) |
111. |
ACS North Jersey Section, Award Symposium honoring K. C. Nicolaou for his 2012 Award for Creativity in Molecular Design and Synthesis, New Brunswick, NJ (November 2012) |
110. |
University of Helsinki, Department of Chemistry, Helsinki, Finland (November 2012) |
109. |
University of California – Santa Barbara, Department of Chemistry (October 2012) |
108. |
Nanjing University, Department of Chemistry Nanjing, China (September 2012) |
107. |
Amgen Young Investigators Symposium, Thousand Oaks, CA (October 2012) |
106. |
Michigan State University, Department of Chemistry, East Lansing, MI (October 2012) |
105. |
Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award Symposium, ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA (August 2012) |
104. |
International Chirality Conference, Dallas, TX (June 2012) |
103. |
Suzhou University, Department of Chemistry, Suzhou, China (May 2012) |
102. |
University of Science and Technology of China, Department of Chemistry, Hefei, China (May 2012) |
101. |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Grantee Symposium, Lawrenceville, NJ (April 2012) |
100. |
Colby College, Department of Chemistry, Waterville, ME (April 2012) |
99. |
Eli Lilly and Company, Biennial Grantee Symposium, Indianapolis, IN (March 2012) |
98. |
Iowa State University, Department of Chemistry, Ames, IA (January 2012) |
97. |
AstraZeneca, Discovery Chemistry, Waltham, MA (January 2012) |
96. |
University of Indiana – Bloomington, Department of Chemistry, Bloomington, IN (November 2011) |
95. |
University of Toronto, Department of Chemistry, Student Invited Speaker, Toronto, Canada (October 2011) |
94. |
Columbia University, Department of Chemistry, New York, NY (December 2011) |
93. |
Queen’s College, Department of Chemistry, New York, NY (November 2011) |
92. |
University of California – Irvine, Department of Chemistry, Irvine, CA (October 2011) |
91. |
Princeton University, Department of Chemistry, Princeton, NJ (October 2011) |
90. |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, MA (September 2011) |
89. |
Pfizer, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Groton, CT (September 2011) |
88. |
AstraZeneca, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Mölndal, Sweden (August 2011) |
87. |
University of Minnesota, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Minneapolis, MN (July 2011) |
86. |
Biodura, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Beijing, China (June 2011) |
85. |
Stanford University, Department of Chemistry, Palo Alto, CA (June 2011) |
84. |
University of California–Los Angeles, Department of Chemistry, Los Angeles, CA (May 2011) |
83. |
California Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Pasadena, CA (May 2011) |
82. |
University of Southern California, Department of Chemistry, Los Angeles, CA (May 2011) |
81. |
University of Illinois–Chicago, Department of Chemistry, Chicago, IL (May 2011) |
80. |
Hoffman–LaRoche, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Nutley, NJ (April 2011) |
79. |
Georgia State University, Department of Chemistry, Atlanta, GA (April 2011) |
78. |
Cornell University, Department of Chemistry, Ithaca, NY (March 2011) |
77. |
Brandeis University, Department of Chemistry, Waltham, MA (February 2011) |
76. |
Harvard University, Department of Chemistry, Woodward Lecture Series in Organic Chemistry, Cambridge, MA (February 2011) |
75. |
New Jersey Biotechnology Consortium Symposium, Princeton, NJ (December 2010) |
74. |
Bayer Pharmaceuticals, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Wuppertal, Germany (November 2010) |
73. |
University of Göttingen, Department of Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany (November 2010) |
72. |
University of Strasbourg, Department of Chemistry, Strasbourg, France (November 2010) |
71. |
University of Basel, Department of Chemistry, Basel, Switzerland (November 2010) |
70. |
University of Zurich, Department of Chemistry, Zurich, Switzerland (November 2010) |
69. |
Max Planck Institute–Mulheim, Department of Chemistry, Mulheim, Germany (November 2010) |
68. |
ETH, Department of Chemistry, Zurich, Switzerland (November 2010) |
67. |
University of California–San Diego, Department of Chemistry, San Diego, CA (November 2010) |
66. |
University of Ottawa, Department of Chemistry, Ottawa, Canada (October 2010) |
65. |
Colorado State University, Department of Chemistry, Boulder, CO (October 2010) |
64. |
City College of New York, Department of Chemistry (October 2010) |
63. |
University of Texas–Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Chemistry, Dallas, TX (September 2010) |
62. |
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong, China (August 2010) |
61. |
Peking University at Shenzhen, Department of Chemistry, Shenzhen, China (August 2010) |
60. |
University of Hong Kong, Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong, China (August 2010) |
59. |
ChemPartner, Chemical Discovery Group, Shanghai, China (August 2010) |
58. |
East China Normal University, Department of Chemistry, Shanghai, China (August 2010) |
57. |
China Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Shanghai, China (August 2010) |
56. |
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Shanghai, China (August 2010) |
55. |
WuXi AppTec, Shanghai, China (August 2010) |
54. |
University of Delaware, Department of Chemistry, Newark, DE (June 2010) |
53. |
DuPont, Crop Sciences Department, Wilmington, DE (June 2010) |
52. |
ACS New England Regional Meeting, Cope Scholar Symposium in honor of Prof. John Porco, Potsdam, NY (June 2010) |
51. |
GlaxoSmithKline, Discovery Chemistry, Research Triangle Park, Raleigh, NC (June 2010) |
50. |
Hunter College, Department of Chemistry, New York, NY (April 2010) |
49. |
Merck Research Laboratories, Process Chemistry, Rahway, NJ (March 2010) |
48. |
West Virginia University, Department of Chemistry, Morgantown, WV (February 2010) |
47. |
Waseda University, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo, Japan (January 2010) |
46. |
Osaka University–Toyonaka Campus, Department of Chemistry, Osaka, Japan (January 2010) |
45. |
Osaka University–Suita Campus, Department of Chemistry, Osaka, Japan (January 2010) |
44. |
Kyoto University, Department of Chemistry, Kyoto, Japan (January 2010) |
43. |
Tohoku University, Department of Chemistry, Sendai, Japan (January 2010) |
42. |
Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan (January 2010) |
41. |
RIKEN, Tokyo, Japan (January 2010) |
40. |
University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, Tokyo, Japan (January 2010) |
39. |
National Institutes of Health, Chemical Interest Group, Bethesda, MD (December 2009) |
38. |
Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organization (CSIRO), Melbourne, Australia (December 2009) |
37. |
Australian National University, Canberra, Australia (December 2009) |
36. |
University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign, Department of Chemistry, Urbana, IL (November 2009) |
35. |
University of Kansas, Department of Chemistry, Lawrence, KS (November 2009) |
34. |
Yale University, Department of Chemistry, New Haven, CT (October 2009) |
33. |
Swarthmore College, Department of Chemistry, Swarthmore, PA (October 2009) |
32. |
The College of William and Mary, Department of Chemistry, Williamsburg, VA (October 2009) |
31. |
Vitae Pharmaceuticals, Discovery Chemistry, Fort Washington, PA (October 2009) |
30. |
Vanderbilt University, Department of Chemistry, Nashville, TN (September 2009) |
29. |
University of Alabama–Tuscaloosa, Department of Chemistry, Tuscaloosa, AL (September 2009) |
28. |
GlaxoSmithKline, Discovery Chemistry, Collegeville, PA (July 2009) |
27. |
GlaxoSmithKline, Process Chemistry, King of Prussia, PA (July 2009) |
26. |
Gordon Research Conference on Organic Reactions and Processes, Providence, RI (July 2009) |
25. |
Eli Lilly and Company, Discovery and Process Chemistry, Indianapolis, IN (June 2009) |
24. |
Gordon Research Conference on Combinatorial Chemistry: High Throughput Chemistry and Chemical Biology, New London, NH (June 2009) |
23. |
Merck Research Laboratories, Discovery Chemistry, West Point, PA (May 2009) |
22. |
Bristol-Myers Squibb, Discovery Chemistry, Lawrenceville, NJ (April 2009) |
21. |
Bristol-Myers Squibb, Process Chemistry, New Brunswick, NJ (April 2009) |
20. |
University of Texas–Arlington, Department of Chemistry, Arlington, TX (April 2009) |
19. |
Texas Tech University, Department of Chemistry, Lubbock, TX (April 2009) |
18. |
Bristol-Myers Squibb, Discovery Chemistry, Wallingford, CT (March 2009) |
17. |
University of Chicago, Department of Chemistry, Chicago, IL (March 2009) |
16. |
Schering-Plough, Department of Chemical Research, Kenilworth, NJ (March 2009) |
15. |
American Association for Cancer Research-American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA (February 2009) |
14. |
University of New Mexico, Department of Chemistry, Albuquerque, NM (December 2008) |
13. |
Emory University, Department of Chemistry, Atlanta, GA (October 2008) |
12. |
Peking University, Department of Chemistry, Beijing, China (October 2008) |
11. |
National Tsinghua University, Department of Chemistry, Beijing, China (October 2008) |
10. |
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Shanghai, China (October 2008) |
9. |
Zhejiang University, Department of Chemistry, Hangzhou, China (October 2008) |
8. |
International Symposium on Organic Synthesis and Drug Discovery, Nanjing, China (October 2008) |
7. |
Rutgers University, Department of Chemistry, New Brunswick, NJ (September 2008) |
6. |
Gordon Research Conference on Natural Products, Tilton, NH (July 2008) |
5. |
NSF Synthesis Workshop, Holderness, NH (June 2008) |
4. |
Merck Research Laboratories-IRBM, Pomezia, Italy (May 2008) |
3. |
University of Rome “La Sapienza,” Rome, Italy (May 2008) |
2. |
ESF-COST High-Level International Conference on Natural Products: Chemistry, Biology, and Medicine, Acquafredda di Maratea, Italy (May 2008) |
1. |
Brock University, Department of Chemistry, St. Catherines, Canada (September 2007) |
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