Marisa Kozlowski, Professor of Chemistry, is the Ponzy Lu Endowed Professor of Chemistry. Professor Kozlowski’s research focuses on the rational design of new methods and catalysts for use in organic synthesis. As well as using high throughput screening, her lab employs several novel computational tools for the discovery and optimization of new reagents and catalysts.
Professor Kozlowski, who joined the Penn faculty in 1997, has been recognized with many awards and honors during her distinguished career. She was elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2012 and a Fellow of the American Chemical Society in 2013 and has been recognized as an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow as well as with the Dennis DeTurck Award for Innovation in Teaching in 2021, the American Chemical Society Cope Scholar Award in 2022, the Provost Award for PhD Teaching and Mentoring in 2023, and the Leete Award in 2023. She has served in several leadership roles for the Organic Division of the ACS and is currently editor-in-chief of Organic Letters.
About the Donor
P. Roy Vagelos, C’50, PAR’90, HON’99, and Diana T. Vagelos, PAR’90
P. Roy Vagelos, a chemistry major who graduated from Penn in 1950 before going on to receive a medical degree from Columbia University, is the retired chairman and chief executive officer of Merck & Co.
