Thomas Maimone

Thomas Maimone is a Professor of Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley. He leads a research group focused on the chemistry and biology of natural products, synthetic organic methodology development, and catalyst design.

• Education: B.S. from University of California, Berkeley (2004), Ph.D. from The Scripps Research Institute (2009), and NIH Postdoctoral Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2009-2012).

His research emphasizes total synthesis of complex natural products, synthetic methodology, and innovative catalyst architectures for transition metal-mediated processes. Key interests include identifying simplifying transformations for rapid access to biologically active structures and exploring fluxional ligand systems to enhance catalytic efficiency.

Scientific awards include the 2024 Tetrahedron Young Investigator Award, 2019 PECASE, Arthur C. Cope Scholar recognition, and multiple early-career grants from Eli Lilly, NSF CAREER, and the Sloan Foundation.