William Dichtel

William Dichtel (born 1978, Houston, Texas)[2] is a chemist at Northwestern University[3] and a 2015 MacArthur Fellow who has helped pioneer the development of porous polymers known as covalent organic frameworks.[4] In 2020, Dichtel was selected as the 2020 Laureate in Chemistry of the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists.[5]

William Dichtel
BornSeptember 19, 1978
Houston, Texas
EducationMassachusetts Institute of Technology and University of California Berkeley and University of California Los Angeles and California Institute of Technology
AwardsBeckman Young Investigators Award,[1] MacArthur Fellow
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsNorthwestern University Cornell University
Doctoral advisorJean Fréchet
Other academic advisorsSir Fraser Stoddart, Jim Heath, Tim Swager
Websitesites.northwestern.edu/dichtel/

References
  1. "William Dichtel". Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  2. "William Dichtel". Dichtel Research Profile. Northwestern University.
  3. "Dichtel Research Group | At the Interface of Organic and Materials Chemistry". Northwestern University.
  4. "William Dichtel — MacArthur Foundation". MacArthur Foundation. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  5. "Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists Announce 2020 Laureates". Blavatnik Family Foundation. Retrieved July 22, 2020. William is an avid swimmer and is training to swim the English Channel in 2021 despite a horrendous freestyle stroke.


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