Curriculum Vitae
DAVID TANNER
Professor David Tanner
Department of Chemistry, Building 201
Technical University of Denmark
DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
Phone: +45 4525 2188; Email: dt@kemi.dtu.dk
Born November 17, 1955 in Inverness, Scotland
1977 B.Sc. suma cum laude in chemistry, Edinburgh University,
Scotland
1981 Ph.D. University of Göteborg, Sweden (Prof. O.
Wennerström)
1982-1983 Postdoc, University of
Pennsylvania, USA (Prof. K. C. Nicolaou)
1983–1988 Assistant Professor, Chalmers
University of Technology, Göteborg
1988–1995 Associate Professor, University of Uppsala, Sweden.
1991-1995 Personal senior research position funded by the
Swedish NFR
1995 -
Professor of Organic Chemistry, Technical University of
Denmark
Research Interests
Organic chemistry, particularly stereoselective organic
synthesis. Total synthesis of natural products.
Organometallic chemistry and catalysis.
Publications
110 papers in international, peer-reviewed journals, 2 book
chapters, with a total of 2970 citations (March 2009; h-index
30).
Research Supervision
Supervisor or co-supervisor for 28 finalized Ph. D. projects,
14 postdoctoral fellows, and a large number of M. Sc. theses.
Invited Lectures
Since becoming Professor at DTU in 1995, I have been invited
speaker at ca. 30 international conferences outside Denmark.
I lecture on average 5 times per year at universities and/or
companies outside Denmark.
Other
Departmental chairman (Department of Organic Chemistry, DTU)
1998 - 2001. Chairman, committee of research (Department of
Chemistry, DTU) 2001 - 2004. Member of departmental steering
group, 2009 - .
Chairman, organic division, Danish Chemical Society, 2003 -
2007.
Foreign member, Swedish Natural Science Research Council 1998
- 2001.
External adviser, Danish Technical Research Council 2002 –
2004.
Visiting Professor, Kyoto, Japan, July – August 2007.
External adviser for the Nobel Committee for Chemistry
(Stockholm) on two occasions.