Biography:Miguel García-Garibay

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Miguel García-Garibay
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Born
Morelia, Mexico
NationalityMexican
CitizenshipUnited States
Education
  • B.S. (Chemistry, Pharmacy and Biology), 1982, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo
  • PhD, University of British Columbia, 1988
  • Postdoctoral fellowship, University of British Columbia, 1988–89
  • Postdoctoral fellowship, Columbia University, 1989–1992
Scientific career
Fields
  • Solid-state organic chemistry
  • Solid state reaction mechanisms
  • Dynamics in crystals
  • Crystalline molecular machines

Miguel A. García-Garibay is a professor of chemistry and biochemistry and the dean of physical sciences at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).[1][2] His research focuses on solid state organic chemistry, photochemistry and spectroscopy, artificial molecular machines, and mesoscale phenomena.[3][4]

Education

García-Garibay received his B.S. from the University of Michoacán, Mexico, in 1982. After completing a combined degree in Chemistry, Biology, and Pharmacy, García-Garibay went on to get a PhD degree in Chemistry at the University of British Columbia, where he joined the group of John Scheffer. After that, he joined the group of Nicholas Turro as a postdoctoral fellow at Columbia University.[5]

García-Garibay received an Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award in 2015.

Awards and positions

  • National Academy of Sciences, 2023
  • ACS Fellow, 2019[6]
  • ACS Cope Scholar Award, 2015
  • Appointment to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable of the NAS Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, 2012–2018
  • Associate Editor of the Journal of the ACS, 2009–2016
  • NSF Creativity Award, 2009–2011
  • American Competitiveness and Innovation Fellow, 2008
  • Fellow of the AAAS, 2007
  • Herbert Newby McCoy Award, UCLA, 1999
  • Dean's Marshal Award for the Division of Physical Sciences, UCLA, 1997
  • NSF Career Award 1996–99

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