 Welcome
to the Denmark Group Website.
We are pleased that you are interested
in learning more about the people and research activities
in this laboratory. On this page you will find information
about Professor Denmark including his background, professional
career, teaching philosophy and
amateur racing career. The People section
contains personal profiles written
by each of the Current
Group Members and a directory for all
of the Former
Group Members. Overviews of the major research
activities in the group can be
found in the Research
Description and more detailed information
in the Publications sections.
As part of our weekly group meetings,
graduate students and postdocs present informal
seminars on a literature topic
of their choosing and these are compiled (along with
downloadable PDF versions) in the Group
Presentations section.
We hope you find what you are
looking for; please feel free
to contact us (Contact)
for additional information.
Biographical Sketch
Scott E. Denmark was born in Lynbrook, New York on 17
June 1953. He obtained an S. B. degree from M.I.T. in
1975 performing research with both Richard H. Holm (ferredoxin
analogs) and Daniel S. Kemp (functionalized cyclophanes).
His graduate studies were carried out at the ETH-Zürich
under the direction of Professor Albert Eschenmoser culminating
in a D. Sc. Tech degree in 1980 (“On the Stereochemistry
of the S N’ Reaction”). That same year he
began his independent career as assistant professor at
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was
promoted to associate professor in 1986, full professor
in 1987 and then in 1991 was named the Reynold C. Fuson
Professor of Chemistry.
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