Victor Snieckus

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Victor Snieckus
synthetic chemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of Waterloo, Queen's University at Kingston

Victor Snieckus (August 1, 1937 - December 18, 2020

professor emeritus at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. He was known for his influential research on directed ortho metalation.[2][3][4]

Early life and education

Snieckus was born in

National Research Council of Canada.[2][3]

Academic career

In 1967 Snieckus joined the faculty of the

full professor in 1979.[2][3] He assumed the Monsanto/NRC research chair in 1992.[3][5]

Snieckus relocated to

agricultural industries.[2][3]

Among other awards, Snieckus became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1993, a Fellow of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences in 1999,[4] and a Fellow of the American Chemical Society in 2009.[2][4]

Snieckus served as an editor for a variety of academic journals, was the president of the

Baltic States.[2][7]

Research

Snieckus' research interests in

pharmaceuticals and in an agricultural antifungal.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Victor Snieckus Obituary (1937 - 2020) - Kingston, ON - Torstar". Legacy.com.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Victor Snieckus (1937 – 2020)". ChemistryViews. Wiley-VCH GmbH. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Queen's remembers Professor Emeritus Victor Snieckus". Queen's Gazette. Queen's University. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
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  5. ^ a b Gunn, Andrea (2019). "The magic of chemistry". Queen's Alumni Review. No. 3. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  6. ^ a b Lougheed, Tim (November–December 2016). "A synthesizing life". Canadian Chemical News. Chemical Institute of Canada. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Organizers". Balticum Organicum Syntheticum. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  8. doi:10.1021/cr00104a001
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