Biographical Sketch

Frederick Luzzio was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts and raised near Ft. Knox, Kentucky. He graduated (BSc) from Vanderbilt University in 1976 where he majored in chemistry and biology. He then worked as a development chemist at Arthur D. Little, Inc. in Cambridge, Massachusetts until entering the graduate program at Tufts University where he earned his MSc and PhD degrees (1982) in organic chemistry under the mentorship of Frank S. Guziec, Jr. After finishing graduate study, he spent the better part of four years in the laboratories of E. J. Corey (Harvard) as a Post-Doctoral Fellow, followed by two years in the Biomedical Products Department of DuPont. Since 1988 he has served on the faculty of the University of Louisville where he currently holds the rank of Professor. His research interests are in the areas of organic synthesis, natural products and medicinal chemistry.