Jonathan L. Sessler

Professor Sessler is a founding member of Lumiphore’s Scientific Advisory Board. He received a B.S. degree (with highest honors) in chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley and a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Stanford University. Following postdoctoral studies in France and Japan, he joined the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is the Roland K. Pettit Professor of Chemistry. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He is an expert in the area of synthetic porphyrins or analogs and the applications of this chemistry to metals in medicine. He has authored more than 300 research publications, one book, and nearly sixty issued or allowed U.S. patents. He is a co-founder of Pharmacyclics, Inc., a publicly traded company (PCYC; NASDQ) developing biomedical applications of expanded porphyrins. He recently co-founded Anionics, Inc. (anion recognition chemistry). Professor Sessler serves as Editor of Supramolecular Chemistry and as Associate Editor for Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines. Some of his honors include President’s Associates Teaching Excellence Award, Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, Alexander von Humboldt Senior Visiting Scientist, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Izatt-Christensen Award in Macrocyclic Chemistry.