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Michael R. Krout Associate Professor of Chemistry Bucknell University michael.krout@bucknell.edu B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania (2002) |
Prof. Krout received a B.S. in Biochemistry from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) where he performed undergraduate research in biochemistry with Prof. Robert Hinrichsen as a Merck/AAAS Fellow. During his undergraduate summers, he conducted research in organic chemistry with Prof. William Bailey as an NSF REU Fellow at the University of Connecticut, as well as Mr. Robert Gomez at Merck Research Laboratories in West Point, PA. Michael obtained his Ph.D. in 2009 from the California Institute of Technology under the direction of Prof. Brian Stoltz. He then moved to the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center as an NIH Postdoctoral Scholar in Prof. David Gin’s research group. Michael joined the faculty at Bucknell University in 2012 as a Visiting Assistant Professor, and was promoted to Assistant Professor in 2014. He earned tenure and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2020.
Grants, Fellowships, and Awards
- Organic Syntheses Summer Research Grant at Principally Undergraduate Institutions (2019)
- National Science Foundation Collaborative Research: RUI 1800401 co-investigator with David Rovnyak, Tim Strein, and Maria Salari (2018–2021)
- American Chemical Society PRF Undergraduate New Investigator 58488-UNI1 (2018–2020)
- National Institutes of Health 1R01DK110559-01 subaward with Jun Huh (2016–2021)
- National Institutes of Health NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship (2009–2012)
- Eli Lilly Predoctoral Fellowship (2007–2008)