K.C. Nicolaou, Ph.D.
Rice University
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| Grant ID: R1226 |
| Grant Mechanism: Recruitment of Established Investigators |
| Recruited From: The Scripps Research Institute |
| Date Awarded: August 02, 2012 |
| Grant Amount: $6,000,000 |
K.C. Nicolaou joined Rice’s faculty in 2013. His specialty is total synthesis, an area of organic chemistry dedicated to the complete synthesis of nature’s most complex molecules.
He is best known for publishing the first complete synthetic pathway to the natural substance taxol. Marketed as the chemotherapeutic drug paclitaxel, taxol is used to treat ovarian, breast, lung, pancreatic and other cancers and is on the World Health Organization’s List of Essential Medicines.