Robin Polt
University of Arizona, USA
Biography
Robin Polt developed methods for the synthesis of amino acids in Prof. Martin O’Donnell’s lab at IUPUI. He was then trained in the art of Organic Synthesis in the laboratories of Professors Gilbert J. Stork at Columbia University in New York and Dieter Seebach at the ETH in Zürich. He has continued the development of useful synthetic methods for amino acids, amino alcohols, glycosides and glycopeptides. Polt has mentored undergraduates, Ph.D. students from the USA, Czech Republic, China, India, Iran, Ireland, Kenya, Korea, Mexico and Sri Lanka, as well as post-doctoral students who have taken positions in academia, industry and government.