Research Areas:
Supramolecular analytical chemistry and small molecule therapeutics

Prof. Eric Anslyn received his PhD in Organic Chemistry from the California Institute of Technology in 1987. He was a National Science Foundation post-doctoral Associate at Columbia University. Since 1989, he has been on the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin, where he is currently the Norman Hackerman Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and a University Distinguished Teaching Professor.

Prof. Anslyn’s research interest covers the fields of supramolecular analytical chemistry and small molecule therapeutics. He has published more than 33 US patents and about 200 papers in peer-reviewed journals.

Prof. Anslyn has received numerous important awards, including the Cope Scholar. Further, he has won several teaching awards at the University of Texas at Austin. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.