Roy A. Periana

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Roy A. Periana

Chemistry

#1378

World Rank

#2076

Historical Rank

#529

USA Rank

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Roy A. Periana's Degrees

• PhD Chemistry University of California, Berkeley
• Bachelors Chemistry University of California, Berkeley

Why Is Roy A. Periana Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Roy A. Periana is a Guyanese-American organometallic chemist. Biography Early life He was born in Georgetown, Guyana in 1957. After moving to the United States after high school, Periana studied and received a B.S. in chemistry at the University of Michigan in 1979. He then worked in industry at the Dow Chemical Company in Midland, Michigan. In 1981, he returned to graduate school at the University of California Berkeley where he received his Ph.D. in 1985 under Robert G. Bergman. His work with Bergman focused on the development of novel rhodium complexes that undergo C-H and C-C bond activation of alkanes. His dissertation was entitled, "Mechanism of Oxidative Addition of Cyclopentadienyl-Rhodium Complexes to Carbon-Hydrogen and Carbon-Carbon Bonds."

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Roy A. Periana?

Roy A. Periana is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of California, Berkeley
• University of Southern California
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill