{"id":82,"date":"2018-05-15T16:56:27","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T20:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westgroup.chem.ualberta.ca\/?page_id=82"},"modified":"2024-11-07T21:57:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T04:57:57","slug":"the-boss","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/westgroup.chem.ualberta.ca\/index.php\/the-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"F. G. West"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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F. G. West<\/span><\/b><\/h3>

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

B.Sc., University of Arizona<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

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Professor West was born and raised in rural Arizona, and received his undergraduate training (Chemistry, with Honors and summa cum laude<\/i>) at the University of Arizona in Tucson. While there, he performed research with Victor Hruby on conformationally restricted analogues of the peptide hormone oxytocin, and developed one of the first HPLC-based methods for amino acid analysis of peptide hydrolysates. He then moved to Madison, Wisconsin where he was an NSF Predoctoral Fellow at the University of Wisconsin in the labs of Professor Edwin Vedejs. His doctoral research concerned the generation of nonstabilized azomethine ylides using desilylation methods and the application of this method to the synthesis of pyrrolizidine alkaloids. He spent two years at Columbia University as an NIH Postdoctoral Fellow with Professor Gilbert Stork, working on radical cyclization-based approaches to the cardenolides.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

Professor West began his independent career at the University of Utah in 1988. Initially, his program focused on the use of pyran-4-one photochemistry for the rapid assembly of complex polycyclic skeletons, and the Stevens rearrangement of metallocarbene-derived ylides. Subsequent areas of interest have included the Nazarov cyclization, carbohydrate chemistry, hexose transporter proteins, cancer imaging, and antiviral therapeutics. (See the research description for a more detailed discussion of current research interests.) In 2002, Professor West moved to the University of Alberta in Edmonton, where he is currently Professor of Chemistry and Adjunct Professor of Oncology. He has previously held various leadership roles, including Associate Chair (Research) and Interim Chair of the Department of Chemistry, Co-Director of the Cancer Institute of Northern Alberta, and Vice Dean of Science and Interim Dean of the Faculty of Science.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

Awards and Honours<\/span><\/u><\/b><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

2021-2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Allard Research Chair in Oncology<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

2020\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bernard Belleau Award, Canadian Society for Chemistry<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

2016\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rutherford Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

2015-2016\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 McCalla Professor<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

2015\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Killam Award for Excellence in Mentoring, University of Alberta<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

2012-2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Teacher of the Year Award, University of Alberta Chemistry Students\u2019 Association<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

2011\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Killam Annual Professor, University of Alberta<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

2011\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Alfred Bader Award, Canadian Society for Chemistry<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

2010\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Faculty of Science Award for Excellent Teaching, University of Alberta<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

2005-2006\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Chemistry Students\u2019 Association Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Alberta<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

2004-2005\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chemistry Students\u2019 Association Award for Teaching Excellence, University of Alberta<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

1998-1999\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 University Professor, University of Utah<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

1994-1995\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 American Cyanamid Faculty Award<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

1993-1994\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Eli Lilly Grantee<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

1992\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Robert W. Parry Teaching Award, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

1991-1994\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 American Cancer Society Junior Faculty Research Award<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

1990\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Chemistry SAC Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, University of Utah<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

1986-1988\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellowship, Columbia University<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

1981-1984\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Madison<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

1980-1981\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Samuel M. McElvain Distinguished Teaching\/Research Assistantship, University of\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Wisconsin-Madison<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

Contact Information<\/u><\/strong><\/p>

Professor Frederick. G. West<\/p>

Department of Chemistry<\/p>

University of Alberta<\/p>

11227 Sasketchewan Drive<\/p>

Edmonton, AB \u00a0T6G 2G2<\/p>

Canada<\/p>

Office: W5-70D, Gunning\/Lemieux Chemistry Centre<\/p>

Phone: (780) 492-8187<\/p>

Fax: (780) 492-8231<\/p>

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