Shannon S. Stahl

Shannon Stahl is Professor of Chemistry and Steenbock Professor of Chemical Sciences at University of Wisconsin–Madison. The focus of his research is the field of catalysis, and the work draws upon and impacts a number of areas of chemistry, including synthetic and mechanistic aspects organometallic chemistry, organic Chemistry, and inorganic chemistry.

Stahl has pioneered the development and application of aerobic oxidation methods for organic chemical synthesis. His work underlies the renaissance in Pd-catalyzed methods for oxidation of alcohols, alkenes and C–H bonds through development of innovative synthetic methods, elucidation of catalytic mechanisms, and characterization of Pd/O2 reaction pathways. He has developed and studied practical Cu-catalyzed aerobic oxidation methods.

Stahl’s awards include the Mitsui Chemicals Catalysis Science Award, the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award, and the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award. He holds a Ph.D. in chemistry from California Institute of Technology.