Principal Investigator
Hosea M. Nelson
Professor of Chemistry
Postdoc, UC Berkeley, 2015 (Prof. F. Dean Toste)
Ph.D., Caltech, 2012 (Prof. Brian M. Stoltz)
B.S., UC Berkeley, 2004
Nickname: "El Jefe
Hosea earned a B.S. in Chemistry from University of California at Berkeley in 2004 and a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology in 2012 with Brian Stoltz. After postdoctoral training at University of California at Berkeley with Dean Toste, Hosea joined the UCLA faculty in 2015. In 2021, Hosea became a professor of chemistry at the California Institute of Technology. He is an avid fisherman and motorsports enthusiast (there are even pictures of him on the web wearing a NASCAR hat). Like most native San Franciscans, he spends most of his time talking about how much he loves the Giants, hates the Dodgers, and how much better S.F. is than L.A.
Professor of Chemistry
Postdoc, UC Berkeley, 2015 (Prof. F. Dean Toste)
Ph.D., Caltech, 2012 (Prof. Brian M. Stoltz)
B.S., UC Berkeley, 2004
Nickname: "El Jefe
Hosea earned a B.S. in Chemistry from University of California at Berkeley in 2004 and a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology in 2012 with Brian Stoltz. After postdoctoral training at University of California at Berkeley with Dean Toste, Hosea joined the UCLA faculty in 2015. In 2021, Hosea became a professor of chemistry at the California Institute of Technology. He is an avid fisherman and motorsports enthusiast (there are even pictures of him on the web wearing a NASCAR hat). Like most native San Franciscans, he spends most of his time talking about how much he loves the Giants, hates the Dodgers, and how much better S.F. is than L.A.
Honors and Awards:
- 2021 Amgen Young Investigator
- 2021 Blavatnik Award for Young Scientist-Finalist
- 2020 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, ACS
- 2020 Novartis Early Career Award in Organic Chemistry
- 2020 Eli Lilly Grantee Award for Organic Chemistry
- 2020 Bristol-Myers Squibb Young Investigator Award
- 2019 National Organic Symposium (NOS) ACS Young Investigator, ACS
- 2019 Herbert C. McCoy Research Award, UCLA
- 2019 Glen T. Seaborg Award, Alpha Chi Sigma
- 2018 Herbert C. McCoy Research Award, UCLA
- 2018 Pew Biomedical Scholar Fellowship
- 2018 Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship
- 2017 David and Lucile Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering
- 2016 Thieme Journal Award
- 2015 C&EN Talented Twelve, ACS
Contact Information
office: 365 A1 Crellin Laboratory
phone: 626-395-6072
email: hosea[at]caltech.edu
Administrative Assistant:
Annette Luymes
email: aluymes[at]caltech.edu
office: 365 A1 Crellin Laboratory
phone: 626-395-6072
email: hosea[at]caltech.edu
Administrative Assistant:
Annette Luymes
email: aluymes[at]caltech.edu
