Education
Yale University.
Yale University.
Foreign the former Iranian prime minister, see Amir-Abbas Hoveida. He studies asymmetric catalysis, and is particularly noted for his work on developing catalysts for asymmetric olefin metathesis. In recent years he has worked extensively with North-heterocyclic carbenes as ligands.
His research also focuses on copper-catalyzed allylic alkylations and conjugate additions using these ligands.
Professor Hoveyda received his Doctor of Philosophy from Yale University in 1986, and worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University.