Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award: Paul J. Hergenrother

Citation: For innovative use and application of organic synthesis to solve critical problems at the frontiers of chemical biology and translational drug discovery.

Current position: Kenneth L. Rinehart Jr. Endowed Chair in Natural Products Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Education: B.S., chemistry, University of Notre Dame; Ph.D., chemistry, University of Texas, Austin

Hergenrother on what gets his creative juices flowing: “I am most interested in understanding currently intractable problems in medicine and thinking about how . . .