Stephen Hanessian, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Stephen Hanessian

Canadian chemist

Date of Birth: 25-Apr-1935

Place of Birth: Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt

Profession: chemist

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Stephen Hanessian, OC, FRSC, (born April 25, 1935) is a chemist and professor of Canadian and United States citizenship born in Alexandria, Egypt.
His research group at Université de Montréal is well known for developing synthetic methodologies, as well as natural product total synthesis.
In addition, his group developed Chiron, a computer program used by organic chemists for synthetic planning. He earned his Ph.D.
at Ohio State University in 1960, under the direction of M.
L.
Wolfrom.
He worked as a researcher for Parke-Davis & Co.
in Ann Arbor, Michigan until 1968.
In 1969 he joined Université de Montréal.
Since 2000, he is also an adjunct professor at University of California, Irvine.