Eric V. Anslyn, Date of Birth

Eric V. Anslyn

US-amerikanischer Chemiker

Date of Birth: 09-Jun-1960

Profession: chemist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Eric V.
Anslyn (born June 9, 1960, Santa Monica, California) is an American chemist, currently a Distinguished Professor, and having previously also held the Norman Hackerman Professor and Welch Regents Chair, at University of Texas at Austin.
In 2007, he was also made an Honorary Professor at East China University of Science and Technology.
Prof.
Anslyn is co-author of Modern Physical Organic Chemistry, an introductory resource for graduate education into physical organic chemistry, the study of organic chemical phenomena using the principals of physics and physical chemistry.Prof.
Anslyn is notable for his work in developing designed receptors and sensor arrays by incorporating principal component analysis and discriminant analysis to mimic human taste and smell.
Prof.
Anslyn developed a colorimetric sensor to distinguish flavonoids (hydrolysis products of tannins) between varietals of red wines.
An analogous colorimetric sensor was developed to mimic human taste by positioning polymer microbeads on a silicon chip.
In related research, Prof.
Anslyn designed a fluorometric chemical sensor consisting of a light-tight lego box and a smart phone to detect nerve agents such as VX and sarin.
In 2006, Anslyn won the Arthur C.
Cope Scholar Award for his pioneering research in pattern recognition and supramolecular chemistry and the Izatt-Christensen Award in Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry in 2013.