Bruce Ganem

Bruce Ganem is the Franz and Elisabeth Roessler Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Cornell University. His research interests span synthetic organic chemistry, natural products synthesis, new synthetic methodology, multicomponent reactions, drug discovery, and biochemistry. He has contributed to various publications, including work on multicomponent reactions and medicinal chemistry. Ganem is affiliated with the College of Arts and Sciences and teaches courses such as Organic Chemistry for the Life Sciences and Entrepreneurship in Chemical Enterprise.

Bruce Ganem Roessler is a Professor of Chemistry at Cornell University, specializing in synthetic organic and biomedical chemistry. His research focuses on developing innovative strategies for multicomponent reactions, oxidation methods for aldehydes, and the detection of noncovalent interactions using mass spectrometry. He has also explored enzyme-substrate complexes, exocellulases, and inhibitors of carbohydrate-processing enzymes. His work includes the design of sugar-shaped heterocycles and the study of catalytic mechanisms in enzymes like chorismate mutase. Additionally, he has contributed to the synthesis of enolate anions and the chemistry of polyamines, emphasizing the utility of metal boride and aluminide catalysts.