Lawrence T. Scott

Dr. Scott is Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. He received his PhD in Organic Chemistry from Harvard University in 1970 and joined UCLA as Assistant Professor. In 1975 he joined the University of Nevada where he became Full Professor in 1980. Dr. Scott joined Boston College in 1993.

His research interests include the rational chemical syntheses of fullerenes and carbon nanotubes along with the synthesis and study of related organic compounds. He is actively engaged in synthesis and study of organic compounds and materials with unusual structures and properties: molecular bowls, baskets, belts, and related nonplanar geodesic polyarenes. Dr. Scott’s research area also included the thermal reactions of aromatic compounds.

He has published over 175 papers and been an invited speaker throughout the world on the rational synthesis of fullerenes and carbon nanotubes. Dr. Scott is currently working with Nano-C on the synthesis of a number of new fullerene derivatives for use in photovoltaics, polymer electronics and oxidative applications.