The 2022 National Fresenius Award recipient is Professor Todd Hyster of Cornell University. Research in the Hyster group focuses on developing new biocatalytic methods to address long-standing reactivity and selectivity challenges in organic synthesis. Using protein engineering and directed evolution, they develop photoenzymatic strategies for generating organic free radicals within protein active sites. They are also inventing new biocompatible photoredox reactions, enabling cascade reactions involving small molecule and enzymatic catalysts. These new tools can be applied to challenges encountered by the agrochemical and pharmaceutical industries. https://chemistry.cornell.edu/todd-hyster
Prof. Hyster will be honored at the awards ceremony on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, in conjunction with the ACS Spring 2023 meeting in Indianapolis. For more information, visit www.acs.org/nationalawards.