About Douglas Stephan
Born 1953. Douglas Stephan is a university teacher and chemist, known for Frustrated Lewis pair.
Douglas Wade Stephan is professor of Chemistry at the University of Toronto, a post he has held since 2008.
Education Stephan was educated at McMaster University where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in 1976 and the University of Western Ontario where he was awarded a PhD in 1981 for research investigating enantioselective synthesis supervised by Nicholas C. Payne. Stephan was also a NATO PDF with Dick Holm at Harvard from 1980 to 1982.
Research and career Stephan's work uses fundamental studies to develop new methods for producing useful chemical products. He is best known for his work on frustrated Lewis pairs, which has enabled the development of metal-free methods of hydrogenation catalysis.
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Canadian professor of chemistry
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Douglas Stephan was born in 1953.
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Douglas Stephan is a university teacher and chemist.
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Douglas Stephan is known for Frustrated Lewis pair.
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