Amir H. Hoveyda

Amir H. Hoveyda is an American organic chemist and professor of chemistry at Boston College, and held the position of department chair until 2018.

[1] In 2019, he embarked as researcher at the Institute of Science and Supramolecular Engineering at University of Strasbourg.

In 2011, Hoveyda was ranked among the Top 100 Chemists[3] in an analysis by Thomson Reuters.

Hoveyda's research focuses on the development for chemoselective and stereoselective catalysis, in particular function-oriented catalyst design.

[5] His research also involves metal-free catalysis, e.g. catalytic stereoselective allyl addition reactions promoted by chiral aminophenol-derived ligands, as well as bioactive molecules synthesis.