{"id":7,"date":"2014-08-01T16:07:03","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T20:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/nagib.1\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2025-10-15T11:41:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T15:41:10","slug":"david","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/nagib.1\/david\/","title":{"rendered":"David Nagib"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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David A Nagib<\/strong><\/span><\/div>
Harold and Betty Miller Professor of Organic Chemistry, and<\/span><\/div>
College of Arts and Sciences\u00a0<\/span>Distinguished Professor <\/span><\/div>
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Boston College<\/strong><\/span><\/div>
B.S. with Honors, 2006<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>
Advisor:<\/em> Scott J. Miller<\/span><\/div>

Princeton University<\/strong><\/span><\/div>
Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2011<\/span><\/div>
Advisor:<\/em> David W.C. MacMillan<\/span><\/div>

University of California, Berkeley<\/strong><\/span><\/div>
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, 2014<\/span><\/div>
Advisor:<\/em> F. Dean Toste<\/span><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

David grew up near Philadelphia, PA as the eldest of four siblings in an Egyptian family with a strong love for teaching and education. In 2006, he\u00a0earned a B.S. in Chemistry at Boston College, where he was awarded\u00a0the university’s\u00a0Scholar of the College<\/em>\u00a0prize for his thesis work\u00a0with Prof. <\/span>Scott Miller<\/a>\u00a0entailing the synthesis of small peptide catalysts that mimic enzymes to\u00a0desymmetrize meso-diols. In 2011, he\u00a0earned his Ph.D. with Prof. <\/span>David MacMillan<\/a> at Princeton University, developing several new trifluoromethylation reactions by pioneering catalytic strategies for the mild generation of CF3<\/sub> radicals. During his graduate studies, David was the first to employ an Ir photocatalyst in organic synthesis, and he combined it with organocatalytic activation\u00a0to develop the first catalytic, enantioselective trifluoromethylation of carbonyls. He also applied this radical strategy to the synthesis of medicinally important organofluorines via C-H functionalization of medicines such as lipitor and ibuprofen. As a Ruth L. Kirschstein\u00a0NIH Postdoctoral Scholar with Prof. <\/span>F. Dean Toste<\/a> at the University of California, Berkeley, David continued developing new C-H activation strategies by harnessing selective, oxidative gold mechanisms to enable unique C-C and C-N bond-forming reactivity. In collaboration with Prof. <\/span>Omar Yaghi<\/a>, he also illustrated the catalytic utility of post-synthetically modified MOF (metal-organic framework) materials as size-specific heterogeneous catalyst architectures.<\/span><\/p>

David joined the faculty of The Ohio State University as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in 2014. He was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2020 and Professor in 2022. He is currently the inaugural Harold and Betty Miller Professor of Organic Chemistry, as well as a College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry. His team’s research on radical-mediated C-H and C-O functionalization has been supported by the ACS, NIH, NSF, and Lilly, as well as the Brown and Sloan Foundations. David is a frequent scientific reviewer for the NSF, and serves on standing review panels of the ACS and NIH.<\/span>\u00a0When not working alongside\u00a0his awesome labmates<\/a>, David enjoys running along the Scioto River, checking out Columbus<\/a>‘ vibrant foodie scene, and planning future world travels with his wife, Erandi<\/a> (a scientist and biotech founder), and two young children (LEGO, dino, and unicorn enthusiasts).<\/span><\/p>

Recent Awards and\u00a0Honors<\/em><\/p>

2025 JACS<\/strong><\/em> Most Read Article of the Year
2025 Fuson<\/strong> Lectures, University of Illinois
2025 Organic Synthesis<\/strong> Lecture, University of California Irvine
2025 Student-invited<\/strong> Lecture, New York University
2025 Pharmaron<\/strong> Lecture, University of Toronto
2024 Rising Star<\/strong>, Hokkaido University, Japan
2024 Blavatnik<\/strong> National Award Finalist (Ceremony<\/a>)
2023 Brown<\/strong> Investigator Award, Brown Foundation (Brown<\/a>)
2023 Closs<\/strong> Lecture (student-invited), University of Chicago
2023 Rosenfeld<\/strong> Lecture, Smith College
2023 GSK<\/strong> Symposium (inaugural), Yale University
2023 Sigma-Aldrich<\/strong> Symposium, Columbia University
2023 Pfizer<\/strong> Symposium, Duke University
2023 Student-Hosted<\/strong> Seminar, MIT
2022 Pfizer <\/strong>Global Chemistry Forum, Keynote Speaker
2022 Kavli <\/strong>Frontiers of Science Symposium, National Academy of Sciences
2022 Organic Reactions<\/strong> Lecturer, University of Florida
2022 Merck<\/strong> Outstanding Chemists of Color Award
2021 Arthur C. Cope<\/strong> Scholar Award, American Chemical Society\u00a0(ACS<\/a>)
2021 Woodward<\/strong> Colloquium, Harvard University
2021\u00a0Philadelphia<\/strong> Organic Chemists’ Club Student Choice Lecturer (POCC<\/a>)
2020 Eli\u00a0Lilly<\/strong> Young Investigator Award
2020 JOC<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>Outstanding Article of the Year (JOC<\/a><\/em>)
2020\u00a0Fagnou<\/strong> Lecturer, University of Ottawa
2019 Sloan<\/strong> Research Fellow, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation\u00a0(Sloan<\/a>)
2019 ACS <\/strong>Young Investigators Symposium, ACS National Meeting
2019 Chem<\/em><\/strong> Breakthrough Research collection
2019 Chem Sci<\/em> <\/strong>Editor\u2019s Choice collection (Chem Sci<\/a>)<\/em>
2019 Chem Comm<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>Emerging Investigator\u00a0(Chem Comm<\/a><\/em>)
2018 JACS<\/em><\/strong> Young Investigator Collection\u00a0(ACS Select<\/a>)
2018\u00a0NOBCChE<\/strong> Master Scientist Award, National Org of Black Chemists & Chem Engineers
2017 NSF CAREER<\/strong>\u00a0Early Career Development Award,\u00a0National Science Foundation
2017\u00a0Thieme<\/strong> Chemistry Journals Award
2016 NIH MIRA<\/strong> Outstanding Investigator Award,\u00a0National Institutes of Health
2016\u00a0OSU\u00a0<\/strong>Distinguished Undergraduate Research Mentor Award (Finalist)
2015 ACS PRF\u00a0<\/strong>Doctoral New Investigator Award, American Chemical Society
2012\u00a0NIH\u00a0<\/strong>Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Institutes of Health<\/p>

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Get to know David …<\/em><\/span><\/p>

Six questions for a scientist<\/a>, Spring 2020<\/p>

In the news …<\/em><\/span><\/p>

Researchers discover advanced way to perform carbene chemistry<\/a>, Summer 2025
Ohio State professor named Blavatnik National Awards finalist<\/a>, Fall 2024
Researchers harness the power of carbenes to better make drugs<\/a>, Summer 2022
Explaining the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry,<\/a> Fall 2021 (& The Podcast Version<\/a>, starts at 16:10)
A better-fitting molecular \u2018belt\u2019 for making new drugs<\/a>, Fall 2021
Turning alcohol into key ingredients for new medicines<\/a>, Summer 2020
Alcohol and amino acids<\/a>, Ohio 24\/7 Now<\/em>,\u00a0Summer 2020
A way to make new medicines<\/a>,\u00a0Summer 2020
Meet the JOC<\/em> 2020 Outstanding Article of the Year award recipient<\/a>, Spring 2020
Want to understand organic chemistry? Think Legos.<\/a>, Winter 2019
A simpler way to make some medicines<\/a>, Fall 2019
David Nagib named 2019 Sloan Research Fellow<\/a>, Spring 2019
 Masked aldehyde makes mild radical reaction possible<\/a>, C&E News<\/em>, Fall 2018
A new way to create molecules for drug development<\/a>, Fall 2018
College of Arts and Sciences: Research highlights<\/a>, Spring 2018
Building Better Medicine<\/a>, Spring 2017
Honors and recognition:\u00a0NSF CAREER Award<\/a>, Spring 2017
Chemist\u2019s New NIH MIRA Grant a Game-Changer for Drug Discovery<\/a>, Sep 2016<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

David A NagibHarold and Betty Miller Professor of Organic Chemistry, andCollege of Arts and Sciences\u00a0Distinguished Professor \u00a0Boston CollegeB.S. with Honors, 2006\u00a0Advisor: Scott J. MillerPrinceton UniversityPh.D. in Chemistry, 2011Advisor: David W.C. MacMillanUniversity of California, BerkeleyNIH Postdoctoral Fellow, 2014Advisor: F. Dean Toste David grew up near Philadelphia, PA as the eldest of four siblings in an Egyptian […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/nagib.1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/nagib.1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/nagib.1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/nagib.1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/nagib.1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":258,"href":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/nagib.1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2969,"href":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/nagib.1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/2969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/nagib.1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}