External Consultant Board

Professor Tristan Lambert earned a B.S. in chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville in 1998, then joined UC-Berkeley for graduate studies with Dave MacMillan, later moving to Caltech, where he completed a Ph.D. on Claisen rearrangements. In 2004, he began postdoctoral research with Sam Danishefsky at Memorial Sloan-Kettering, completing a synthesis of UCS1025A. Tristan joined Columbia University’s faculty in 2006, becoming a Full Professor by 2016. In 2018, he moved to Cornell University, where he now serves as Department Chair and was named William T. Miller Professor in 2023. His research explores aromatic ions and applications in catalysis, reaction design, and polymers.

https://chemistry.cornell.edu/tristan-lambert

Professor Héctor D. Abruña, the Emile M. Chamot Professor of Chemistry at Cornell University and Director of the Energy Materials Center, completed his Ph.D. at UNC Chapel Hill in 1980 and a postdoc with Allen J. Bard at UT Austin. Since joining Cornell in 1983, he served as Chair of Chemistry and Chemical Biology from 2004 to 2008. A distinguished researcher, Abruña has received numerous awards, including the ACS Electrochemistry Award (2008), the C.N. Reilley Award (2007), the D.C. Grahame Award (2009), and the Faraday Medal (2011). He is a Fellow of the AAAS, the International Society of Electrochemistry, and the Electrochemical Society. With over 440 publications and 575+ invited lectures worldwide, 14 of his 50 Ph.D. students have gone on to faculty roles.

https://chemistry.cornell.edu/hector-d-abruna