Jonathan Sessler

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jonathan Sessler
Occupation	Chemist
Date Of Birth	May 20, 1956(1956-05-20)
Age	68
Birthplace	United States
Country	United States
Horoscope	Gemini

Jonathan Sessler Biography

Jonathan Sessler is one of the most popular and richest Chemist who was born on May 20, 1956 in United States, United States. Jonathan Sessler (born 20 May 1956 in Urbana, Illinois) is a professor of chemistry at The University of Texas at Austin. He is notable for his pioneering work on expanded porphyrins and their applications to biology and medicine. He is a co-founder of Pharmacyclics, Inc., a company that works with expanded porphyrins, and Anionics, Inc., which develops anion recognition chemistry. Pharmacyclics was sold to AbbVie for $21 billion in 2015.

Sessler has written extensively, authoring or co-authoring over 600 publications. In addition, he has co-authored two books and edited another two. He holds more than 70 U.S. patents. Dr. Sessler has received many awards and much recognition, as a Sloan Fellow (1999), Fellow of the AAAS (1999), Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar (1999), ACS Cope Scholar (1999), recipient of the JSPS and Alexander von Humboldt Senior Fellowships (1999), and winner of the Izatt- Christensen Award (1999).

Jonathan Sessler Net Worth

Jonathan Sessler is one of the richest Chemist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jonathan Sessler 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Sessler received his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry in 1977 from the University of California, Berkeley and his Ph.D. in chemistry in 1982 from Stanford University. He continued as a post-doctoral fellow at L’Université Louis Pasteur, and worked in Kyoto, Japan before becoming an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at The University of Texas at Austin in 1984.

He was treated for cancer at Stanford University Medical Center during work on his Ph.D. Discussions with his colleagues regarding possible treatments eventually led to the discovery of so-called “texaphyrin” molecules, named as such due a semblance to the shape of the five-pointed star in the State flag of Texas.[1],[2] In 1996, Sessler described possible uses of these compounds in medicine in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal. His company, Pharmacyclics, Inc., which went public in 1995, licensed the technology behind “texaphyrins” from the University to develop commercial and medical uses for the molecules.

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Josip Ranked on the list of most popular Chemist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jonathan Sessler celebrates birthday on May 20 of every year.