Amos B. Smith, III, William Warren Rhodes-Robert J. Thompson Professor of Chemistry in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences, received the 2015 Perkin Prize for Organic Chemistry from the Royal Society of Chemistry for his continued outstanding contributions to new organic reaction development, complex natural product total synthesis and new small molecules for medicinal chemistry.

Dr. Smith’s research encompasses three diverse areas: development of innovative synthetic methods with wide application, demonstration of the utility of these synthetic tactics for the rapid construction of complex natural and unnatural products with significant bio-regulatory properties and novel bio-organic/medicinal chemistry programs. In each area, he and his collaborators exploit the power of organic synthesis to improve human health.