Timothy D. Lash

Timothy D. Lash (born 13 October 1953) is an English-born chemist. He moved to the United States and began teaching at Illinois State University in 1984. Lash is known for his contributions to synthetic porphyrin chemistry.

Career Timothy D. Lash was born on 13 October 1953, in Salisbury, England. He completed B.Sc. (Hon.) degree in chemistry from the University of Exeter in 1975 and his MS in organic chemistry from University of Wales, College of Cardiff. In 1979 he received his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from same university under the guidance of A. H. Jackson. T. D. Lash, “Synthesis of Novel Porphyrin Chromophores” in The Porphyrin Handbook, Ed. K. M. Kadish, K. M. Smith and R. Guilard, Academic Press: San Diego, CA, 2000, Volume 2: Heteroporphyrins, Expanded Porphyrins and Related Macrocycles, Chapter 10, pp 125–199. T. D. Lash, “Synthesis of porphyrins with exocyclic rings from cycloalkenopyrroles” in Advances in Nitrogen Heterocycles, Volume 1, Ed. C. J. Moody, JAI Press Inc., 1995, pp 19–69. T. D. Lash, “Heteroporphyrins and Carbaporphyrins” in Porphyrins for the 21st Century, Volume 1 – Fundamentals, Ed. P. Brothers and M. Senge, Wiley, 2016, in press.