Faculty Profile
Olafs Daugulis
Robert A. Welch Chair of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
Office: STL, 439
Contact: olafs@uh.edu - 832-842-8180
Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1999; Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia, 1991
Postdoctoral Associate, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2000-2003
Broad interests in synthetic organic and organometallic methodology including:
- Group 11 metal chemistry
- Application of organometallic chemistry to organic synthesis and polymer chemistry
- Development of new enantio- and diastereoselective transformations
Students and postdocs in our group will be exposed to research at the convergence of organic, organometallic and polymer chemistry, often having direct technological applications. The training will provide these individuals with the capacity to make contributions in both science and technology.
- S.C. Slifkin Scholarship, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1996
- Synthesis-Synlett Journal Award, 2005
- NSF CAREER Award, 2007, declined due to overlap with NIH funding
- A. P. Sloan Fellowship 2008
- Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award 2008
- UH Excellence in Research and Scholarship Award at Assistant Prof. level 2009
- UH Teaching Excellence Award 2010
- Elected as a Foreign Member of Latvian Academy of Science, 2011
- Norman Hackerman Award in Chemical Research, 2013
- Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, 2014
Current Funding
- National Institutes of Health (R01GM077635)
- The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
- Robert A. Welch Foundation (E-1571)