Cedric Hugelshofer

Cedric Hugelshofer is an Associate Principal Scientist at Merck, where they continue to contribute to the field of chemistry. Born in Bern, Switzerland, Cedric studied chemistry at the University of Basel and completed a Master's thesis at Harvard University under Prof. Andrew G. Myers. Cedric earned a PhD in Organic Chemistry from Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, developing bioinspired total syntheses of natural products. Following their doctoral studies, Cedric served as a postdoctoral research fellow at UC Berkeley with Prof. Richmond Sarpong, focusing on total synthesis and methodology development.