Background
Crabtree, Robert Howard was born on April 17, 1948. Came to the United States, 1977, naturalized, 1985. Son of Arthur and Marguerite (Vaniere) Crabtree.
consultant chemistry professor
Crabtree, Robert Howard was born on April 17, 1948. Came to the United States, 1977, naturalized, 1985. Son of Arthur and Marguerite (Vaniere) Crabtree.
Doctor of Philosophy, Sussex University, England, 1973, Honorary Doctor of Science, 1985.Attache De Recherche Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, 1975-1977. Assistant professor of chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1977-1983, associate professor, 1983-1985, professor, since 1985. Consultant Exxon Corporation, since 1984.
He is serving as Whitehead Professor of Chemistry at Yale University in the United States. He is a naturalized citizen of the United States. Crabtree is particularly known for his work on "Crabtree"s catalyst" for hydrogenations, and his textbook on organometallic chemistry.
He received his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Sussex in 1973, studying under Joseph Chatt.
He performed postdoctoral research under Hugh Felkin at the Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles at Gif-sur-Yvette, near Paris. He was a postdoctoral fellow (1973-1975) and then attaché de recherche (1975-1977).
At the end of that time he was chargé de recherche. In 1977 Crabtree took an assistant professorship in Inorganic Chemistry at Yale University.
He served as associate professor from 1982-1985, and as full professor from 1985 until the present.
Fellow Royal Chemistry Society (Corday-Morgan medal 1984, Organometallic Chemistry medal 1991).