Timothy A. Wencewicz, assistant professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has been selected as a Cottrell Scholar by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement.
The Cottrell Scholar program, which includes an award of $100,000, is designed to recognize the best early-career teacher-scholars in chemistry, physics and astronomy by providing discretionary funds for research. Wencewicz plans to use his award to study chemoenzymatic synthesis of strained beta-lactones.