Dr. Forrest Michael

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Biography

Forrest Michael obtained his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 2001, where he worked under Professor David Evans and focused on the design and development of new chiral ligands for enantioselective catalysis. After graduating, he served as a post-doctoral fellow under Professor Robert Bergman at the University of California, Berkeley, where he conducted fundamental mechanistic studies of zirconium-based catalysts in alkene functionalization. He joined the faculty at the University of Washington in 2004, where he has developed a research program that is dedicated to the study of new catalytic reactions, particularly the formation of carbon-nitrogen bonds using alkene and alkyne starting materials. His research continues to explore fundamental organometallic mechanisms in the context of reaction development.

Research Interests

Courses

CHEM 257 Honors Organic Chemistry CHEM 431 Advanced Synthetic Organic Chemistry CHEM 531 Advanced Synthetic Organic Chemistry CHEM 237 Organic Chemistry CHEM 593 Seminar Organic Chemistry

Requirements for University of Washington

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:80
IELTS
Overall
Required:6.5
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:105
Overall
Required:105
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university
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Specialization Notes

Standard Graduate School requirements for University of Washington apply to most departments listed unless specified otherwise by the program.