Alan S. Goldman

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Alan S. Goldman is an American chemist and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Rutgers University. [1] He is a winner of the ACS Catalysis Lectureship for the Advancement of Catalytic Science, [2] and received the ACS Award in Organometallic Chemistry in 2019 [3] and the Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 2020. [4] In 2021, he was elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. [5] Goldman's research has focused on reactions of small molecules catalyzed by transition metal complexes, and the mechanisms of relevant reactions.


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References

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  4. "Royal Society of Chemistry 2020 prize and award winners". rsc.org. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
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