Kenneth D. Karlin is an Ira Remsen Professor of Chemistry at John Hopkins University. He received his PhD from Columbia University. His main research activities involve synthetic modeling, i.e. biomimetic chemistry.

• Structural and Mechanistic Investigations in Asymmetric Copper (I) ad Copper (II) Catalyzed Reactions (T. Rovis & D. Evans). Phenoxyl Radical Complexes (P. Chaudhuri & K. Wieghardt). Synthesis of Large Pore Zeolites and Molecular Sieves (K. Balkus). Inorganic Nanoclusters with Fullerene-Like Structure and Nanotubes (R. Tenne). High Performance Pure Calcium Phosphate Bioceramics: The First Weight Bearing, Completely Resorbable Synthetic Bond Replacement Materials (R. Lagow & H.-C. Chang). Gas Phase Coordination Chemistry of Transition Metal Ions (K. Fisher). Combinatorial/Parallel Approaches to Catalyst Discovery and Development (S. Gilbertson). Peripherally Functionalized Porphyrazines: Novel Metallomacrocycles with Broad, Untapped Potential (L. Michel, et al.).

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